China Investment Corporation (CIC)'s investment performance in 2009 was better than in 2008 as a result of its 11.7% return on its global portfolio. Underlying CIC's active management of its overseas investments were reforms to its governance and improvements to its human resources management....

A Chinese subsidiary of a foreign bank issued yuan-denominated bonds on China's domestic interbank bond market for the first time on 20 May 2010. China's corporate bond market, although split between an exchange and an OTC market, has been growing since 2008, but total corporate bonds...

China Investment Corporation, established in September 2007 using capital from China's foreign exchange reserves, has been reported to be considering raising more capital. China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange has been diversifying how it manages China's foreign exchange reserves...

On 3 May 2011 the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) published its Guidelines for Implementing New Regulatory Standards in the PRC Banking Industry ('China's Basel III'). As a result, Chinese banks will have to fully implement the new standards before the official end-2018 deadline for...

One of the main aims of China's 12th Five-Year Program, which covers the period 2011-15, is to make Chinese industry more competitive. In order to achieve this, six key sectors have been designated for merger and restructuring, while seven have been designated for the creation of strategic new...

The China Securities Regulatory Commission plans to establish new laws and regulations, as well as revise existing laws, governing the creation of OTC markets, mutual funds, futures transactions, the oversight of listed companies, and a judiciary system. This process of establishing a legal...