Capital Markets

Independent fund sales institutions are not allowed to sell PE/VC funds on an agency basis

China issues draft rules easing foreign access to onshore bond markets; Citigroup becomes first U.S. bank to receive fund custody license; and Yum China bags $2.2 billion in Hong Kong secondary offering

Trump administration tightens choke-hold on Huawei's global access to chips; China to trial direct access for foreign investors to interbank bond market; and index provider MSCI launches climate change indexes for China stocks

Trump issues executive orders barring transactions with WeChat, TikTok after 45 days; U.S. officials recommend delisting non-compliant Chinese firms by 2022; China introduces tax, investment incentives for domestic chipmakers

Insurance companies' allocation of equity assets is subject to oversight according to their solvency

Foreign bank branches may engage in fund custody business

Chinese companies that fail to have their audits inspected face the threat of delisting

TikTok in limbo after Trump's threat to ban app from U.S. market; Luckin to be penalized by Chinese regulators over falsified sales; and Hong Kong bourse launches hedging tools for tapping A-share market

The Supreme People's Court issues the first guidelines on trial of bond disputes