PEH 

Zu Hao

Zu Hao is an Adjunct Research Associate at the Centre for Banking and Finance Law, the Law Faculty, the National University of Singapore. He is an alumnus from the NUS Faculty of Law (Class of 2013) and is currently serving his Training Contract with the Equity Capital Markets department of Wongpartnership LLP. Zu Hao is also an undergraduate scholar with the Singapore Exchange and will be looking at join departments dealing with issuer regulation, regulatory policy and listings upon being called to the Singapore Bar. His current research centers mostly around securities regulation and corporate governance, with focus on a range of issues tied to China and the overseas-listed Chinese companies.

1. China & the Convergence of Securities Regulation
While an international regime of securities regulation seems to make perfect sense, there is a lack of understanding as to what such a regime would entail. In answering this question, this author will engage firstly in a discussion of the possible approaches to converge securities regulation, before arriving at his prediction of how this international securities regulation will look like. A related question that the author wishes to explore from this first query is how far China will go in supporting the convergence project. Given the sphere of China’s influence over the global economy, its endorsement of such a convergence project would be critical in providing the project legitimacy in an international context.

2. Dealing with Perception – A Look at Overseas-Listed Chinese Firms in Singapore
Throughout the world today, overseas-listed Chinese firms (“OLCFs”) have received much flak from media, securities regulators and investors alike. Despite their initial popularity, the performances of OLCFs have been dismal across the board. All in all, the prevailing rhetoric seems to suggest that OLCFs as a whole are not only poorly governed, but are also predisposed to be so. This author will attempt to answer two questions in this paper. In the first part of the paper, the author seeks to explore whether perceptions about OLCFs are justified. In the second part of the paper, this author aims to explore possible ways to correct the issues underlying such a perception. This author will attempt to answer both questions in the context of Singapore’s capital markets and their regulatory environment.