The combined brand value of China’s banks has surpassed that of the US for the first time, according to a report. Valuation and strategy consultancy, Brand Finance’s ‘Banking 500 2017′ report found the total brand…
Monthly Archives For February 2017
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd (CHU) Shares Bought by Profund Advisors LLC
Profund Advisors LLC raised its stake in China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd (NYSE:CHU) by 42.8% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 53,112 shares of the company’s stock after buying an…
Duterte Seeks Beijing's Financial Help in its Fight Against Islamic Extremists
President Rodrigo Duterte has called on Beijing to grant Manila a loan that will be used … President Rodrigo Duterte is seeking China’s financial help by way of a loan to be used in acquiring…
Master of Applied Finance BEIJING, CHINA
2 MASTER OF APPLIED FINANCE Why Macquarie? Macquarie University s Master of Applied Finance program has equipped more than 4,000 graduates from around the world with the necessary knowledge and skills to succeed in the…
China billionaire's disappearance from Hong Kong revives autonomy concerns
The Financial Times reported that Xiao … Xiao, who has close ties to senior Chinese officials and their relatives, was ranked 32nd on the 2016 Hurun China rich list, China’s equivalent of the Forbes list,…
Deadline day: Chinese Super League flexes financial muscle during January transfer window
READ: Cristiano Ronaldo’s $315M Chinese rumor kicks off transfer ‘silly season’ READ: Inside China’s $185M football factory READ: Oscar joins Chinese Super League club Shanghai SIPG READ: China’s million-dollar dream of soccer world domination Exorbitant…
China and shadow financing: Part 2
Probably the most interesting and major financial development in China has been the growth of trusts. Banks were allowed to have their wealth-management products invest in trust plans, and these trusts have funded government infrastructure…
Chinese IPOs surge after regulator eases flow
China’s stock market regulator has accelerated approvals for initial public offerings in recent months but market watchers say that long-awaited deregulation of the process is still years away. IPO fundraising in Shanghai and Shenzhen has…
China January factory activity expands for sixth month at modest pace but risks loom
A slowing property market could also dent China’s industrial activity this year, dampening demand for building materials from glass to steel. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) released on Wednesday stood at 51.3 in January,…
China Jan factory activity expands for 6th month at modest pace
However, some analysts question whether the growth will be sustainable once the impact of earlier stimulus measures begins to wear off and as the property market starts to cool, which is widely expected. China’s economy…
China’s Impossible Trinity
Yet it’s still somehow forgotten or ignored by the very people who pull the financial and monetary levers of our world. China is a prime example. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is fighting tooth…
Canadian wingsuit flyer eulogized after dying on mountainside in China
Friends and colleagues of a Canadian adventurer who died in China are flooding social media with glowing tributes, loving remembrances and some small measure of resignation at the inevitability of his demise. The body of…
China's economy shows signs of stabilising as manufacturing activity expands
Capital Economics’ China economist Julian Evans-Pritchard said the data suggests … is often viewed in tandem with the “unofficial” reading from the financial news publisher Caixin with its heavier weighting towards smaller, privately owned businesses.…
