Savings vs costs: market weighs up Shanghai's FTZ as anniversary approaches

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Savings vs costs: market weighs up Shanghai's FTZ as anniversary approaches

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The Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) is approaching its first birthday, but the benefits of liberalisation for traders have been partly offset by heavy compliance requirements for the financial institutions managing the transactions.

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