China s privately offered funds expand in April
Xinhua
23 May 2021, 16:55 GMT+10
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) China s privately offered funds hit 17.79 trillion yuan (about 2.77 trillion U.S. dollars) by the end of April, industry association data shows. The figure was up 562.7 billion yuan, or 3.27 percent, from the end of the previous month, and it was the fourth consecutive month of growth, data from the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) shows. By the end of April, the number of registered privately offered funds rose 2.11 percent from one month earlier to 105,025, according to the AMAC. A total of 24,479 institutions managed these privately offered funds by the end of April, AMAC data shows.
‘Test to Release’ Scheme Goes Live for Travellers Entering England
The Test to Release scheme for travellers entering England went live on Tuesday allowing travellers from countries not on the travel corridor list to halve the mandatory quarantine period if they get a negative test result for the CCP virus after five days.
“The introduction of this day 5 Test to Release scheme is a helpful step in the right direction. It means less time in quarantine,” Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said in a media release on Tuesday.
“But only in return for a negative COVID test,” he said.
The scheme has reportedly got off to a bumpy start, with some test providers according to the BBC, withdrawing from the government’s list of private companies offering tests because they were overwhelmed with requests for bookings.