More and more Japanese firms are being acquired by Chinese enterprises, with the number of such acquisitions hitting an all-time high of 36 between January and November 2010, Tokyo-based merger and acquisition consulting service provider Recof Corp said. Mainichi Daily News reports that Chinese companies initially focused on Japanese manufacturers with advanced production technologies, but […]
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Chinese governments, central and local, may have little respect for foreign IP regimes or for their own, but as Chinese companies expand abroad, they are discovering that foreign intellectual property laws can serve their interests at home. Many commentators have already noted that listing assets in foreign markets has the effect of discouraging IP theft […]
Donald Straszheim, director of China research at International Strategy & Investment, on US listings of China-based companies: "This is the ultimate ‘buyer beware’ sector of investing." Source: Bloomberg
Allianz (ALV.GY) is looking to expand its asset management business on the mainland but still faces many hurdles, the Financial Times reported, citing a senior executive of the German group. Board member for growth markets Werner Zedelius said operating in China’s insurance market is "exceptionally difficult." He said China remains one of the biggest challenges […]
China Development Bank will launch the country’s first private equity fund of funds, the Financial Times reported. A subsidiary of the bank, CDB Capital, has received approval from the State Council to raise US$9 billion for the fund of funds, which will have a 12-year lifespan. Suzhou Industrial Park, originally a joint venture between Singapore […]