On 31 January 2020, the World Health Organization has announced the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCov), sourced from Wuhan, as a Public Health Emergency of Concern. The impact of the coronavirus outbreak, social...more
2/18/2020
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Borrowers ,
China ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Lenders ,
Loans ,
Market Conditions ,
Material Adverse Effects ,
Public Health ,
Risk Management
Ever since China began opening up to the outside world, the right of foreign-invested enterprises ("FIEs") to make equity investments within the People's Republic of China (which for these purposes refers to Mainland China...more
12/2/2019
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China ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Equity Investors ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign Investment Entities (FIEs) ,
Free Trade Zone ,
Investment ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Regulatory Standards ,
State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE)
On 15 October 2019 the State Council in China published the decision on revising the Foreign Insurers in China Regulations and the Foreign-Invested Banks Administrative Regulations (known as the "Decision"). The Decision...more
After the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission announced 12 measures to open up China’s banking and insurance industry in May, the Financial Stability and Development Committee under the State Council announced...more
10/24/2019
/ Bond Markets ,
China ,
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Foreign Investment ,
Hong Kong’s Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) ,
Institutional Investors ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Pension Funds ,
People's Bank of China ,
QFIIs ,
RQFII ,
S&P
Much has already been written about the foreign investment law which was voted into law by China's highest legislative body, the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, on 15 March 2019.
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On 30 June 2016, the industry self-regulating body, the Asset Management Association of China published what, on the face of it, appeared to be a fairly innocuous document entitled Questions and Answers regarding the...more
On 11 January 2017, the People's Bank of China ("PBOC"), China's central bank, issued the People's Bank of China Circular on Matters relating to the Full Bore Macroprudential Administration of Cross-Border Financings ("New...more
On 30 June 2016, the industry self-regulating body, the Asset Management Association of China published what, on the face of it, appeared to be a fairly innocuous document entitled Questions and Answers regarding the...more
3/23/2017
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China ,
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign-Owned Corporations ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
Joint Venture ,
MOFCOM ,
Private Funds ,
Regulatory Oversight