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Monday, 04 August 2008 |
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The government of the new Taiwanese President Ma Yingjeou has, over the
past few weeks, taken a number of key steps towards financial services
liberalization between Taiwan and the mainland that are pointing
towards a more integrated financial sector. The two players have always
been closely economically intertwined, but there have been many
barriers in place that have prevented a more complete integration.
Those barriers are now starting to come down.
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Monday, 09 June 2008 |
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Non-performing
loans (NPLs) have been the monkey on the back of Chinese banks for
years. Previous to 2001, NPL rates weren’t as big of a concern for the
banks as they were all fully state-owned and competition was weak.
China entering the WTO changed that. As the industry started to open
up, competition increased and banks considered public listings.
Cleaning up their low-quality balance sheets was one of the first steps
on the road to IPO.
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 |
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Taking
a step away from financial services for a minute, I thought it fitting
to give a view from China of what’s happening regarding China’s recent
earthquake. In previous disasters like the SEA tsunami a few years ago
or the recent typhoon in Myanmar, I've often found myself detached from
the reality of the situation by geographical distance. Although once
again I still am to a certain extent, as Shanghai is a distance from
the epicenter of the quake, the quake and its aftermath have dominated
life in China for the past week and a half.
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
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2008 is turning out to be
a another big year for the Shanghai stock market, not because of the
bubble-like conditions or growth like what we saw in 2007, but for the
changes in market regulations.
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Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
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The Citic / Bear Stearns fall-out is one example of many where
proposed or actual tie-ups in China have changed as of late. Another
prominent one is Yahoo and their arrangement with Alibaba, the largest
B2B website in China. In August 2005, Yahoo invested US$1B for a 39
percent stake in Alibaba, who then agreed to run the Chinese operations
of Yahoo. Now with Microsoft on the hunt for Yahoo, Alibaba wants to
buy out the Yahoo stake and is looking for financing to do so.
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Thursday, 27 March 2008 |
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The collapse
of Bear Sterns has not only changed the financial industry in the US,
but it's also had a number of knock-on effects in Asia.
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