TREE NEWS update: China’s Ministry of Finance has drafted an exposure draft of Accounting Standard Interpretation No. 22, tightening the conditions for applying the equity method to long-term equity investments. Investors holding under 20% of voting rights would need to meet four conditions simultaneously to qualify, and disclosure of bargain purchase gains under the equity method would be refined. With many A-share banks trading below book value, such gains would become harder to obtain.
China’s MOF Proposes Stricter Equity Method Threshold for Bank Stakes
AI take
This is an accounting-technical change with real balance-sheet consequences for holders of minority bank stakes. Tightening the equity-method gate to four simultaneous conditions, plus refined disclosure of bargain purchase gains, narrows a route that has looked attractive precisely because many A-share banks trade below book value. The draft's fate through consultation, and whether similar interpretations follow for other sectors, is the open question worth watching.
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