--New York-based banking major Citigroup is preparing to establish a fully owned securities venture in China, Bloomberg reports, citing unnamed sources.

--According to Bloomberg, the bank is aiming to apply for a futures license as early as 1H 2020, after China's recent move to permit full foreign ownership of financial-services companies in the country.

 

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