China’s financial markets are fascinating to watch these days. Efforts by officials to decrease the nation’s enormous debt pile without destabilizing domestic markets are having profound consequences, most visibly in the bond market, where the…
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China’s anti-graft body probes senior CBRC official
CHINA is investigating a senior banking regulator, the anti-corruption watchdog said yesterday, as the government steps up a crackdown on the financial sector. Yang Jiacai, assistant chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, is “suspected…
ElmTree Funds Partners with China Life to Recapitalize ElmTree Net Lease Portfolio
… announce a $950 million recapitalization with a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Life Insurance Group (“China Life”), the largest financial insurance corporation in China, of an existing ElmTree net lease portfolio. This strategic partnership ……
China offers a lesson on financing infrastructure
So China uses the monetary power of its state to fund infrastructure at no cost to the taxpayer. Could Canada do the same? Thanks to CIB, we could develop a variation that would help modernize…
How fintech disrupts supply chain finance in China
As technology heralds the future of the finance industry, transaction banks are facing increasing competition from non-traditional providers, such as fintech companies. Supply chain finance has become a battlefield in China amid recovering global trade.…
China to Open More Sectors to Foreign Investors
China will further open its economy to foreign investors, through measures such as allowing investment in more industries, such as services, state television said on Tuesday, citing a reform group meeting chaired by President Xi…
Chinese banking regulator Yang Jiacai under investigation for suspected corruption
“Beijing is escalating its war against corruption in the financial sector as we see senior officials being purged from securities, insurance and banking regulatory bodies,” said Hu Xingdou, a professor of economics at Beijing Institute…
China broadens anti-graft drive to include a senior banking regulator
BEIJING A top official at China’s banking regulator is being investigated for suspected disciplinary violations, the country’s top anti-graft body said, broadening the country’s anti-corruption drive to include more financial supervisors. Yang Jiacai, the ……
China Merchants Bank: Six Reasons Why This Analyst Sees 80% Upside
Shares of China Merchants Bank (3968.HK) have gained 28% this year and trade at a premium to those of China’s big four state-owned banks. But one analyst sees a lot more upside for the stock.…
China’s Shadow Banking Has A Destabilizing Potential And The Government May Tip The Scales
The shadow banking system is estimated at some $4 trillion. Government targeting the banking system and very well be the reason the banking system falters. Measures the government has taken are already pushing interest rates…
China’s Crackdown on Financing Takes Toll
China could be setting the stage for another boom-and-bust economic cycle as a result of the government’s campaign to curb financial risks. Regulators have been sending chilling messages on credit policies to the banking and…
Monetary policy adjustments is a trial and error process: China central bank advisor
HONG KONG China’s central bank will continue to implement reasonable adjustments to monetary policy while keeping it neutral with a tightening bias, People’s Bank of China (PBOC) advisor Sheng Songcheng said. The central bank will…
Big banks’ profitability on the mend
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd, the world’s largest lender by assets, reported net profit of 75.8 billion yuan ($11 billion) in the first quarter, up by 1.5 percent year-on-year, according to the bank’s…
