China Vanke

Vanke is a real estate developer in China.

Li Ruigang, who controls the media group CMC, is dubbed as China’s Rupert Murdoch. Photo: Keith Chan

Mainland developer China Vanke leads US$1.5b investment in media group CMC

New round of financing values company at 40 billion yuan

4 Jul 2018 - 5:00am

Country Garden, Vanke and Evergrande have announced expansion plans in the countryside, which are unlikely to yield quick returns

China’s cash-rich property developers go rural for opportunities and political currency

19 Jun 2018 - 6:57pm

China’s biggest developers scale up their rental building programmes in a bid to echo President Xi Jinping’s hopes that more homes should be built ‘to be inhabited, and not for speculation’

Chinese developers warn more rentals will hammer margins

4 Apr 2018 - 9:15am 1

Country Garden, Evergrande and Vanke head up list of top 100 developers, says leading research agency, with total Q1 sales rising 29pc to 1.95 trillion yuan

China’s top three developers see sales slow in first quarter

3 Apr 2018 - 7:29am

Major Chinese property developers have been focusing on acquiring land in China’s non first-tier cites, such as Chengdu, since 2017. Photo: Paul Ratje

China’s property giants accelerate local land purchases, leverage scale

28 Mar 2018 - 8:01am

Vanke’s core profit, which excluded revaluation gains on investment properties, was 27.28 billion yuan (US$4.35 billion) in 2017, up from 20.93 billion yuan a year earlier, according to the filing to Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

Vanke chairman say era of runaway home prices has ended

27 Mar 2018 - 11:29pm

From left, Pan Darong, the executive director and CFO of China Evergrande Group, Hui Ka-yan, Evergrande’s chairman, and Xia Haijun, the company’s vice-chairman and CEO, during the release of the developer’s annual result in Hong Kong on Monday. Photo: David Wong

Top Chinese developers lower growth expectations for 2018

27 Mar 2018 - 7:00am

State-owned banks have provided a combined US$206.7b of credit to developers for their rental home developments

China’s rental home drive to curb speculation may fuel another bubble

6 Feb 2018 - 8:25pm

China’s second-largest developer also plans to go solo in Hong Kong this year

China Vanke leaves it to robots to take care of property services

17 Jan 2018 - 7:45am

The China Vanke headquarters in Shenzhen, in south China's Guangdong province. Photo: Reuters

China Vanke leads US$1.29b acquisition of 20 malls in China

5 Jan 2018 - 10:45pm

The top 10 Chinese builders’ contracted sales last year jumped 45 per cent over 2016 to hit 3.19 trillion yuan. Photo: Roy Issa

Country Garden China’s top builder with sales of US$89.3 billion

2 Jan 2018 - 7:24pm 2

China Vanke announced on Monday it will invest in two new funds targeting distressed assets. Photo: Reuters

China Vanke joins the hunt for bad assets

19 Dec 2017 - 6:09pm

Vanke vows to become the world’s largest warehouse operator after leading a consortium in a US$11.6 billion buy out of GLP in July. Photo: Bloomberg

One of China's biggest developers sets sight on being world's largest warehouse operator

26 Aug 2017 - 10:15am

Vanke posts a 37 per cent jump in first-half profit. Photo: Reuters

China Vanke’s first-half profit jumps 36pc

25 Aug 2017 - 5:07pm

Vanke shares rose to historic high when it resumed trading on Tuesday, after it won the bid to takeover Singapore-listed GLP. Photo: Reuters

Vanke rally fizzles by day’s end after buyout of China’s biggest warehouse operator

18 Jul 2017 - 10:59pm

One of the pieces of empty land purchased by China Vanke. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Vanke trading suspended for Guangdong Trust Acquisition

5 Jul 2017 - 6:37pm

Vanke elected a new board of directors on Friday, officially marking the end of a near two-year shareholder tussle for control of the company. Photo: Reuters

Vanke’s largest shareholder says it will stay out of daily operations

30 Jun 2017 - 11:06pm

Vanke's Wang Shi said on Wednesday he is stepping step down as chairman by the end of the month, of the company he founded three decades ago, handing the baton to chief executive, Yu Liang. Photo: Reuters

Vanke founder Wang Shi to step down as chairman

21 Jun 2017 - 11:18pm

China’s largest property developer, Evergrande revealed its holding in housebuilder Vanke was sold to Shenzhen Metro Group for 29.2 billion yuan on Friday. Photo: Reuters

Vanke stake sale smooths way for Evergrande’s Shenzhen listing despite US$1b hit

13 Jun 2017 - 8:00am

Homebuilder China Vanke has been at the centre of a long-running battle for control among its shareholders. Photo: Reuters

Evergrande to transfer Vanke shares to Shenzhen Metro

9 Jun 2017 - 10:36pm

China Vanke said its second-largest shareholder Shenzhen Metro Group is considering to raise its stake in the property developer. Photo: Reuters

Shenzhen Metro may become Vanke’s largest shareholder

7 Jun 2017 - 10:39pm

An artist’s impression of the commercial and entertainment areas of the Chongqing Tiandi complex. Photo: Handout

Shui On sells Chongqing assets to Vanke for 4.1 billion yuan

27 May 2017 - 1:17am

China Vanke pays 3b yuan for stake in secondary home agent Homelink

China Vanke pays 3b yuan stake in secondary home agent Homelink

21 Apr 2017 - 11:19am

The developer at the centre of China’s most controversial takeover tussle is now a state-owned business under Shenzhen’s local government

Shenzhen’s shield around Vanke should ward off hostile takeovers

29 Mar 2017 - 11:00pm

The developer’s 11-member board, whose tenure expires on March 27, will continue to serve while Vanke works on a new plan, president Yu Liang said.

Vanke delays new board to hold Baoneng at bay

27 Mar 2017 - 10:47pm

Photo: Reuters

China Vanke profit climbs 16 per cent, beating forecasts

26 Mar 2017 - 9:15pm

Photo: Reuters

Vanke board re-election ‘delayed until at least May’

16 Mar 2017 - 10:49pm

Vanke group headquarters in Shenzhen. Lead shareholder Baoneng Group subsidiary Jushenghua has pledged 182 million in China Vanke A-shares as collateral to Ping An Securities in a repurchase agreement. Photo: Reuters

Baoneng pledges Vanke shares to Ping An in repurchase deal

13 Mar 2017 - 10:56pm

China Vanke files lawsuit to invalidate ownership rights of majority shareholder Baoneng

China Vanke files law suit to invalidate Baoneng shareholding

7 Feb 2017 - 11:19pm

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