Xiao Gang

China mutuals told to buy more stocks to boost market

27 Apr 2013

The mainland's securities regulator is ratcheting up pressure on mutual funds to increase equity purchases after the key stock market indicator lost nearly 3 per cent this week. The move was seen...

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Reshuffle paves way for new BOC chief

16 Apr 2013

Bank of China (BOC), the mainland's largest foreign-exchange lender, will soon have a new chairman, following the appointment of Tian Guoli as party secretary on Monday.

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China's new securities regulator must continue on path of market reform

28 Mar 2013

Guo Shuqing's departure after 17 months in office at the China Securities Regulatory Commission is not good news for a securities market in need of overhaul. The various schemes he launched were...

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Shanghai stocks swing as Xiao Gang takes over top CSRC job

21 Mar 2013

Mainland equity investors initially appeared unimpressed with the appointment of Xiao Gang as the chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission. When he took office on Monday, the...

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Bank of China loses chairman, gains regulatory ally

18 Mar 2013

Bank of China announced that its chairman Xiao Gang had resigned for unexplained reasons. Simultaneously, Chinese media reported that Xiao had been named as the new head of China's securities...

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Bank of China chief Xiao Gang is to head securities watchdog

17 Mar 2013

Beijing has picked the chairman of the Bank of China, Xiao Gang, to replace Guo Shuqing as head of the mainland's securities regulator, at a time when massive reforms are being undertaken to...

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Opinion

Michael Cox

The last straw for Terry Wong?

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Jake Van Der Kamp

iBonds are little help in easing inflation and a bad bet financially

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In tackling shadow banking, China needs to pick a small target first

China’s “shadow banks” have been one of the hottest topics in the financial press lately. Bank of China chairman Xiao Gang, who according to recent rumours would likely take over as China’s top...

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Tough tasks await next PBOC head

The next governor of the People's Bank of China is likely to have got there by first becoming the head of one of the country's big state-owned lenders. His initial task? To curb the power of those...

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Markets keen to know names of men who will be in charge of economy

Markets are watching a handful of experienced bankers whose ascent though the party ranks this week makes them likely candidates for top jobs managing the world's second-largest economy for the...

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Bank of China turns focus to life insurance market

BOC lured towards more income, larger revenue streams

The Bank of China has set its sights on the mainland's lucrative life insurance market, with a possible eye towards...

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Banking on bonds

Bank of China, the mainland's second-largest lender, said it had about one trillion yuan invested in yuan bonds that could benefit from a rebound in interest rates, a factor that would support...

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PBOC completes network

Beijing's central People's Bank of China has set up a new regional branch in Nanjing, the last of its nine such branches created in a financial overhaul, Xinhua said.

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