China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC)
People: CBRC gets new chair; Colombian board member appointed
Veteran official takes top job at Chinese banking regulator; Gerardo Hernández Correa joins Colombian central bank; appointments at ESM and Czech National Bank
Reforming the Chinese banking system
China Banking Regulatory Commission chairman Shang Fulin explains how the banking system can evolve to safely support sound and sustainable development
China appoints new deputy governor
Former IMF official Zhang Tao appointed to deputy governor role at People's Bank of China; local media speculates he may return to the IMF as deputy managing director
The People’s Bank of China’s internet finance dilemma
China’s central bank faces a challenge encouraging the development of market-based internet financial services while regulating a business where a $7.6 billion Ponzi scheme recently blew up
Chinese and Czech central bank enlarge MoU to include crisis management
Czech National Bank and China’s banking regulator have deepened their existing memorandum of understanding to include working together on crisis-hit banks, Czech governor says
The IFF China Report 2015: The Chinese economy at a crossroads
Policy-makers offer insights into the structural transformation of the Chinese economy, financial deepening, trade and development, and the role of the renminbi in the international monetary system
CBRC's Shang Fulin on reforming bank profit models and dealing with non-performing loans
China Banking Regulatory Commission chairman Shang Fulin discusses how China's banks will respond to major financial market reforms while also addressing issues related to non-performing loans
Shadow banking risks ebbing in China
China has the world’s third-largest shadow-banking sector, but the risks it poses to the overall financial system are overstated, especially following moves by the State Council
China may have financial reforms backwards, economists argue
Interest rate liberalisation should take precedence over capital account opening, observers say at roundtable discussion in Hong Kong ahead of IFF China report release
China relaxes liquidity rules to fall in with Basel timeline
New approach to liquidity risk intended to reduce the regulation's pro-cyclicality; new rules come into effect on January 1, 2014
Asian central bank FX reserves not properly recognised by rating agencies, says Sheng
CBRC adviser and former Hong Kong SFC chief Andrew Sheng points to inconsistent approach in sovereign debt ratings; doubts international crisis co-ordination is possible
Chinese banks may face shadow finance credit crisis, say rating agencies
Strong links between the regulated and unregulated credit sectors in China due to the use of wealth management products and lending to shadow banks pose a systemic threat to Chinese banks
Chinese government hampering financial industry, World Bank warns
New World Bank report sees flaws in China's regulatory system
China banking regulator talks of reform ‘determination’
Liu Mingkang says rating agencies and analysts “underestimate” China’s determined reforms to the banking sector; warns of shadow banking clamp down
Foreign banks get temporary respite from China’s new ‘Volcker rule’
Foreign banks in China greet decision by China Banking Regulatory Commission to postpone new rules on onshore non-hedging business with relief
New lending rules for Chinese SMEs overlook deeper structural issues in credit market, say analysts
China Banking Regulatory Commission introduces new measures to boost lending to small businesses; analysts say real problems lie in regulatory framework that favours the state sector
China to ‘strengthen investigation' into shadow banking problems
“Risk control situation is grim,” warns top banking regulator
HKMA end-of-year review says banking sector resilient
Hong Kong Monetary Authority end-of-year review says banking sector remains resilient; plans to step up regulation of banks in 2011
Interview: Andrew Sheng
The crisis has undermined much of the economic theory that has influenced central banking in recent decades. This has significant consequences for policymaking, the chief adviser to the China Banking Regulatory Commission tells Claire Jones.
Abandon theory, Sheng urges central bankers
Andrew Sheng says current generation of central bankers became so enamoured with models they missed bigger picture; says there will be a great need for discretion, not rules, in future
Sheng, Lemierre: finance must shift to serve real economy
China Banking Regulatory Commission's Andrew Sheng and BNP Paribas's Jean Lemierre say speculation must be quelled; Sheng urges Asia to develop investment banking industry, create regional champions
US, Chinese regulators sign cross-border resolution deal
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and China Banking Regulatory Commission to cooperate and write shared contingency plans for cross-border failures; move follows United Commercial Bank failure
How China is empowering the boardroom
Sound corporate governance is essential if future financial crises are to be avoided. Liao Min and Rui Wang of the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) explain how the commission is developing guidelines to make this happen
Three academics join China’s Monetary Policy Committee
The People’s Bank of China calls on three scholars to join rate-setting board