The Morningside Group has raised $412 million across three China funds, according to security filings it submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. With offices in Boston, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing, Morningside raised $279 million for Morningside China TMT Fund III, slightly short of its target of $307 million. It raised $93 million […]

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Shanghai-based Chinese digital media and display advertising company Focus Media is planning an IPO in Hong Kong to raise as much as $1 billion, according to media reports. Focus Media is said to target the IPO for early next year, or the end of 2014. Focus Media was taken private by an investor consortium and […]

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Shanghai-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lending firm Ppdai.com has received tens of millions U.S. dollars series B funding from Sequoia Capital, according to Chinese media reports. Previously, Ppdai received $25 million series A funding from Sequoia Capital in September 2012. Founded in 2007, the company says it is the first online P2P lender approved by China's State […]

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Beijing-based P2P (Peer-to-Peer) lending platform Jimubox.com has received tens of millions U.S. dollars series A funding from Ventech China, according to Chinese media reports. The company says it will use the proceeds to expand its market share, strengthen its core teams and enhance risk management. Launched in last August, Jimubox, which means building block box in […]

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Events in a southern Chinese courtroom where a labour activist was facing trial highlight the growing confidence of the country’s workers’ movement

Hedge funds globally sunk into their first negative territory since last August with a 0.17% loss in January, mainly due to a 0.47% drop of long/short funds, according to a report by private equity research firm Preqin. Asia Pacific-focused funds suffered loss of 0.51% last month, largely caused by negative returns recorded by equity arbitrage […]

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Southern Chinese city is posting double-digit rises in house prices thanks to the emergence of big technology companies such as Foxconn and Huawei

China property frenzy continues, Germany’s business climate index grows, while consumer prices in Singapore slow year on year due to transport costs

As in other parts of the world, Arab countries need time to attain the democracy and pluralism their peoples seek. They will achieve it, but no one should be surprised that, with the possible exception of Tunisia, they have not done so in three years.

Everyone else is buying, but Sina is selling – hoping, it seems, for a better valuation

The Chinese internet platform has picked banks for a spin-out of its Twitter-like micro-blogging service, the latest in a rash of deals in the tech sector

In this episode of China Money Podcast, we feature guest Kevin Parker, CEO of New York-based investment management firm, Sustainable Insight Capital Management. From 2004 to 2012, Parker was the global head of Deutsche Asset Management, which managed $750 billion as of January 2012. Parker shares his thoughts on the growth of sustainable investing, explains […]

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China’s property prices continue to rise in January, growing 9.6% year-on-year with bigger increases in major cities including Beijing and Shanghai

Canonical, the developer of the Ubuntu Linux operating system, has signed an agreement with a Chinese mobile phone manufacturer to soon ship Ubuntu phones to Chinese consumers. Canonical signed a deal with China's Meizu to ship the first Ubuntu devices on the latest hardware in 2014. Financial terms for the deal were not revealed. Meizu […]

Hong Kong beauty and health care retailer Watsons announced that the company now has over 4,000 retail outlets around the world and they plan to open 700 additional stores in 2014. At present, Watsons has more than 100 stores in Beijing. Latest statistics provided by Deloitte showed that Watsons ranked 48th among the top 250 […]

Chinese tourism booking platform 17u.cn announced that the company has received a CNY500 million investment from Tencent, Boyu Capital, and Oriza Holdings. According to 17u.cn, the company still maintains the controlling stake after receiving the investment and the company still aims at an independent IPO in the future. Wu Zhixiang, chief executive officer of 17u.cn, […]