China’s $1.7 trillion hangover

China’s $1.7 trillion hangover

Up to 40% of China’s $1.7 trillion LGFV loans are at high risk of default. What’s a panicking Beijing to do?

The money network:

The money network:

Why crowdfunding threatens traditional bank lending

March 2003

Watchdog threatens RTS in fight to reform market


Russia


Moscow at night: the city's market regulator is intent
on casting more light on stock exchange transactions

Snapping a new set of teeth, Russia's stock market watchdog threatened last month to close down one of the country's two biggest exchanges unless it complied with new reporting requirements.

The Federal Securities Commission (FSC) is getting tough with investors and exchanges in an effort to civilize the unruly Russian stock market. As part of the continuing reforms to the financial system it has started to exercise new powers granted in the last nine months.

In its first high-profile fight the FSC threatened to withdraw the Russian Trading System's licence in February after the exchange failed to comply with rules that came into effect last July requiring exchanges to report separately direct and...


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