From 2014–15, China witnessed a super bull in its stock market, as the major SSE Composite Index was more than doubled, but it was followed by an unprecedented crash triggering a global sell-off. This article argues that margin trading, which means investors that borrow money from stock...

Discusses how the development of innovative financial technology (Fintech) is giving rise to new "challenger banks" entering the UK market. Examines the business models of two digital challenger banks, Aldermore Bank and Shawbrook Bank, and the mobile-based Atom Bank. Suggests why challenger...

Shanghai-London Stock Connect (SLSC) is an innovative cross-border financial markets listing and trading mechanism linking Chinese stock market with its British counterpart. It allows Chinese public companies to issue Global Depository Receipts (GDR) to be traded on the London Stock Exchange....

This article introduces and analyses China's latest reform of securities laws to attract domestic unicorn companies (with a valuation over $1 billion) and tech giants to list or dual-list their shares on mainland China's Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. In the past, most Chinese tech...

In 2015, China started allowing qualified investors to set up privately funded commercial banks, which might be the largest change in China's state-dominated banking sector in the recent decade. The privately-owned banks are said to break the monopoly of existing state-owned banks, as well as...

This article provides an in-depth analysis of laws and regulations relating to Shanghai-London Stock Connect (SLSC) which enables investors and public companies in both China and the UK to access each other's capital markets. It introduces the history and latest developments of the SLSC. It...

This article investigates the financing dilemma of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK. After the global financial crisis, banks have become risk-averse and refuse to lend to small business borrowers. Meanwhile, the recent decade has witnessed the rapid growth of online...

In this article, the author tracks developments in bitcoin trading and considers regulatory responses.Key Points:● 2017 has witnessed a so-called bitcoin bubble, as entrepreneurs and professional investors rushed into the market to take a bet on the upcoming cryptocurrency age. The price of a...

The financial industry has witnessed the so-called “fintech revolution” in recent years. Due to the emergence of information technologies such as cloud computing, big data, blockchain and artificial intelligence, the landscape of the traditional financial industry has been largely...