Capital Markets

Limits on shareholding period of securities companies to prevent short-term speculation.

Hubert TseYuan Tai PRC [email protected] recent months, global equity markets have been hitting new lows. However, according to the China…

A new Circular makes it easier for foreign investors to get approval for the conversion of their unlisted shares into B-shares. This may finally render non-listed foreign-investment shares in these issuers obsolete. By Heiner Braun and Miles Ma, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Shanghai.

Lin [email protected] municipality recently announced its Provisions on Encouraging the Establishment of Regional Headquarters…

State Council issues 30 measures to boost the economy.

Worldwide, regulators are restricting margin trading and short selling. But China is about to allow securities companies to engage in these types of business for the first time. The new scheme will be tightly controlled and small in scale. By Phil Taylor.

Conversion of unlisted foreign investment shares into tradable B-shares streamlined.

Qualifications required for purchase of 5% or more of equity in a securities company.

The Chinese capital markers have developed rapidly and sponsorship activities have increased. New Measures for the administration of securities sponsorship aim to fix the weaknesses in the previous legal framework. They will have a significant impact on sponsoring companies and their legal advisers. By Christophe Han and Patrick Chen, Llinks Law Offices, Shanghai.