China's first exchange-traded Real-Estate Investment Trust (REIT), launched by Chinese brokerage firm CITIC Securities Co., began trading on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange today, according to information posted on the exchange's website. The Qihang Specific Asset Management Plan raised RMB5.2 billion (US$835 million) in April by selling to Chinese institutional investors. The REIT is backed by […]

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Beijing to let local governments issue bonds directly, in an effort to tackle a looming crisis in local public finances and rein in shadow banking

Chicago-based hedge fund firm Citadel LLC has completed fundraising under China's pilot Qualified Domestic Limited Partner (QDLP) program, becoming the first to raise RMB from qualified Chinese investors to invest in overseas markets, according to information posted on the Shanghai municipal government’s website. Officially launched last July, the QDLP pilot program aims to provide a […]

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Washington will have to rely on pressure rather than persuasion

Chinese courier firm Quanfeng Express has received funding from Yunfeng Capital, a private equity firm co-founded by Alibaba Group Holding's Jack Ma, according to information posted on Quanfeng's website. The funding amounts to "several hundred million RMB," according to an internal email sent to staff by Quanfeng's chairman, Chen Jiahai. No other financial details of […]

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The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ) and Australian research firm Roy Morgan Research have jointly launched an index to track the Chinese consumer confidence levels, according to a joint announcement. The ANZ-Roy Morgan China Consumer Confidence Index, which gauges China’s consumer confidence and inflation expectations, remained stable at 152.5 in May, compared […]

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Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management and Chinese asset Manager Harvest Global Investments Ltd. have launched a Chinese A-share small-cap exchange traded fund (ETF) under China's Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) program, according to a joint announcement. The U.S.-listed product tracks the performance of an index calculated by China Securities Index Company Limited (CSI), and […]

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The author is ANZ greater China chief economist Liu Li-Gang China’s private consumption was around US$3.3 trillion in 2013, almost as large as Germany’s GDP. However, there is still huge room for Chinese consumption to grow at a fast pace. China’s private consumption represents only 36% of its GDP, compared to the world’s average of […]

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US is right to indict alleged hackers and could go further, but it must also address concerns over its own surveillance

Reports of cyber risks doubled in the two years before Washington charged five Chinese military officers with stealing trade secrets

Holder took moral high ground when announcing case against Chinese, saying Washington, unlike Beijing, did not use espionage to benefit its companies

Cyber espionage allegations are providing another good argument for reforming China’s state-owned enterprises, whose inefficiencies they have aided