CHINA: China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) “Guiding Opinions on Commercial Banks Issuing Corporate Bonds to Replenish Capital” Commercial Banks may issue corporate bonds at Shanghai Stock Exchange to replenish capital

Wednesday January 15 2014

On November 8, 2013, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) jointly issued the “Guiding Opinions on Commercial Banks Issuing Corporate Bonds to Replenish Capital” (the “Guiding Opinions” for short), which allows listed and to-be-listed commercial banks to issue corporate bonds at exchanges to replenish capital. The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has also recently released the “Notice on Commercial Banks Issuing Corporate Bonds to Replenish Capital and the Issues Related to Listing, Trading and Transfer of the Bonds” (the “Notice” for short), which makes specific provisions on listing and trading, transfer, information disclosure, and other issues related to corporate bonds issued by commercial banks for capital replenishment at the SSE.

The issuance of the “Guiding Opinions” and the “Notice” symbolizes that channels of commercial banks for capital replenishment have been expanded to the exchange markets, which is of positive significance for promoting the innovation of capital instruments in the banking sector and improving the integration of China’s bond market.

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