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Yearly Archives: 2017

PBOC Lifts Centralised Customer Deposit Ratio for Online Payment Companies

The Chinese central bank has announced that it will raise the centralised customer deposit ratio for payment companies to roughly 50% from around 20%...

Central Bank Prepares 2 Trillion Yuan in Additional Liquidity for Chinese New Year

China's central bank has approved "provisional reserve fund drawing arrangements" (临时准备金动用安排) on the final trading day of 2017 for the purpose of shoring up...

Stable Growth, Risk Prevention and Reform on the Cards for 2018: Xi Jinping

Chinese President Xi Jinping has signalled that stable growth, expediting reform, structural adjustments and risk prevention will be the key economic work themes for...

Regulators Caution Trust Companies as Shadow Banking Crackdown Continues

The China Banking Regulatory Commission plans to target the country's colossal trust industry in 2018 as part of ongoing efforts to curb shadow banking...

Shadow Banking Lies at the Core of China’s Systemic Financial Risk

The breakneck growth of China's shadow banking sector in the decade since the Great Financial Crisis has heightened the country's vulnerability to systemic financial...

China Emerges as Global IPO Leader for 2017

China has taken the international lead in IPO's this year with a record number of A-share listings. A new report from Ernst & Young on...

Banking Regulator Will Standardize Market Access for Overseas Lenders

The China Banking Regulatory Commission says it will provide foreign lenders with a more even playing field when it comes to accessing the country's...

China to Focus on State-owned Asset Reform in 2018

The Chinese government has signalled that it will step up reform of the country's state-owned asset sector in the upcoming year, following widespread overhaul...

Liquidity Undergoes Structural Tightening in Lead up to 2018

Liquidity has become scarce and wholesale borrowing costs have risen across the board in the run up to the end of 2017. The latest figures...

China’s M2 Money Supply Growth Expected to Remain in Single Digit Territory in 2018

Analysts expect growth in China's M2 money supply to remain at historically low levels in 2018, following a year in which it tapped unprecedented...

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