Loans by the China-backed Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank will be denominated only in the US dollar, The Financial Times reported, citing an announcement by its new president at the bank’s opening ceremony on Sunday. Analysts said yuan lending by the development bank would have presented challenges, since most member countries likely contributed equity in dollars, and […]
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JD.com subsidiary JD Finance has raised RMB6.65 billion (US$1 billion) in financing from a fund-raising round with backers including Sequoia Capital China and China Taiping Insurance, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing an announcement from the Chinese e-commerce firm. JD.com said it would maintain majority ownership of its finance subsidiary, now valued at RMB46.65 billion and […]
Weekly data from the Shanghai Stock Exchange show the bourse’s largely individual investors shifting funds out of volatile equities and into exchange-traded funds that track bonds as well a gold and money markets, Reuters reported. The latest data from the Asset Management Association of China show that bond and money market funds nearly doubled in […]
A police inquiry into the operations of peer-to-peer lending platform operator Yucheng International Holdings have found evidence that the firm illegally raised RMB40 billion (US$6.06 billion) from 800,000 users, Caixin reported, citing unnamed sources. Investigators were said to have detained executives at the firm including chairman Ding Ning following a January 11 announcement that authorities […]
The China Banking Regulatory Commission has told domestic banks to lower yield rates for the wealth management products they offer, Reuters reported, citing five unnamed sources. Suppression of returns from the popular investment products – marketed by banks but often backed by risky third-party assets – could reduce their appeal and push retail investors toward […]