Primary Dealers

13 Sep 2012

Chinese companies swooping on assets in Europe and the US, from metal markets to cereal companies, are driving a 56 per cent increase this year in acquisition-related lending in Asia.

11:48AM

Analysts lower China's earnings growth forecast and cut share targets

5 Sep 2012

Goldman Sachs has lowered earnings growth forecasts for China's companies and Credit Suisse has cut stock index targets as the economy slows.

8:23AM

The curious case of the Gu Kailai body double?

22 Aug 2012

The curious case of the Gu Kailai body double?

7:33AM

Incinerator's location is a burning issue

18 Aug 2012

We've been looking at a presentation by the Permanent Secretary for Development (Works) Wai Chi-sing, which was made in November 2010 at an infrastructure conference.

5:14PM

What Benjamin Lawsky's tough stance on Standard Chartered over Iran means for other banks

18 Aug 2012

Benjamin Lawsky played hardball with Standard Chartered and a gantlet of federal and New York regulators and prosecutors right up until the last hours of a US$340 million settlement on Tuesday...

5:16AM

Weill recants to cynics' barbs

1 Aug 2012

When 79-year-old retired multimillionaire financier Sanford Weill gave his view last week that big banks should be broken up and strict laws separating commercial banking from more risky...

10:46PM

Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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4:18AM

Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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4:27AM

There's no shame in changing your mind

There may be people with higher IQs than John Maynard Keynes but when it comes to human affairs, I doubt there has been a greater thinker in recent memory than the great economist, probability...

10:58AM

Former BAML bankers step up Asia deal-making

When Bank of America-Merrill Lynch (BAML) turned its nose up at private equity (PE) in Asia, several former BAML bankers disagreed.

10:06PM

Tough rules for beauty contest

Bank of Shanghai has been holding a 'beauty contest' over the past few weeks, with more than a dozen investment banks vying to underwrite its US$2 billion Hong Kong listing, expected early next...

9:49PM

Talking points

Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...

Trial of Ratko Mladic resumes in The Hague

9:26PM

Big banks bleed off jobs over summer

For some investment bankers in Hong Kong, this year's summer breaks aren't turning out to be a welcome holiday.

7:48PM

Citi eyes horizon for Chinese M&A flood

Chinese firms are on the prowl for global assets in natural resources, technology and well-known brands, according to a top official of Citigroup, the bank behind the biggest overseas acquisition...

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