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China’s Golden Week is leaving investors flat as figures from home sales to Macau casino revenue disappoint. Chinese property developers slumped in Hong Kong after the Economic Information Daily said new home sales tumbled in…
Micro-Lending Tycoon Set to Become China’s Latest IPO Billionaire
In the first half of 2017, the Beijing-based business was China’s leading provider … The Qudian offering follows the IPO for ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance Co., a consumer insurer selling policies that protect everything from…
Here’s What Went Down During Jimmy Butler’s Jordan Brand China Tour
Jimmy Butler recently visited the Far East for his Jordan Brand China tour. During his time there, Jimmy visited the Jordan 139 Nandong store for a photoshoot as well as to surprise his fans onsite…
Industrial Bank set ups inclusive finance department to bolster small business lending
Beijing has been eager to steer lending and financial services from big companies to smaller business and underprivileged consumers as part of a broader aim to shore up the economy. The People’s Bank of China…
Chinese Consumer Credit Provider Qudian Aims For $769 Million IPO
Management is saying next to nothing about its plans for the IPO proceeds. Listed managers of the IPO include Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Citigroup, China International Capital, UBS Security, Stifel, Nicolaus and Needham & Company.…
Tencent unit plans IPO
If it gets the green light, the firm, also known as Yuewen Group, and China’s largest online publisher and e-book company, will arrange pre-marketing of its IPO next week.Tencent said last Friday that its shareholders…
Philippines apologizes to China over wrong Taiwan logo
The Philippine defense department has apologized to China for the “grievous but purely unintentional mistake” of using Taiwan’s defense ministry logo during a ceremony where the Chinese ambassador turned over thousands of assault rifles to…
A report coauthored by a People’s Bank of China researcher says China’s economy is about to hit a wall
China’s economy may soon start feeling some negative payback for stimulus policies that have helped growth to rebound but at the cost of rising corporate debt levels, according to a new paper from the Federal…
China’s central bank chief makes reform appeal: please free up the yuan
China must press on with a “trinity” of reforms to fully realise an open economy, Zhou Xiaochuan, the country’s central bank chief for the last decade-and-a-half, told influential financial magazine Caijing in what could be…
UPDATE 1-French fashion group SMCP to price IPO at 20-25 euros/share
“This IPO marks an important milestone in the development of SMCP … Buoyant demand among fast-growing middle classes in countries such as China has boosted this segment. Financial advisors involved in SMCP’s flotation include JP…
IFR’s upcoming US IPOs, follow-ons + convertibles
4m shs (100% prim), range $12-$14. PJ, STFL ** Oct 12: OptiNose (US, medical device) – $107m IPO. 6.25m shs (100% prim), range $15-$17. JEFF, PJ, BMO, RBC. Nasdaq “OPTN” ** Oct 17: Qudian Inc…
China goes gaga over Nirmala’s namaste to PLA soldiers on LAC
which can enhance mutual trust between China and India,” it said. Get latest news & live updates on the go on your pc with News App. Download The Times of India news app for your…
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