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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 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

Regulating internet finance in China

March 26, 2014 By Major Tian

Chen Long, Professor of Finance at CKGSB, believes that the authorities have to tread a fine line while regulating internet finance products in China such as Alibaba’s Yu’e Bao and Tencent’s Li Cai Tong. Here’s why. China’s most dominant online payment system is going through “the toughest, yet the most honorable moment”, says Jack Ma, President of […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Economics, Finance, Innovation, Internet Finance, Know China, Technology, Videos Tagged With: Alibaba, Baidu, Chinese Economy, Funds, Internet FInancing, Li Cai Tong, PBOC, Slider, Tencent, Wealth Management, Yu'e Bao

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