PBoC moves to standardize, centralize bond lending

China’s interbank bond market has grown exponentially over the past few years and is now the world’s second largest, fueled by the country’s huge appetite for debt and the opening up of the market to foreign investors and financial institutions. Yet regulation has failed to keep up or to respond to the growing demands from investors for more hedging tools and a more structured and formal system for bond lending and borrowing.
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CBIRC issues rules to improve the quality of directors and supervisors at banks and insurance companies

The state takeover and restructuring of Anbang Insurance Group Co. Ltd. in 2018 and Baoshang Bank Co. Ltd. in 2019 exposed serious shortcomings in corporate governance at China’s financial institutions that had the potential to destabilize the domestic financial system. Although regulators have known for years that weak corporate governance has been a major contributor to the string of scandals and fraud committed by both publicly listed, state-owned and private companies and financial institutions, these two high-profile rescues were a watershed moment…
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