China Financial News and Headlines: stock markets, securities, banking and funds Page 1

Mar 30, 2019 18:08 PM

Calling China-U.S. Trade Frictions a War Is an Exaggeration: Premier Li
By Huang Shulun and Liu Jiefei
China trying to avoid trade war by engaging in negotiations to resolve disputes with U.S.
Mar 30, 2019 04:14 AM

JPMorgan, Nomura Cleared to Control China Brokerages
By Yue Yue and Shen Lu
American, Japanese securities giants are first to win nod for setting up 51% foreign-owned ventures under opening-up rules
Mar 29, 2019 23:16 PM

To Collect More State Sector Profit, China Has Just a Few Likely Options
By Wu Hongyuran and Timmy Shen
As Beijing seeks larger dividends from its stable of financial institutions, experts see the sovereign wealth fund and the central bank as its most feasible choices
Apr 01, 2019 09:45 AM

Manufacturing Improves for First Time in Four Months: Caixin Survey
By Liu Jiefei and Zhang Yu
Employment subindex jumps, returning to expansion for the first time since October 2013
Mar 29, 2019 20:45 PM

Hainan Must Learn From Hong Kong, Singapore in Its Modernization, Experts Say
By Ding Jie, Wu Hongyuran, Hou Qijiang and Ren Qiuyu
Services industry key to developing the island province into China’s 12th free trade zone
Mar 29, 2019 19:27 PM

Loose Credit Won’t Help Smaller Companies Get Loans, Expert Says
By Wu Hongyuran and Liu Jiefei
When monetary policy is relaxed, funds tends to flow into stock and bonds rather than credit starved firms, says former IMF deputy managing director
Mar 29, 2019 19:22 PM

In Depth: Souring Debt in China’s ‘Lemon Capital’ Warns of Looming Local Fiscal Crisis
By Cheng Siwei, Yu Hairong and Lin Jinbing
Shrinking land sales amid cooling property market dampen local governments’ ability to service debt
Mar 29, 2019 19:05 PM

Movers and Shakers: National Retirement Fund Head Retires
By Hu Yue, Huang Rong and Ke Baili
The biggest moves in China’s financial sector — plus HNA Group lets go of its youngest director and former Interpol head expelled from Communist Party
Mar 29, 2019 04:40 AM

Chinese Cannabis-Related Stocks Plunge After Speculative Surge
By Peng Yanfeng and Denise Jia
Inquiries by Shenzhen exchange seem to take the air out of shares linked to mostly illegal crop
Mar 28, 2019 20:36 PM

Beijing Approves First Chinese-Foreign Pension Insurance Provider
By Dong Jing and Teng Jing Xuan
Company established by U.K. insurance giant Standard Life and its local partner in 2003 will expand business
Mar 28, 2019 19:58 PM

In Depth: Closed Loophole Could Weaken Brokerage Stranglehold on Convertible Bonds
By Yue Yue and Leng Cheng
Certain institutional investors had been dominating the red-hot market because they could open an unlimited number of securities accounts
Mar 28, 2019 03:03 AM

Hong Kong Plugs Virtual Banks, Issuing First Licenses
By Wei Yiyang and Shen Lu
Three winners in push to tap smart banking are backed by mainland tech giants and financial institutions
Mar 28, 2019 02:30 AM

GF Securities Saddled With Offshore Hedge Fund Loss
By Liu Caiping and Han Wei
Unit records $139 million of red ink, drawing rebuke from Guangdong regulators and threatening Citigroup loan
Mar 27, 2019 19:30 PM

China’s Industrial Profits Suffer Steepest Drop on Record
By Cheng Siwei and Timmy Shen
Sector’s earnings in the first two months of 2019 fall 14% as performance slows at major industries
Mar 27, 2019 19:03 PM

China's New Income Tax Regime Will Do Less to Reduce Inequality: Report
By Cheng Siwei and Liu Jiefei
Equalizing effect of levy will be reduced as number of taxpayers is cut, researchers say
Mar 27, 2019 18:55 PM

Hyped-Up Online Insurer Reports Second Straight Annual Loss
By Dong Jing and Leng Cheng
ZhongAn lost nearly $260 million in 2018 as the advantages of its online-only model fail to materialize
Mar 27, 2019 03:35 AM

China Securities Regulator Eases IPO Rules on All Listings
By Liu Caiping and Denise Jia
Though move suggests market-driven direction, investment bankers say it’s too soon to predict broad registration-based system