China regulator allows insurers to invest in gold

Several Chinese major insurers have been allowed to invest in gold for the first time due to the slump in other alternative assets in the country.

The news said that China’s regulator has granted ten insurance companies, including PICC Property & Casualty and China Life Insurance, approval to invest as part of a pilot programme, reported Bloomberg.

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