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Buying a hotel in London
5 April 2013
Publication
London continues to be perceived as a safe haven for investment in real estate and demand
for hotel assets among international investors remains strong. Many investors are new to the
market and have little or no experience of investing in hotels and/or the...
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China Liberalises Insurance Capital Investment Regulation
16 November 2012
Publication
For a long time, China has closely monitored its insurance capital by restricting entities that were allowed to manage it and the eligible asset classes in which it could be invested. Now, eager to liberalise the deployment of insurance capital, the China...
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OCI issues Guidance Note on Outsourcing
14 November 2012
Publication
Hong Kong's financial regulators have regulated "outsourcing" for many years: the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has a dedicated guidance note on the topic, and both the Securities and Futures Commission and the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority...
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China issues guidelines to supervise the conduct of insurance agency business by commercial banks
27 July 2011
Publication
In March 2011, China released guidelines on how commercial banks may conduct insurance agency business in China. This client briefing looks at the framework of the guidelines, based on the need for stable cooperation of agency relationship between insurance companies...