Working Group News
Coming out of the Shadows
The shadow banking system is thought of as inherently dangerous, but if it is well-managed and transparent it can benefit an economy
Read moreTrusts, Bonds Lead Surge in Credit 'Gambling'
Debates over potential risk are not slowing a race to finance local government projects without bank loans
Exchange rate hits 19-year record
Confidence in the yuan has strengthened, as 77 percent of Chinese companies surveyed by HSBC Holdings Plc expect one-third of all Chinese trade to be conducted in yuan by 2015.
Read moreChina making slow, steady economic recovery: survey
China's economy is making a slow, steady recovery from its weakest period of growth in three years, a survey of purchasing managers signaled on Thursday, with new orders and output at their highest in months.
Read moreChina Focus: China's economy has bottomed out, says economists
Digesting recent economic numbers, financial institutions across the globe have reached a general consensus: China's economy has bottomed out.
Chinese bank financing for foreign trade surges
The volume of outstanding trade financing between banks and China's exporters and importers amounted to 2.96 trillion yuan ($469 billion) at the end of September, 34.2 percent higher than a year earlier, according to new official data.
Banks need new culture
Remuneration structures linked to short-term performance have created incentives for dishonesty and must be changed.
More easing 'in the pipeline'
Beijing is expected to make more policy-easing moves in the short term as economic growth is forecast to fall below 8 percent in the second quarter, economists said.
Assets of China's lenders rise
The total assets of China's lenders exceeded 120 trillion yuan ($18.86 trillion) by the end of May, according to data released by China Banking Regulatory Commission on Monday.