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China state media announces confessions in probes into stocks plunge
August 31st, 2015
Chinese state media announced a slew of confessions on Monday following investigations into recent stock market gyrations, including from a detained reporter who admitted to spreading false information that caused “panic and disorder”. An official from China‘s securities regulator ...
China’s thriving brokerage minnows set to come under M&A spotlight
April 3rd, 2015
* Stock market boom saw brokers doubling profits in 2014 * Beijing plans to open up sector to more financial firms * Stiff industry competition ahead to lead to more deals In the shoals of China’s little-known stockbrokers, fast-growing ...
China stocks fall as IPO burst raises liquidity concerns; HK also down
March 9th, 2015
China stocks sank on Monday morning amid worries over tighter liquidity as 23 companies are poised to sell shares publicly this week, potentially locking over 3 trillion yuan ($478.84 billion) of capital. The decline was led by brokerages, which slumped after China’s ...
Shanghai Composite Index Breaks 3,000 for First Time Since 2011
December 8th, 2014
China’s Shanghai Composite Index surpassed 3,000 for the first time since 2011 and a gauge of the nation’s biggest companies headed for a record winning streak on optimism shares will extend their world-beating rally. Citic Securities Co. and Haitong Securities Co., ...
$2.4 Billion Invested in Chinese Bad-debt Company
August 28th, 2014
China’s biggest manager of bad debt said on Thursday that it had attracted about $2.4 billion from eight investors, including Goldman Sachs and Warburg Pincus, before an expected initial public offering here. China Huarong Asset Management, the biggest of ...
Citic Pacific Said to Plan About $4 Billion Share Sale to Public
March 27th, 2014
Citic Pacific Ltd. plans to sell about $4 billion of shares to restore its public float after absorbing assets from state-owned parent Citic Group Corp., people with knowledge of the matter said. Citic Pacific may approach sovereign wealth funds ...
HKEX to Introduce Options on Three More Blue Chips on 10 April
March 16th, 2017
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) will introduce options on Hang Seng Index constituents AAC Technologies, Geely Automotive and Link REIT on Monday, 10 April 2017 to further strengthen its options market. The Link options will be HKEX’s ...
Chinese Brokerages Rally on Revived Support for Margin Trading
March 21st, 2016
State finance agency to resume offering shorter-dated loans Everbright Securities among firms that jumped by daily limit Chinese brokerages rallied after policy makers loosened controls on margin lending, which helped fuel last year’s stock-market boom. Everbright Securities Co. was ...
Chinese Brokers Post `Ugly’ January Profits Amid Rout, CICC Says
February 5th, 2016
Combined net income for 18 brokerages sank 87% last month Shanghai Composite Index plunged 23 percent in January Chinese brokerages posted “ugly” earnings for January amid the stock market’s worst start to a year, China International Capital Corp. said. ...
Chinese Stocks: Brokerage Probes Weigh on November Stock Gains
December 1st, 2015
Three of China’s largest brokerages said they were under investigation for suspected violations of margin-trading rules A widening Chinese investigation into what officials have deemed suspicious or illegal trading activity has put the brakes on a rebound in the Shanghai Composite ...
