China Construction Bank has entered into a partnership deal with ADDX, a full-service capital markets platform with Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) licences, to help domestic investors in China participate in the country’s official offshore investment scheme. 

 

One of the country's leading banking groups, China Construction Bank has a network of 14,510 branches and more than 351,000 employees. The bank’s market capitalisation at the end of 2021 was $175 billion, making it the sixth most valuable bank in the world.

 

The financial institutions announced today the signing of a MoU that paves the way for them to work together on the custody and distribution of a $200 million quota allocation under the QDLP scheme.

 

Launched in 2012, the Qualified Domestic Limited Partnership scheme (QDLP) allows sophisticated investors in China to participate in renminbi funds focused on overseas investment opportunities. 

 

Unlike other offshore schemes such as QDII  and Wealth Management Connect, the QDLP allows offshore investments in a greater variety of assets – not just public market products, but also private market ones. 

 

Last year, ADDX reached an agreement with Singapore-regulated wealth and fund management company ICHAM, which has received a $200 million allocation as part of the Chongqing government’s overall $5 billion QDLP quota. 

 

Under the agreement, ADDX will be a key venue for investments from the ICHAM fund in China authorised to raise capital from Chinese institutions and individuals. 

 

ADDX will also offer these Chinese investors access to private market opportunities issued as digital securities, covering a broad range of asset types including private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, hedge funds, pre-IPO equity, bonds and structured products. 

 

The agreement announced today allows ADDX to operationalise the QDLP scheme for investors through a collaboration with China Construction Bank. 

 

Under the MOU, the bank could be appointed to act as the custodian bank for the $200 million in investments made on ADDX through the ICHAM fund. China Construction Bank (Chongqing branch) could also distribute to its wealth clients the fund units under the QDLP allocation.

 

"As Asia’s largest private market exchange, ADDX is eager to bring the global investment opportunities on our platform to China, Asia’s largest wealth management market," said its Oi-Yee Choo. 

 

"By allowing domestic capital to buy into high-quality offshore assets, China is ensuring its investors can build globally diversified portfolios that are best positioned to preserve and expand gains from the opening-up of the country’s economy over the past few decades," she noted. 

 

"The potential enhanced returns from such a move will in turn drive further economic growth in China, as the capital gains from investments flow back into China to create new jobs and to strengthen the buying power of Chinese consumers. In enabling these investments, ADDX is privileged to work with China Construction Bank, a respected and world-leading financial institution," she added.