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Faith-Based Banking: Wealth Management Products in China

December 19, 2016 By Tom Nunlist

One day in October, 2015, a group of disgruntled investors gathered in Beijing to lodge a complaint: they had bought so-called wealth management products from a state-owned guarantor backed company that managed nearly $8 billion in assets, and which had collapsed later. Such defaults have been uncommon in China’s wealth management product space, but the now-gargantuan industry may pose a large risk to China’s financial system. Many risky aspects of the wealth management products industry make people worry about the possibility of a chain reaction similar to the 2008 financial crisis, when the US mortgage market buckled under similar strains.

Filed Under: All Articles, Banking, Chinese Economy, Finance Tagged With: Banking System, Shadow Banking, Wealth Management

The Variable Interest Entity seems like a “Deliberate Nod and Wink”

October 29, 2014 By Mark Dreyer

Michael Brennan, a renowned academic in finance, on the variable interest entity structure, China’s capital markets and the internationalization of the renminbi.

Filed Under: All Articles, Chinese Economy, Connections, Economy, Finance Tagged With: Banking System, Currency, Government Regulation, Inflation, Investment, IPO, Slider, Variable Interest Entities, VIEs

The Hidden Risks in Wealth Management in China

August 19, 2014 By Don Weinland

The government is putting wealth management in China under the microscope, and is slowly catching up with the inherent risk of wealth management products. Can banks continue to invent new skirting methods? Bank deposits are boring, says Jane, a new recruit at a local bank in Shanghai. In a country where the government holds deposit […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Chinese Economy, Economics, Finance, Know China, Policy and Law Tagged With: Banking System, Banks, Government Control, Policy, Shadow Banking, Slider, Wealth Management

China Roundup: Alibaba’s Soccer and Telecom Forays; and Metal Financing Crackdowns

June 6, 2014 By Major Tian

The week that was: Alibaba’s soccer team stake and telecom plans; China wakes up to the risks in metal financing; China’s investments in food and agriculture businesses rise and KKR invests in Cofco’s meat production business. Metal Financing: the New ‘Shadow Banking’? While Beijing keeps a close eye on China’s shadow banking system, a new form […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China Round-up, Environment, Finance, Know China, Stock Exchange, Technology Tagged With: Alibaba, Banking System, Business of Sports, Environmental Pollution, Evergrand, Food Industry, Food Security, Football in China, KKR, Shadow Banking, Slider

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