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After years of anticipation, China has finally opened the door to majority foreign ownership across its financial sector. But instead of reacting with jubilance, international banks appear cautious as they await more details from regulators and remain vigilant of the challenges ahead, ranging from fierce local competition to licencing procedures. -
The People’s Bank of China gives foreign institutional investors greenlight to trade derivatives in the interbank bond market, Silk Road Fund sets up investment platform with a General Electric (GE) subsidiary to target Belt and Road energy projects, and the trading volume for Singapore Exchange (SGX) offshore renminbi (CNH) futures falls in October.
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The deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China says foreign companies will be treated on an equal basis with their Chinese peers, two foreign fund managers obtain private fund management (PFM) licences through their wholly foreign owned enterprises (WFOE), and Goldman Sachs sets up an investment fund with China’s sovereign wealth fund targetting US companies.
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Authorities in China are removing the cap on foreign ownership on a series of financial sector joint ventures (JVs), Zhu Guangyao, deputy minister at the Chinese Ministry of Finance (MoF), said on November 10. The news came on the heels of US president Donald Trump's visit to China.
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A tidal wave of compliance projects may not be the only outcome of MiFID II — the new regulations due to come into force on January 3 may push fixed income markets towards technological advance.
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Amid all of the hand-wringing about the advent of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive on January 3, there are some firms which are set to be clear winners, and welcome the start of the controversial regulation.
