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Inside Chinaâs Shadow Banking
The Next Subprime Crisis?
An Insiderâs View of Chinaâs Microcredit Industry and Some Stunning Predictions for the Future
Is shadow banking in China likely to become the source of the next global financial crisis or simply a little understood area of the enormous Mainland economy? Financial industry expert Joe Zhang pulls back the curtain on this sector and explains how shadow banking in China impacts the regional and world economies.
Within shadow banking, Chinaâs microcredit industry is an area of tremendous interest for most business analysts. In Inside Chinaâs Shadow Banking: The Next Subprime Crisis?, Joe Zhang pinpoints the areas of concern based on his experience in the field and his knowledge of the complicated rules and regulations of banking in China gathered during his years as an official of the central Peopleâs Bank of China in Beijing.
Drawing on his time spent at UBS, as well as the work of prominent economists, Joe Zhang explains shadow banking and microcredit in China for investors, economists, laypeople, and the general public.
Joe Zhang, 50, is an independent corporate advisor based in Hong Kong. From 2011 to 2012, he was Chairman of Wansui Micro Credit Company in Guangzhou, China. He was named "A Microcredit Person of the Year" in January 2012 by the Microcredit Association of China.
He worked for 11 years at UBS, mainly as Head of China Research and then Deputy Head of its China Investment Banking Division.
From 1986 to 1989, he was an official of the central People's Bank of China in Beijing. From 2006 to 2008, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Shenzhen Investment Limited, a property developer.
His work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, and The New York Times.
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