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What China would gain from allowing investment overseas

China is getting closer to formulating a legal framework to allow qualified domestic institutional investors to tap overseas capital markets, although the details need working out. Neil Torpey, Jon Lewis and Todd Liao of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP explain

July 22 2004

Foreign investors queue to buy bad debt

Interest in China's non-performing loan market is rising. Now the government needs to follow through with additional legislative and regulatory developments, says James Olson of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP

July 22 2004

How to buy state-owned shares

Foreign investors can now buy state-owned shares in Chinese listed companies, although many approvals are needed and the regulatory framework is less than perfect. Jon L Christianson, Alec P Tracy and Fei Qiao of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates explain

July 22 2004

Introduction: Interview: A-share trading triggers wider securities reform

One year after the arrival of foreign investors in China’s $500 billion A-share market, domestic companies have slowly begun to improve corporate governance. Nicole Yuen, head of China equities at UBS, explains how and calls on the regulators to use this experience as a catalyst for further reform

July 22 2004

Introduction: Interview: Foreign bankers seek regulatory clarity

Hubert Lem, head of China matters in the law division of Morgan Stanley Asia, tells IFLR what more regulators should do to give foreign investors greater confidence in the mainland

July 22 2004

Introduction: China faces challenges of reform

The rapid economic growth seen in the People's Republic of China in 2003 will slow this year, but will still probably outpace the government's target. Concerned at patches of economic overheating and unbalanced socio-economic development, the government has taken steps to control credit expansion and is emphasizing a more balanced approach, with help for rural areas. But the country faces many challenges, including a weak banking system, state enterprise reform, job creation and poverty reduction

July 22 2004

Making a strategic investment in a Chinese bank

As China slowly opens its banking industry, foreign financial institutions are increasingly looking to make strategic investments. Charles Qin, Jonathan Pan, Stanley Cha and Roy Zhang of Llinks Law Office outline the options for investors

July 22 2004

Why mortgage-backed deals are not possible without reform

If China wants to make the most of mortgage-backed securitization, it will have to rethink its legal system, say Anthony Qiao and Zeng Xianwu of Zhong Lun Law Offices

July 22 2004

UK court restores rights of senior creditors

UK clearing banks and other secured lenders will continue to be repaid before preferential creditors in corporate insolvencies under a recent ruling by the Court of Appeals.

June 30 2004

Securitization firms continue to challenge accounting rules

The UK's linked presentation approach to accounting for structured finance deals will form the basis for new proposals being put to the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) by industry representatives.

June 30 2004

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