China regulatory revamp stills leaves scope for arbitrage

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Travel lockdowns have severely impacted the investors' ability to keep adding to their historical interest, especially in overseas alternative assets.

China has scrapped the quota of its two leading inbound investment programmes, but the move appears unlikely to give its onshore capital markets a shot in the arm.

Limited partners have cut back on private equity investments as they focus on monitoring their portfolios. And they are taking a more careful and rigorous approach to fund managers.