Capital / Liquidity

Capital / Liquidity

China Launches State VC Fund with New Rules for Tech Investment

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/12/2025

The national fund will deploy patient capital into early-stage hard tech, with new rules on investment size and performance evaluation.

Capital / Liquidity

China Ties Guarantee Firm Incentives to New SME Employment Metric

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/12/2025

New rules link re-guarantee credit and fee discounts for financing guarantee firms to a quantifiable employment support index.

Capital / Liquidity

Taiwan Eases FX Hedging Burden for Insurers with New Rules

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/12/2025

The new regime aligns with global standards, while accounting changes aim to reduce earnings volatility and costly over-hedging.

Capital / Liquidity

China Cracks Down on Hidden Debt, Orders Banks to Tighten LGFV Lending

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/12/2025

An official audit has revealed illicit financing practices, prompting new rules for banks and stricter oversight on local government debt.

Enforcement

South Korea Launches Task Force to Tackle 'Undue Interference' in Policy Finance

By Mark Johnston | 29/12/2025

South Korea’s Ministry of SMEs and Startups has launched a programme to combat illegal third-party interference in policy funding.

Market Infrastructure

China Expands Cash Pool Programme for MNCs Nationwide

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/12/2025

The nationwide policy unifies renminbi and foreign currency pools and links foreign debt and overseas lending quotas to a company's net assets.

Capital / Liquidity

Korea Urged to Overhaul Securities Firm Capital Rules over Systemic Risk Concerns

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/12/2025

The KDI warns current capital adequacy metrics create a "dangerous illusion" of soundness and proposes a return to stricter, pre-2016 rules.

Enforcement

China's Expands SOE Accountability Rules to Curb Misconduct

By Mark Johnston | 29/12/2025

The measures expand punishable offences to 98 scenarios, detail financial penalties, and introduce lifetime accountability for major decisions.

Securities / Derivatives

Korea to Impose 'One-Strike' Rule on Private Equity Funds

By Manesh Samtani | 29/12/2025

The FSC plans stricter oversight, new reporting duties, and a 'one-strike-out' policy to curb short-termism and boost venture capital.