Shanghai's free trade zone is officially launched, setting up a testing ground for financial and economic reforms in the world’s second largest economy. The first batch of 25 companies settled in the free trade zone include many financial institutions such as Hony Capital (Shanghai) Co., Shanghai International Trade Co., Steinweg (China) Investment Co., Haibu Rex […]

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The author is UBS research department The decision by the Fed to postpone quantitative easing tapering could offer some short-term respite for Hong Kong; but as pointed out by our chief Asian economist, nothing really has changed. Hong Kong’s high debt levels and overvalued property prices continue to pose downside risks ahead. Total private sector […]

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The author is Nomura China chief economist Zhiwei Zhang The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the People's Bank of China (PBoC) held its third quarter meeting recently, according to a press release on the PBoC website. The messages from the press release are similar to those from the second quarter. The policy objectives of "stabilizing […]

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Preliminary PMI data had fuelled optimism that recovery was in full swing after a shaky first half, but final result suggests recovery could falter

Chinese Internet company Xunlei has formed a strategic partnership with China Construction Bank's Shenzhen branch to gain a CNY10 billion loan and a customized capital management program for Xunlei over the next three years. Luo Lan, vice president of Xunlei, said that the cooperation aims to provide financial security for Xunlei's rapid expansion, enhance the […]

Slow start for zone contrasts with high expectations for future, with analysts saying it could herald most ambitious push for financial reforms in over a decade

Chinese former banker is given three years for forging documents to amass a housing portfolio in the latest crackdown on corruption

This Asia-Pacific region offers hedge fund managers a multitude of investment opportunities, and also indirectly led an increasing numbers of investors based in Asia-Pacific to invest in hedge funds in search of higher yield and diversification, according to research done by Preqin. Most of the investors in the region hail from the highly developed capital […]

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The author is ANZ Greater China chief economist Li-Gang Liu China will launch certificates of deposit (CDs) that can be traded in the inter-bank market in the near-term, a step to gradually achieve deposit rate liberalisation, said Hu Xiaolian, deputy PBoC governor. She also said that China will create conditions to push forward interest rate […]

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The author is ANZ (The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group) Research China’s State Council approved the policy package of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) today, indicating China’s financial sector reforms and capital account convertibility will accelerate. We would like to highlight a few measures in the package. First, it will encourage RMB’s convertibility, […]

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Alibaba Group has agreed to buy Kanbox, a Chinese cloud storage service provider backed by SIG Asia Investment and DCM. The value of the deal was not disclosed. SIG committed $5 million to Kanbox two years ago in series A financing. A few months later, DCM led a $20 million series B round of investment, […]

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Global private equity firm TPG Capital has exited Chinese leasing company UniTrust Finance & Leasing Corp., which has been sold to Haitong Securities for $715m, according to a company announcement. Previously, there were speculations of UniTrust's sale at a price tag of around $800 million. The final transaction price is lower than estimated, but will […]

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Hong Kong-based same-day hotel booking app HotelQuickly says it has raised $1.16 million in series A funding. Its investors include former Singtel and Singapore Airlines Chairman Boon Hwee Koh and Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings. The company says it will use the proceeds for further expansion within the region and to accelerate product development. […]

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Ankara chooses China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation, rejecting rivals bids from western groups and alarming Nato

Global brewing company launches intellectual property challenge against sewing machine company alleging it has pirated its name and logo

Plan gives China’s leaders controlled laboratory to experiment with loosened regulations on everything from interest rates to foreign investment

James Gruber writes: Put crudely, and as is widely reported, China has a debt problem. But those who compare this debt issue to the U.S. subprime crisis – a very common comparison – don’t know what they’re talking about. For…

A series of data points from manufacturing surveys to investment figures have shown that the third quarter has been a good one for the Chinese economy