A number of events took place in the banking sector recently, and they all seem to be closely connected. First is the merger of the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) and China Insurance Regul ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-15
China's securities regulator has slapped a record 5.5 billion yuan (US$871 million) fine on a Xiamen-based firm for manipulating share prices of some Shenzhen-listed firms. The China Securities Regula ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-15
The decade since the global financial crisis has been tumultuous, to say the least. True, no great war has erupted, and we have more or less avoided the mistakes of the Great Depression, which led in ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-14
China is merging its banking and insurance regulators, giving new powers to policymaking bodies such as the central bank and creating new ministries in the biggest government shake-up in years, Reuter ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-13
The Hong Kong government, in its recent budget, has allocated more than HK$50 billion to promote the growth of innovative and technology enterprises. The spending, up five-fold compared to such outlay ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-13
As part of initiatives to take Hong Kong into a new era of smart banking, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) last month issued an update on a guideline related to authorization of virtual banks, ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-12
(Second of a two-part series) The judge held that he had come to the view “that the way the defendant conducted himself towards the investigation and prosecution” in the case against him “warrants the ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-12
Since 2015, Admiral Investment has reported on the long-term performance of Asia-Pacific and Asian REITs against other asset classes that are commonly considered by institutional and individual invest ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-12
Though the New Territories is home to 41 percent of Hong Kong's population, the region has only provided 24 percent of the city’s jobs. That means at least 40 percent of the residents in the New Terri ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-12
Despite the recent fund outflows and softness of the Hong Kong dollar, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the city's de facto central bank, appears to be pretty relaxed about the situation. Usin ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-12
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The Hong Kong dollar extended its slide to a fresh 33-year trough on Friday, a day after the city’s de facto central bank said it may not intervene until the currency peg touches the floor of its trad ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-09
China's securities regulator has given the go-ahead to Taiwan's Foxconn group, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, to list a subsidiary on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The China Sec ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-09
Eleven countries are expected to sign a landmark Asia-Pacific trade agreement in the Chilean capital of Santiago on Thursday, as an antidote to the increasingly protectionist bent of the United States ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-08
Travis Kalanick, the former Uber chief executive, announced in a Twitter post that he is going to start an investment fund called 10100, Reuters reports. The new fund, pronounced “ten-one-hundred”, wi ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-08
Broadcom sought to soothe US security concerns related to its bid for chipmaker Qualcomm, saying on Wednesday that it remains committed to investments aimed at making the United States a leader in 5G ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-08
