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  • Financial Regulators In Shanghai Hold Another Symposium On M&A to Deliver On "M&A Six Opinions" And "STAR Market Eight Measures" And Build Shanghai Into A Global M&A Hub

    Date 28/02/2025

    On February 27, the Financial Commission Office of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, the Shanghai Office of China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) jointly held another symposium on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and restructuring for Shanghai-listed companies. Over 20 market institutions, including securities firms, equity investment companies, commercial banks, accounting firms, and law firms, attended the event. The symposium aimed to discuss the market conditions and typical cases of M&A activities in Shanghai since the second half of last year. It also sought to gather opinions and suggestions from market participants, build consensus, and further promote the implementation of the Opinions on Deepening Market Reform in Mergers and Acquisitions of Listed Companies ("M&A Six Opinions"), the Eight Measures on Deepening the STAR Market Reform and Serving Scientific and Technological Innovation and the Development of New Quality Productive Forces ("STAR Market Eight Measures"), and the Shanghai Action Plan for Supporting Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring of Listed Companies (2025-2027) (the titles is an unofficial English translation for reference only, hereinafter referred to as the Action Plan). These efforts are intended to support Shanghai's goal of becoming a global M&A hub, enhance the quality of listed companies, and better leverage the capital market's unique role in serving technological innovation and the development of new quality productive forces.

  • Dalian Commodity Exchange: Notice On Expanding The Investment Scope Of Qualified Foreign Investors In Trading Commodity Futures And Options

    Date 28/02/2025

    To facilitate the further participation of Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors and RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (collectively referred to as “Qualified Foreign Investors”, or QFIs) in the trading of commodity futures and options of Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), DCE is hereby notifying the following matters:

  • Shanghai Futures Exchange: Circular On Expanding The Investment Scope Of Qualified Foreign Investors In Commodity Futures And Options

    Date 28/02/2025

    With the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), starting from March 4, 2025 (i.e. from the continuous trading session on March 3, 2025), Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) will expand the investment scope of Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors and RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (hereinafter collectively referred to as Qualified Foreign Investors, QFI) to include the following commodity futures and options contracts:

  • The Japan Financial Services Agency Publishes The Status Of Loans Held By All Banks As Of The End Of September 2024, Based On The Financial Reconstruction Act

    Date 28/02/2025

    Loans based on the Financial Reconstruction Act (FRA)

    The total amount of loans held by all banks as of the end of September 2024, based on the definition in the FRA (Act No. 132 of 1998), is 9.1 trillion yen. The figure decreased by 0.5 trillion yen from 8.8 trillion yen from 9.6 trillion yen as of end-March 2024.

  • Dalian Commodity Exchange: Notice On Expanding The Investment Scope Of Qualified Foreign Investors In Trading Commodity Futures And Options

    Date 28/02/2025

    Upon the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), starting from March 4, 2025 (i.e. from the night trading session on March 3, 2025), Dalian Commodity Exchange will expand the investment scope of Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors and RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (collectively referred to as Qualified Foreign Investors, QFIs) to the following commodity futures and options: