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Chart of the Week: Shadow banking in China more than doubled since 2012
Chart of the Week: Shadow banking in China more than doubled since 2012
																					
							Shadow banking assets reached US$9.5t in 2016, but growth is finally slowing down.
						
					
					
				Is China making progress in reining in shadow bank growth?
																					
							The enhanced regulation is finally showing some results.
						
					
					
				China extends deadline for banks to submit risk assessments
																					
							Eight sets of rules were launched by the CBRC since March.
						
					
					
				Outlook for China's banking system improves for the first time since 2015
																					
							Moody's has revised its outlook for to stable from negative.
						
					
					
				China banks' assets up 11.4% to $35.04t as of end-June
																					
							Liabilities also rose 11.3%.
						
					
					
				China commits to tighten financial regulatory oversight
																					
							The current fragmented framework makes it more difficult for regulators to monitor banks.
						
					
					
				How does China's move to curb shadow banking affect banks?
																					
							The measures benefit the banks but also bring adjustment risks.
						
					
					
				China Construction Bank's NPL woes finally over
																					
							NPL formation receded to less than US$4b in Q1.
						
					
					
				Chinese banks' profit to grow 4% to US$98.7b in the first half of 2017
																					
							Guess which bank will have the strongest profit growth.
						
					
					
				Citi China selected as official Bond Connect Trading Dealer
																					
							It's the first and currently only American bank to be granted such status.
						
					
					
				China banks undergo deleveraging as tight liquidity persists
																					
							But it's still in a nascent stage.
						
					
					
				China probes top deal-making companies to gauge risks of litigation, losses at banks
																					
							HNA’s acquisition of Travana is amongst the deals being examined.
						
					
					
				Chinese banks urged to tackle loss-making 'zombie firms' as part of reform
																					
							Beijing is promoting supply-side structural reform.
						
					
					
				China's shadow banking crackdown finally cools credit growth
																					
							Bank lending growth has held up, while non-loan TSF declined in May.
						
					
					
				Chinese banks endure record high borrowing costs
																					
							Moody's says profitability will be affected.
						
					
					
				Foreign banks' China exposure to rebound from 2015 trough
																					
							Mainland China exposure of foreign banks rose 3.7% to USD1,642b in 2016.
						
					
					
				Why Chinese banks resorted to using substandard collateral
																					
							Lack of regulatory enforcement is one reason.