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Ping An Returns to Market With Second Big Fund Request 中国平安拟发大规模可转债
There’s some troubling news coming from the insurance sector, where Ping An Insurance (HKEx: 2318; Shenzhen: 601318), the nation’s second largest insurer, has announced a plan to raise up to 26 billion...
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PetroChina Explores Insurance 中石油试水保险业
Much of the world is watching China’s hunt for global resource M&A, which looks set to accelerate in 2012, but a completely different piece of news caught my eye this morning from leading oil...
View ArticleNews Digest: March 28, 2012 报摘： 2012年3月28日
The following press releases and media reports about Chinese companies were carried on March 28. To view a full article or story, click on the link next to the headline....
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China Life Joins Financial Begging Line 中国人寿加入融资潮 暗含行业危机
The smoldering crisis quietly seeping through China’s financial services sector has infected the nation’s largest insurer, China Life (HKEx: 2628; Shanghai: 601628), which has announced plans to raise...
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ICBC Enters Insurance, US 工行开疆辟土：进军美国 涉足保险
China’s top bank ICBC (HKEx: 1398; Shanghai: 601398) is making more smart moves in its drive to look more like a commercial lender, consummating previously announced deals that should provide good...
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Bank of China Joins Beggars Queue, More to Come 中行或拉开新一轮银行融资潮序幕
After a flurry of capital raising in the beginning of the year, China’s banks have been silent over the last 6 months despite my previous predictions that 2012 would see a big flurry of money raising...
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PICC IPO, Ping An Sale Bolster Insurance 中国人保、平安售股提振保险业
If I were a short-term investor, I would say that now looks like a good time to buy Chinese insurance shares following positive developments from newly listed PICC Group (HKEx: 2328) and Ping An (HKEx:...
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Fosun, Tencent Eye Gas Stations
Fosun chases US Aurora, Sinopec unit Gas stations were never that attractive to me as an investment, but a group of major firms seem to think differently as oil refining giant Sinopec (HKEx: 386;...
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Bad Assets Sweet For Huarong, Sour For Saab Buyer
Huarong finds gold in bad assets Domestic and overseas investors have been feasting on a flood of sour loans being churned out by China’s economic slowdown, mostly by buying shares in big state-run...
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Sinopec Picks Partners, Dilutes Beijing Private Capital Plan
Sinopec picks 25 partners for retail JV It seems that oil refining giant Sinopec (HKEx: 386) just can’t say “no” when it comes to choosing partners for its new retail joint venture, which is part of...
View ArticleNews Digest: December 9, 2015
The following press releases and media reports about Chinese companies were carried on December 9. To view a full article or story, click on the link next to the headline....
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IPOs: Postal Bank Heats Up in HK, Canadian Solar Hypes Spinco in NY
Bottom line: Upcoming IPOs by China Postal Bank in Hong Kong and Canadian Solar’s solar plant-building unit in New York should get strong receptions, though both may have to wait until after the...
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BANKING: Citigroup, HK Investors Orphan China Banks
Bottom line: Foreign investors will give China bank IPOs a cold shoulder for the rest of this year due to concerns of a bad debt crisis, potentially driving valuations even lower than their already...
View ArticleChina News Digest: June 14, 2016
The following press releases and news reports about China companies were carried on June 14. To view a full article or story, click on the link next to the headline....
View ArticleChina News Digest: June 17, 2016
The following press releases and news reports about China companies were carried on June 17. To view a full article or story, click on the link next to the headline....
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IPOs: Postal Bank, Orient Securities Line Up for Listings
Bottom line: A new IPO from Postal Savings Bank will price and debut strongly thanks to its conservative stance, while another offering from Orient Securities could also do moderately well due to its...
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BUYOUTS: Chaos in NY De-Listing Queue Shakes Up China Stocks
US China stocks losing balance The headlines last week were littered with signs of growing unrest and chaos among the dozens of US-listed Chinese companies trying to privatize from New York and return...
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LEISURE: Wanda Ups Carmike Bid, Gets Boost from China Life
Bottom line: Wanda may need to raise its offer price again to buy Carmike, while a plan to privatize its property unit stands a good chance of winning shareholder approval. Wanda ups Carmike bid...
View ArticleChina News Digest: October 19, 2016
The following press releases and news reports about China companies were carried on October 19. To view a full article or story, click on the link next to the headline....
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TRAVEL: China Life Joins Overseas Hotel Train with US Buy
Bottom line: China Life’s $2 billion investment in a US hotel portfolio could mark the height of a bubble of Chinese offshore hotel buying, and high asset values could start to deflate by the end of...
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