The New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (New CIES)1 was launched on 1 March 2024 aiming to attract high net worth investors (including foreign and Chinese nationals) to reside in Hong Kong with a permanent residency status...more
Further to the announcement by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange ("SAFE") in September 2019 of its plans to remove the investment quota limitations on two inbound investment schemes – the Qualified Foreign...more
6/9/2020
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Financial Markets ,
Foreign Investment ,
Hong Kong ,
Institutional Investors ,
Investment Opportunities ,
People's Bank of China ,
QFIIs ,
Quotas ,
RQFII ,
State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE)
On September 10, 2019, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) held a press conference in which it announced that it would be removing the investment quota limitations on two inbound investment schemes – the...more
The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) earlier this year invited public comments on a new consolidated regime under draft regulations (Draft Regulations) for Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFIIs) and...more
Following announcement of the proposed launch of a bond trading link between China and Hong Kong (Bond Connect) earlier this year, Bond Connect officially launched on July 3, 2017. Bond Connect allows foreign institutional...more
7/14/2017
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Bonds ,
China ,
CIBM ,
Debt Instruments ,
Eligibility ,
Foreign Investment ,
Fund Managers ,
Hong Kong ,
Institutional Investors ,
QFIIs ,
RQFII
China has announced the launch of a new initiative that is likely to liberalize the process for foreign investors to invest in the China bond market. As the third largest bond market in the world, this could be a significant...more