Dechert’s Financial Services team recently presented a seminar in London, during which panellists provided insights into “What’s New in Asia”. Topics included: Some key takeaways from the panel discussion, which focused on...more
12/16/2016
/ Asia ,
Asset Management ,
China ,
CIBM ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Investment ,
Hong Kong ,
Investment Funds ,
Japan ,
Private Placements ,
QDII ,
RQFII ,
Singapore ,
South Korea
A new program providing fund managers with access to China’s principal bond market officially opened for business in May 2016. The program – known as the China Interbank Bond Market (CIBM) program – greatly simplifies the...more
10/20/2016
/ Bond Markets ,
Bonds ,
China ,
CIBM ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Investment ,
Fund Managers ,
Institutional Investors ,
Licenses ,
PBOC ,
QFIIs ,
Registration Requirement ,
RQFII
The quota allocation – the first of its kind awarded to the United States – was announced on June 7, 2016 by Yi Gang, Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of China, the country’s central bank. This represents an apparent...more
At the January Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong, the Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”), Mr. Guo Shu Qing, stated that Mainland China could increase the level of investment quotas for both the...more