The future looks bright for China’s brokerages after tough tinmes in recent years. Zhang Zhen looks at the playing field for the Shanghai Financial News and concludes that brokerages will need to lessen their reliance on broking income

Third quarter statistics showed a slowdown in inflation and growth, slightly easing fears of an overheating Chinese economy and giving the central bank some leeway over further rate hikes. The Shanghai Securities Journal casts an eye over the central bank’s near-term options