The much anticipated Shanghai-London Stock Connect is expected to be launched in 2018 after over three years in the making, despite the challenges it might meet in the future. Investments are now expected to flow both ways more easily. Though the Stock ... ( read original story ...)
Regulator Steps Up Scrutiny of Property Lending in Shanghai
The banking regulator in China’s financial hub of Shanghai has ordered commercial banks to tighten control of lending for acquisitions in the property sector, as part of the country’s efforts to contain housing market bubbles and financial risks. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong seen winning mega-IPO from Xiaomi after reforming listing rules
Xiaomi would like to be the first company to list under the new IPO rules allowing for a two-tiered share structure ... a partner at Xufunds Investment Management in Shanghai. “That will help to cement its position as a global financial centre.” ( read original story ...)
Hareon faces huge losses, possible delisting from stock market
Because Hareaon recorded a similarly poor performance in the fiscal year 2016, the company is to be publicly marked with a delisting warning, according to the regulations of the Shanghai Stock Market. This is not the first time that Hareon has found itself ... ( read original story ...)
Renters wanted: China tries to tame home market
The Shanghai Stock Exchange approved such an offering from Poly Real ... Not bad for a city where home costs have soared to levels rivaling the world’s priciest market, Hong Kong. While analysts say it could take years for the changes to take hold ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai banking regulator tightens rules on acquisition loans for property projects – sources
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - The banking regulator in Shanghai, China’s commercial capital, has told commercial banks to “strictly control” acquisition loans for financing property development projects, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter ... ( read original story ...)
Investors get ready for a surge in blockbuster China IPOs
its convenient time zone for Asian executives and the Stock Connect schemes linking trading in Shanghai and Shenzhen with Hong Kong, which can build Chinese interest once shares have listed. The links don't yet allow IPO investments. In response to Wall ... ( read original story ...)