ANALYSIS: We consumers are ready to save the day
For the rest of 2016, being less pessimistic could be what consumers need economies and companies to feel to encourage them to come to their rescue.
China
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China has a credit problem and it knows it
Anybody who says that China doesn’t have a credit problem is lying because when that much credit is pumped into the system there is no way that every single loan is a sound investment, according to Schroders’ head of Asian equities Singapore, Lee King Fuei.
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Chinese securities regulator chief replaced
Following months of market turmoil, the head of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), Xiao Gang, was removed from his post and replaced by Lui Shiyu, the chairman of the Agriculture Bank of China.
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HNW client base from China increasing in Hong Kong, BEA says
Personal wealth is flowing out of China as domestic investors grow increasingly concerned over the markets and economic growth, according to Bank of East Asia.
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Second property-backed Chinese asset manager defaults
Xin Qi, a Chinese asset management firm backed by property projects, has defaulted on CNY1.9bn (£203m, $291m, €261m) worth of investments, affecting thousands of retail investors across mainland China.
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Cash balances hit 15-year high as investors turn cautious
Investors are turning more cautious in the face of the turmoil in the financial markets this year, according to the latest Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) Fund Manager Survey, with average cash balances up at their highest weighting since November 2001.
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ANALYSIS: Beware China’s rapidly diminishing cash pile
The ‘humiliation’ of emerging markets, led by China, is currently at an extreme says Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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China sets new rules for insurance companies
China’s foreign exchange regulator has officially implemented a new capital and risk regime for insurance companies, according to the Chinese news agency Xinhua.
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Advisers shun China short term
A quarter of advisers say they do not plan to allocate any investments to China over the next six months, according to research from Cofunds.
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Chinese Ponzi scheme scams billions from 900,000 investors
Chinese authorities have arrested 21 people involved in a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending scheme suspected of defrauding 900,000 investors of around CNY50bn (£5.3bn, $7.6bn, €7bn).
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The bull and bear case for Chinese equities
Switzerland-based Falcon Private Bank has a base case of 0% returns for China equities in 2016.
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China GDP growth hits 25-year low but markets unperturbed
China’s gross domestic product growth slipped to a 25-year low of 6.9% in 2015 it was confirmed Tuesday, but markets were largely unconcerned.