XFA Weekly Review 2017 Issue 13_Xinhua Finance Agency

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Issue		13
2017


	2017/03/26 - 2017/04/01

China's GDP likely to grow 6.8 pct in Q1: think tank

China's economy is likely to grow by 6.8 percent year on year in the first quarter of the year as production activities and investment picked up.

UK officially begins Brexit, BOE implements pressure tests on British banks

The British economy will face challenges caused by the Brexit.

	China Focus: PMI reports paint positive economic picture

	China's manufacturing sector in March stayed above the boom-bust mark for the eighth month in a row.


	State-owned capital to transferred to social security fund soon

		China will promote the reform of the old-age insurance system and transfer some of the state-owned capital to enrich the social security fund.

New rules set for reserve fund to improve performance of listed insurers

CIRC on last Friday released the notice about optimizing the curve of discount rate used in liabilities evaluation of insurance contracts.

Outbound M A activity more rational in 2017

Outbound M A fell 52.8 percent year on year to 92 billion yuan (about 13.4 billion U.S. dollars) in the first two months of 2017.

PBOC to improve RMB’s investment and financial transaction functions

Recently, China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), convened a conference to summarize cross-border business of renminbi (RMB).

Margin balance hit new high, hot money flows to Belt and Road concept

“Belt and Road” concept favored by capitals.

China scales up regulation of real estate developers, agents

China's housing regulator urged efforts to crack down on malpractice by real estate agents and developers on Wednesday.

Interest rate indicators hit new high in 2017, rise of A shares restricted

Under impacts of factors like interest rate rise in disguised form by the PBOC, MPA on banks in the quarter end and etc., capital supply is tightened.

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