China regulator says feasibility study underway on stock connect with London

SHANGHAI (Reuters): A feasibility study on a Shanghai-London stock connect is underway, a spokesman for the China Securities Regulatory Commission said at a regular press conference on Friday.

The possibility of a link between the two markets has been under discussion for some time, but momentum appeared to slow in the wake of this summer’s 40% crash in China’s major onshore markets.

Hong Kong markets, the first to be linked with Shanghai’s, were also battered in the mainland equity crash this summer.