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Tech, Media & Telecom

Software house plans share offer

Mainland banking software developer Zhongtian International said it aims to raise as much as HK$121 million (US$15.5 million) through an initial public offering later this month on Hong Kong's main board. Zhongtian plans to sell 100 million H shares, equivalent to a quarter of its market cap � 15% constituting existing shares, 10% new shares.

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Law & Regulation

Gates foundation receives US$100 million quota

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a newly admitted member of China's Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor circle, was assigned a US$100 million quota to invest in China bonds and A-share equities. The green light was given by the mainland's foreign-exchange regulator. The US$27 billion foundation is the first non-bank to be be cleared for the […]

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Investment

Asset exchange plans Hong Kong platform

Citing the importance of Hong Kong's financial and legal infrastructure, China Beijing Equity Exchange said it planned to open a trading platform in the city within months to accelerate sale of state assets to foreign investors. Exchange President Xiong Yan said lack of disclosure rules made overseas fund-raising difficult for mainland enterprises. Opening up a […]

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Transport & Logistics

Airport firm seeks revival through IPO

Liaoning Province Airport Management Group said it plans an initial public offering in Hong Kong in the first half of 2005 to raise over US$75 million to restructure three of the four airports it owns in province. The three currently run at a loss. Vice-general manager Ma Huixian said that, because it already was structured […]

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Banking & Finance

Citic Securities confirms bid for stake in rival

Citic Securities, one of only two listed brokers on the mainland, said its board had approved a plan to begin negotiating merger with rival GF Securities, the seventh-largest brokerage in an industry ravaged by shrinking stock valuations and sales margins. Analysts quoted in media reports said that, unlike previous broker mergers, this one made sense […]