Investor Presentaiton
Comparison of QFII and RQFII Schemes
Quota
Eligible Investors or
Institutions
Currency
Add. Quota Gap Period
Liquidity for Open-end
Fund Account
QFII
• No individual quota ceiling, Quota shall be used within 1-year upon approval
•
Aggregated quota ceiling: US$$ 150 billion
1. Only go through filing process
For commercial institutions, if the applied quota < = "Basic Quota❞
For SWFs, central banks and monetary authorities, if the applied quota <
= US$$ 5 billion
2. Any applied quota larger than the Point 1 above, quota approval needed
from SAFE
Commercial Banks (≥10 years in operation, US$5 billion AUM,
US$300 million Tier 1 Capital)
• Securities Companies (≥5years in operation, US$5 billion AUM,
US$500 million Capital)
• AMC, insurance companies and other institutions (Experience of 2+ years,
and AUM ZUS$500 million
• Quoted granted in US$ or other major foreign currency
No waiting time for additional quota application
Daily injection and repatriation
• 3 months lock-up period starting from the date US$20 million
principal injected
• 3 months lock-up period starting from the date US$20 million
principal injected
No injection period restriction
R-QFII
Aggregated quota ceiling: each RQFII eligible countries has a
aggregated quota ceiling, within a range RMB 50 billion to RMB 250
billion
1. Only go through filing process
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For commercial institutions, if the applied quota < = "Basic Quota"
For SWFs, central banks and monetary authorities: own discretion
Any applied quota larger than the Point 1 above, quota approval
needed from SAFE
• PRC AMC, securities companies, commercial banks, insurance
companies in approved RQFII markets
• Other institutions registered and mainly operated in RQFII approved
markets and possess asset management license from the relevant
regulators of their jurisdictions
• Quoted granted in RMB
No lock-up period
• 3 months lock-up period since accumulated principal injection reaches
to RMB 100 million.
Liquidity for Non-open-end
Fund Account
Monthly Cap
⚫ No restriction on repatriation frequency
⚫ For principal repatriation, principal can be re-injected, but the net amount of investment capital remitted into China shall be within the investment quota
⚫ For profit repatriation, audit reports issued by domestic accounting firm and
relevant tax payment evidence are needed
For all the QFIIs, monthly repatriation capped at 20% of its total asset of
QFII investments at the end of last year
For profit repatriation, audit reports issued by domestic accounting firm
and relevant tax payment evidence are needed
•No monthly cap.
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