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Monthly Archives: January, 2018

Banking Regulator Calls for Adoption of Blockchain Technology for Secondary Loans

The China Banking Regulatory Commission has called for the expanded adoption of blockchain technology as part of efforts to spur the growth of China's...

China Mulls Merger Between Banking and Insurance Regulators

The Chinese central government is considering a merger between the country's banking and insurance authorities, as part of efforts to tighten and improve the...

China Allows Banks to Support Debt Equity Swaps Via Private Equity Funds

Beijing has given the green-light to banks establishing private equity funds to support the debt-equity swap schemes designed bring succour to heavily indebted state-owned...

Provincial Governments Begin to Dial Down GDP Growth Targets

Some of China's provincial governments have just released new GDP growth targets that mark a significant decline compare to 2017. The third week of January...

Liquidity Unleashed by Targeted Reserve Cuts Will Fall Short of Forecasts: PBOC

The official news publication of the Chinese central bank says the volume of liquidity generated by targeted reserve ratio reductions launched on 25th January...

Shadow Banking Growth Expected to Ease Under Regulatory Pressure: S&P

A new report from S&P Global Ratings sees Chinese regulators further intensifying their crackdown on the shadow banking sector in 2018. According to the report...

China Commits to Globalization and Economic Opening at Davos

China's representative to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland has delivered a speech reiterating Beijing's commitment to globalisation and further economic opening Liu He,...

Beijing Plans to Raise Personal Contributions to Age Pension Funds

Beijing has launched new policies to bolster personal contributions to China's age pension funds as well as stabilise payment adjustments. On 23 January China's Central...

Shadow Banking Crackdown Could Further Hamper Capital Adequacy Ratios

China's commercial lenders will find it a challenge to raise their perilously low capital adequacy ratios amidst Beijing's ongoing shadow banking crackdown, according to...

China on Track to Become World’s Biggest Issuer of Local Government Bonds

China is set to become the world's biggest issuer of local government bonds within the next five years, according to Qiao Baoyun, head of...

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