Over the last decade, income inequality has come to be seen as one of the most urgent issues on the international policy agenda. And yet, despite all the attention, few potentially effective solutions have been proposed.
2016-02-18
Letv Sports Culture Develop (Beijing) Co. Ltd. is to announce a RMB3 billion (US$460 million) series B financing round and a deal to acquire rights to broadcast China's main soccer championship early next week, according to an article published by Caixin. The series B round follows a RMB800 million series A fundraising from Dalian Wanda […]
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2016-02-18
A consortium of Chinese companies, including Qihoo 360 and Kunlun, have proposed to fully acquire Opera, a Norwegian browser provider, …
2016-02-18
Monetary policy brings PBoC in line with central bank peers
2016-02-18
Liquidity challenge increases amid capital outflow pressure
2016-02-18
Tianjin Tianhai’s targeting of the US company reflects China’s appetite for overseas acquisitions
2016-02-18
Beijing under pressure to impose sweeping sanctions on Pyongyang after rocket launch
2016-02-18
ChinaEquity Group Inc., one of the earliest venture capital and private equity firms in China, named ten most promising sectors for venture investments in China in an article published on Chinese media. Founded by Wang Chaoyong, ChinaEquity Group was listed on the New Third Board at the end of last year before the exchange halted […]
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2016-02-18
Conflicts like those in Syria and Yemen reflect a number of factors, the most prominent of which are the conflict between Islam’s two sects, Sunni and Shia, and that between fundamentalists and reformists. Whether the sectarian divide can ever be bridged most likely depends on whether reformists can gain sufficient influence in both camps.
2016-02-18
Chinese online game developer Perfect World Pictures has agreed to invest US$250 million in slate financing to Universal Pictures in the next five years, according to a disclosure document (in Chinese). The investment will come from a joint film investment fund Perfect World Pictures launched last summer with a number of Chinese investment firms. The […]
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2016-02-18
Global private equity firm KKR has acquired an approximate 9.95% stake in the operator of India's fourth largest private life insurance firm via its Asian Fund II, says an announcement. Financial terms were not disclosed. KKR acquired the stake of Max Financial Services, a new entity of the Max Group that owns an approximate 72% […]
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2016-02-18
John Kerry says deployment of missiles breaks pledge made by Xi Jinping
2016-02-18
Private capital fund managers, including private equity, private infrastructure, real assets and private credit, raised US$44 billion for emerging markets globally in 2015, a 17% decline from 2014, according to data released by the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA). Private capital investment also decreased, as fund managers deployed US$29 billion in emerging markets companies, […]
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2016-02-18
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has signed a strategic partnership agreement yesterday with China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) to jointly push the expansion of e-commerce in China's rural areas, according to official Chinese media reports. NDRC and Alibaba plan to establish 300 pilot programs in rural villages and towns in the next three years. […]
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2016-02-18
Twenty out of the 28 domestically listed coal companies in China reported a net loss in their result previews after excluding any one-off gains in 2015, reflecting enormous challenges faced by Chinese coal miners, says a research report by Fitch Ratings. There are 33 coal companies listed on China's Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, 28 […]
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2016-02-18
Jumei International Holding Limited, a Chinese beauty products e-commerce platform, says it has received a non-binding proposal letter from its senior management teams and Sequoia Capital China to take the company private, according to an announcement. Leo Ou Chen, Jumei's founder, chairman and chief executive, Yusen Dai, a director and co-founder of Jumei, as well […]
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2016-02-18
China’s consumer price index (CPI) rose to 1.8% year-on-year in January, slightly up from a 1.6% increase in December last year. The pick-up in inflation was largely driven by a 4.1% increase in food prices. Vegetable prices rose strongly by 14.7% year-on-year in January, due to adverse weather conditions and the Chinese New Year seasonality […]
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2016-02-18
Chinese online shoppers now have an alternative means to pay for goods online. Apple Pay begins services in China today. The service links China UnionPay, Lian Lian, PayEase, and YeePay to the Apple service and…