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China’s Alibaba to launch online fund sales service: media

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Oct
2013

By Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) – Alibaba Group Holdings has secured approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) to act as a third party for the online sale of fund products, local media group Caixin reported on its website. The fund products will soon be available on Alibabas Amazon-like Taobao website, according to the report. The approval marks a further step for Alibaba towards providing an alternative to Chinas tightly regulated traditional financial system. Alibaba affiliate Alipay, whose parent company Zhejiang Alibaba E-Commerce Co is controlled by billionaire Alibaba founder Jack Ma, said in August that it had partnered with 37 funds to offer wealth management products to its customers.

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