China to allow social security fund more investment leeway

Updated regulations add futures, pension products to list of approved assets

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Chinese regulators will allow the National Social Security Fund to invest in pension products and certain types of corporate bonds, as well as hedging tools such as stock index futures and options. © Reuters

ZHANG YUKUN and CHENG SIWEI, Caixin

China plans to update investment regulations for its National Social Security Fund (NSSF), expanding the scope of what it can invest in domestically to include pension products and certain futures for hedging.

The existing rules governing the investment of the NSSF came into effect in 2001 and can no longer fully accommodate the development of the financial market or the fund's investment management, the Ministry of Finance said in a note accompanying the release of a draft of the updated regulations on Wednesday.

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