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Standard bearers: Changes to Hong Kong’s accounting rules draw controversy

Accounting rules rarely make front page news. An exception was in December 2010, when Hong Kong Securities and Clearing (HKEx) said that it would allow H-shares – firms incorporated in China but listed in Hong Kong – the option of submitting financial statements prepared by mainland auditors under mainland accounting standards. The decision eliminated a […]

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Mixed welcome

The SED failed to ease restrictions on Chinese investment in the US

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Gravity shift

Hong Kong will remain Asia’s exchange of choice for some time yet, says Eric Landheer, head of issuer marketing for Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing

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Sonny Wu on "good" Chinese bubbles

Sonny Wu, managing director of China’s GSR Ventures, on China’s venture investment “bubble”: “It’s great to have a bubble. Bubbles are great.” Source: Forbes

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China may buy Portuguese bailout bond

A senior fund official said that Asian investors, including the Chinese government, will be a “strong proportion” of investors in Portuguese bail-out bonds when they are auctioned off in June, the Financial Times reported. The statement came from Klaus Regling, chief executive of the European Financial Stability Facility, who added that China was “clearly interested” […]