Retail Investors

20 May 2013

Although the taxpayer-funded Financial Dispute Resolution Centre has handled far fewer cases than expected in its first 10 months of operation, industry players say it has made banks and brokers...

4:18AM

Market-beating monkeys give hope to retail investors

27 Apr 2013

It's now official. Even monkeys can beat the stock market index. Cass Business School researchers in London simulated 10 million portfolios of US stocks selected at random.

3:31AM

Chinalco Mining tumbles 6.3pc on trading debut

31 Jan 2013

The sharp price fall might have been caused by retail investors, who tended to have a short investment horizon and were not familiar with the company's operations and outlook, analysts said.

8:24AM

Countdown begins to QDII2 scheme

25 Jan 2013

Beijing will soon issue a new rule governing individual mainland investors' direct investments in Hong Kong stocks, according to two people with knowledge of the plan.

4:56AM

Standardised disclosure system urged

18 Jan 2013

A new study by the CFA Institute has concluded that harmonised standards for reporting the performance of investment funds are needed to enhance investor protection and rebuild trust in the retail...

5:27AM

Talking Points: China A Shares

17 Dec 2012

Is now the time to buy China A shares?

5:31AM

Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Mainland bosses 'feel brunt' of stock slump

Retail investors might not be the worst-hit victims of the mainland's stock market downturn, new data suggests.

In fact, the top bosses of listed firms might have borne the brunt of the...

3:46AM

China's faithful still waiting for reward from blue chips

After a year of waiting, the doubts in the minds of China's equity investors have hardly been laid to rest.

What's more, they have been further befuddled by the top regulator's advice to...

3:10AM

Fear not the retail investor - for now

Institutional investors were most welcome, he [CSRC chairman Guo Shuqing] said, as they were more mature and had more expertise than individuals, who make up 84 per cent of the mainland's stock...

5:02AM

LISTINGS

Shanghai property firm CIFI Holdings to check market's IPO appetite

Shanghai property developer CIFI Holdings is planning a pre-listing roadshow as early as next week, following the listing of Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical last week.

12:06PM

Retail investors less hungry for dim sum bonds

Retail investors in Hong Kong are showing less appetite for dim sum bonds this year, as expectations of rapid gains in the value of the currency diminish.

9:15PM

Fears of inflation plague firms

Previously, we have written about inflation and its effect on retail investors and the common people.

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