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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

China Retailers Bet Big On Online Banking Service

Chinese Web giant Baidu has obtained regulatory approval to establish, in collaboration with China Citic Bank, a direct-banking firm named Baixin Bank that will operate online rather than through brick-and-mortar outlets.

Country Report

China To Build Silk Road For Project Finance

China’s “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) initiative is the most ambitious overarching infrastructure project to be proposed in the modern era, and it requires ambitious financing.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

McDonald’s China Deal Favors Franchise Model

McDonald’s agreed to sell 80% control of its restaurants in China and Hong Kong for 20 years to state-owned conglomerate Citic and the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm.

Country Report

Silk Road Bonds: The Next Big Thing?

Using Silk Road bonds as a funding vehicle for the vast capital needs of the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) project appears a handy catchall subsuming devilish details.

News

China To Rule Renewables

China is committed to investing more than $360 billion in domestic renewable energy and supporting technologies by 2020,building on its existing position as the world’s largest investor in renewables.

Award Winners

China Stars Awards Ceremony

In November in Beijing, Global Financehonored winners ofour ninth annual Stars of China Awards, recognizingexcellence inChinese banks.

News

Kiwi Prime Minister Inherits Strong Economy

The new prime minister of New Zealand has his work cut out for him, despite a relatively strong economy.

Award Winners

Q&A w/CMB: Leading China’s Private Banking

Wu Chunjiang, assistant general manager for private banking at China Merchants Bank (CMB), talks with Global Finance about building strength regionally in private banking.

Awards

China: Subsidies Prop Up The Profitless

U.S. lawmakers are upset with China. Again.

News

Boardroom Brawl Draws Tata Patriarch From Retirement

At almost 79, Ratan Naval Tata is donning the captain’s cap again at the $108 billion Tata Group. He’s back at his Bombay House corner office at group headquarters, taking daily calls on operations. After four years of retirement, the ...

News

China: New Finance Minister Won’t Change Much

Given that China’s growth is slowing, the decision to replace Finance minister Lou Jiwei with Xiao Jie is controversial—yet not surprising.

News

South Korea: Scandal Sweeps Political, Corporate World’s

The scandal that led to the president's impeachment implicates some of South Korea's best-known conglomerates.