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China’s financial regulator is tightening supervision of private equity managers, including prohibiting retail investors from investing in their funds, in new measures to safeguard investor interest in the wake of a number of scandals in recent years.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) unveiled 14 new measures last week following a month-long industry consultation in September.
Apart from barring retail investors from their funds, private equity managers will, among other things, have to bolster transparency of corporate information and formalise reporting of their fundraising activities.
The CSRC says private equities managers “have been involved in many wrongdoings in recent years”. It says some managers raise funds from unqualified investors, don’t register their funds, and are even involved in embezzlement and illegal trading.