AIC牌照迎来扩容期，兴业银行拿下股份行首单

Group 1 - The core point of the article is that Industrial Bank has received approval to establish a financial asset investment company, marking the entry of joint-stock banks into the AIC equity investment pilot program [1][3]. - The newly established company, named Xingyin Financial Asset Investment Co., will have a registered capital of 10 billion yuan and aims to enhance support for technology innovation and private enterprises, thereby promoting sustainable and high-quality development [3][4]. - The approval for the establishment of the AIC is part of a broader initiative by the National Financial Regulatory Administration to expand the pilot program for financial asset investment companies, which previously included only five state-owned banks established in 2017 [3][4]. Group 2 - The regulatory body has indicated that it will soon approve more commercial banks to set up financial asset investment companies, thereby increasing investment in technology innovation enterprises [1][4]. - The expansion of the AIC pilot program is seen as a response to the need for market-oriented debt-to-equity swaps, which were officially initiated in 2016, allowing banks to establish institutions for this purpose [3][4]. - Industrial Bank's chairman has expressed confidence in leveraging the bank's experience in private equity and venture capital to support the new AIC, particularly in technology finance [4].