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Monthly Archives: May, 2017

Chinese Property Developers Confront Stark Capital Drought

Chinese property developers confront a severe liquidity crunch as both domestic and overseas financing channels dry up, compelling many to shift from bond issuance and...

Big Banks Withdraw from Wealth Management Products

A new report on China's wealth management products indicates that the big state-owned lenders have dialled down their activity in this key segment of the shadow banking...

CSRC Flags Crackdown on Shadow Banking “Channel Operations”

The China Securities Regulatory Commission has flagged a crackdown on "channel operations" employed by members of the banking sector to shift their investments off...

Leading Economist Says Chinese Investors Should Switch from Real Estate to Securities

One of China's most renowned economists has called for the country's retail investors to switch from real estate to equities and other securities. Speaking at a...

Beijing Professor Calls for Broad Tax Reforms to Reduce Wealth Gap

A professor from one of China's leading universities has called for the introduction of an estate tax and reforms to state-owned enterprise remuneration in...

Growth in Personal Home Loans Slows, Rates Could Rise Further

The latest data from China's central bank shows a marked slowing in the growth of personal home loans, as well as the possibility of further...

More Than 30 Chinese Cities Impose Sales Restrictions to Cool Housing Markets

A slew of major Chinese cities have launched new sales restrictions on real estate transactions less than a week following the release of key April...

MSCI China Index Hits Two Year High As Chinese Tech Stocks Flourish

The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) China Index has just breached a near two-year high on the back of gains in Chinese technology stocks. The...

Interbank WMP Balance Doubled in 2016

While the latest official data indicates that the interbank wealth management product balance doubled in 2016, observers say that the era of surging growth is over...

PBOC Says Banking System Liquidity Levels Back at Appropriate Levels

China's central bank said that the level of liquidity in the national banking system has returned to standard and "appropriate" levels in the wake of...

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