August 2018

China. New pension target securities funds get the green light

China has just approved 14 Chinese asset managers to float pension target securities investment funds, a move to improve A-share market liquidity and offer the nation's middle-income earners more diversified pension management solutions. China Asset Management Co Ltd, China Southern Asset Management Co Ltd, Bosera Asset Management Co Ltd, E Fund Management Co Ltd and 10 other asset management companies became the first batch to receive regulatory approval, according to the China Securities Regulatory Commission on Monday. People close to China...

China is trying to talk its way out of a growing problem with its military veterans

BEIJING (Reuters) - A senior Chinese officer appealed to military veterans on Tuesday not to take complaints about their treatment to the streets and to "rationally" lodge appeals for redress. At the annual meeting of parliament in March, China set up a Ministry of Veterans Affairs as part of a broader government reshuffle, aiming to better look after former soldiers whose complaints about poor treatment have flared into scattered protests in recent years. In February 2017, Chinese military veterans staged two...