(China Alert) Insurance outbound investment (p)review 

  • insurer
-Chinese insurers’ investable assets grew 21% YoY to RMB13.1tr (USD1.9tr) by November 2016 – Insurers have not been deterred by obstacles to overseas investment Update: Last year should have been a landmark year for Chinese insurers and their offshore investment aspirations. Regulatory encouragement and falling yields onshore pushed all firms, large and small, to look at […]
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(China Alert) Capital restrictions: One step back, two steps forward

  • Capital restrictions, SAFE
-SAFE will actively police nonstandard outbound investment channels in 2017 – This will seriously hit the current business of managers based in Hong Kong -But we expect a reopening of China’s formal outbound investment channels will be triggered Update: SAFE reiterated that the USD50,000 annual limit for overseas spending by Chinese nationals will continue but for […]
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Strategic Outlook: In case you missed it – 2016 in review

To say the least, 2016 was a busy year. Starting from the opening of the bond market to majority control of a fund management company by a foreign firm, it can be easy to forget just how much happened. Themes of cross-border investment liberalization and structural maturation have now cast the Chinese financial industry in […]
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(China Alert) Mutual funds: Winners and the rest

  • mutual fund
– A number of joint ventures were able to partake in the year’s competitive themes -Institutional capital was a key driver of market share change Update: When looking back at 2016’s mutual fund market growth, several competitive themes can be identified. Each theme had an impact on firm-level growth and market share. The top-three managers on […]
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(China Alert) AMAC registration: Dancing in the dark

-Fidelity International has registered its onshore investment platform with AMAC -It is set to become the first global manager to enter the USD395bn private fund industry Update: We have now entered the territory where global managers can run money in China on their own. The final gap has been bridged by Fidelity International registering its […]
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(China Alert) Public mutual funds: Resilience through headwinds

  • mutual fund
-Public mutual fund AUM, excluding QDII products, grew 8% in 2016 -Bond funds were the biggest winner of both the fourth quarter and the year Update: As most other investment management markets were shaky to say the least this year, China’s mutual fund industry has grown 8% to RMB9tr (USD1.3tr) in 2016 (and we have […]
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(China Alert) The USD350m China fund deal

– A 10% stake in ChinaAMC has been bought by Power Corp’s subsidiary IGM Financial – Power Corp has made over USD100m in profit from its original 10% ChinaAMC stake in five years Update: Canada’s Power Corp is doubling-down on its China investment. It has acquired another 10% of ChinaAMC through its publicly-traded subsidiary – IGM Financial. […]
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(China Alert) Bond market volatility: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

-The rapid movement of institutional capital into fixed income this year has culminated in a liquidity crunch -We believe managers will readjust their institutional business and investment strategy in 2017 Update: While things quiet down as many head home for the holidays, China has been aflutter. Over the past few days, there has been a […]
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China Dashboard December 2016

An overview of the Chinese financial sector of November 2016 that covers topics including: fund flows, regulatory updates, cross border activities, capital markets, insurance sector, mutual fund sector, banks, trust sector, brokerage sector and private (hedge) funds. These updates are further broken down by our analysis and data. In this month’s dashboard, we cover Expanding M&A, […]
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Strategic Outlook: Fund flows – Following the money trail

Z-Ben Advisors doesn’t need to tell you about the size of the Chinese asset management market – you already know that it’s big. What we can tell you is we are starting to see new sources of capital from institutional and retail investors enter the industry. These have already become a significant driver of onshore […]
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