Introduction -- Private lending market: historical evolution and operating mechanism -- The private lending crisis : cause, effect, and risk -- The legal framework of private lending -- Regulating private lending : rationale and practice -- The future of private lending -- Conclusion.

The ongoing Evergrande debt crisis has been widely dubbed as China’s Lehman Brothers moment as the Chinese corporate conglomerate failed to pay interest on its corporate debt worth £228bn. The case of Evergrande reflects the tightly intertwined connection of financial markets and the real...

Mr Ding Hui, the chairman and chief executive of a Hong Kong-listed fashion retailer, Fujian Nuoqi Co Ltd, suddenly went missing in July 2014. As a result, the company's share price slumped by more than 50% in three consecutive days. It remained mysterious about Mr Ding's motivation for...

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...

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...

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...

China now has a gigantic financial industry worth trillions of dollars. Its banks and insurance companies are among the largest in the world. It also holds three of the most active stock exchanges and thousands of public companies. Fintech firms have sprung across the country including top...

In this article the authors analyse the reform of listing rules in China and the operating mechanism of the new Chinese Depositary Receipts (CDRs). Most technology giants in mainland China, such as Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, JD and NetEase have listed their shares on overseas stock markets such as...