Earlier this month, China outlined plans to regulate the boom in wealth-management … Shandong International Trust IPO $450 million They won’t be able to invest in credit assets sold by their peers; they’ll have to…
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China’s Shandong International Trust makes history, raising up to US$450m in Hong Kong IPO
Shandong International Trust on Monday became the first trust from China to launch an initial public offering in Hong Kong of 647 million shares to raise as much as HK$3.51 billion (US$450 million). The stock,…
China regulator suspends approval of HK-focused funds: China Fund
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s securities regulator has suspended approval of Hong Kong-focused mutual funds, according to the industry newspaper China Fund, potentially slowing the pace of Chinese money into Hong Kong stocks. New funds with…
China streaming app plots bumper IPO
Asia Innovations Group, the Chinese app developer that runs live streaming platform Up Live,is eyeing an initial public offering that could value the company at “several billion dollars”. Asia Innovations Group, the Chinese app developer…
China, wary of market risks, likely to keep GDP target in 2018: policy sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s leaders are likely to maintain this year’s growth target of “around 6.5 percent” in 2018, even as they ratchet up efforts to prevent a destabilizing build-up of debt in the world’s…
AstraZeneca steps up China push with new drug joint venture
The stand-alone business, Dizal Pharmaceutical, will be owned equally with the Chinese Future Industry Investment Fund (FIIF), which is part-owned by the China State Development & Investment Corporation, the companies said on Monday. By getting…
Tech firms are finding Hong Kong as an IPO destination, but is it too late for the city to catch up?
ZhongAn’s IPO has set off a wave of enthusiasm towards tech listings Victor Au, Delta Asia Securities China Literature was the internet star that burned the brightest. China’s largest online publishing and e-book site, a…
Cracking China: how brands must speak to the travelling Chinese
China is changing at an incredible pace, culturally, economically and socially – and Chinese consumers are super connected. Understanding, engaging and selling to Chinese speaking consumers – both in China and here in the UK…
What happens to the world’s economy should China sneeze?
Should China sneeze, would the world catch a cold? Or catch the flu? Or something worse? I ask, because over the past few months, the flow of economic data from the world’s second-largest economy has…
China created a website for vigilante citizens to report leaks and fake news
China has created a website for vigilante citizens to report distorted headlines and harmful information about its military. The website also invites the public to report military leaks. China previously created software that automatically reports…
Why Esports Are A Golden Opportunity For China’s Beer Brands To Get Millennials Drinking Again
Sports, beers, and bros is one of marketing and advertisement’s most tired, most gendered and most trusted consumer archetypes. As in the United States, sports in China have long sold beer. But with China’s millennial…
China toughens IPO reviews to bolster market confidence
BEIJING – “It is the best of jobs, it is the worst of jobs,” is how Chinese top securities regulator Liu Shiyu described the new committee he created to review IPO applications. Early this week,…
Canadian companies can’t ignore China’s new ‘upper middles’
In 2010, there were 13 marathons in all of China; by 2016, there were more than 320. Many Canadian firms, including Vancouver-based Arc’teryx, an outdoor clothing and sporting company, are capitalizing on this trend. Arc’teryx’s…
