According to the Administration of Stock Investments by Insurance Institutional Investors Tentative Procedure (hereinafter referred to as “Tentative Procedure”),as the “insurance institutional investors”, qualified insurance companies and insurance asset management companies are entitled to invest in stocks. Insurance companies include the insurance group companies and the insurance holding company. The difference of qualification requirements for insurance companies and insurance asset management companies [1] is, if the insurance asset management companies satisfy article 5 of the Tentative Procedure, they can invest in stocks directly without CIRC’s approval and if the insurance companies satisfy article 7 of the Tentative Procedure and get approval from CIRC, they can invest in stocks directly as well. Continue Reading Investment in Stock Market by Insurance Funds (1)