China clamps down on lending by trust companies
Fast-growing 20 trillion yuan industry at heart of vast shadow banking industry is under pressure to step up compliance and background checks
Shanghai
AS a flood of unregulated cash swirls through the Chinese economy, Beijing has been taking aim at the trust companies whose unrestrained lending practices are worrying regulators. The trusts, at the heart of a vast shadow banking industry, are being pressured to step up compliance and background checks, and are being pushed towards greater transparency.
But the fast-growing 20 trillion yuan (S$4.1 trillion) industry, whose lending operations are cloaked behind opaque structures, will be tough to rein in, according to employees at some trusts.
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