SHANGHAI, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) plans to increase its scrutiny of mergers, acquisitions, transfer of control deals and other corporate actions that could lead to financial risk in the market, the official Xinhua news agency ... ( read original story ...)
China stocks regulator approves seven IPOs to raise $416 million
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's securities regulator has said it has approved seven initial public offerings (IPOs) that aim to raise a combined total of up to 2.8 billion yuan ($416.22 million). Three of the approved IPOs are on the Shanghai bourse ... ( read original story ...)
Visiting Shanghai? Insiders share tips
Occupying the upper part (79th-93rd floors) of the 492-meter Shanghai World Financial Center, all 174 rooms enjoy stunning vistas overlooking Lujiazui high-rises, the Huangpu River or the Puxi downtown area. Interiors follow a streamlined Chinese style ... ( read original story ...)
From opium wars to HSBC, writer Maurice Collis brought Asia to vivid life
Collis also produced Wayfoong (1965), commissioned as a centenary history for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, which engagingly details the bank’s establishment and first 100 years of operations. At the time, popular authors such as ... ( read original story ...)
‘Ghost collateral’ haunts bank loans
The banker at the other end of the phone was furious, recalled Shanghai lawyer Wang Chaoyu. A pile of steel pledged as collateral for a loan of almost $US3 million from his bank, China CITIC, had vanished from a warehouse on the outskirts of the city. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks up for 4th week, resources and financials lend support
Mainland investors in particular prefer big names that are familiar to them, including dual-listed state-owned sector leaders like China Merchant Bank, and online gaming ... stocks via the stock connects linking Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
Nifty slips from 10k peak, Sensex falters in opening trade
Mumbai: Banking, healthcare and FMCG stocks weighed heavy on markets ... Japan's Nikkei was down 0.36 per cent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.01 per cent while Shanghai Composite rose 0.11 per cent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended at a record ... ( read original story ...)