Investors may cash in on gloom

2010-11-04 13:58:32

Agricultural and consumer stocks may continue to offer investment opportunities amid expectations of inflation climbing in October, while natural resource shares could face a correction after excessive gains, analysts said.

Realty firm eyes Chinese demand

2010-11-02 11:03:09

Global realty company Colliers International opened a division in Shanghai on Monday, amid mounting restrictions on property purchases in major Chinese cities that have driven the country's nouveau riche to look overseas for investment opportunities.

ICBC starts expansion into insurance sector

2010-10-29 09:51:16

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's largest bank by market value, will start a major expansion into the insurance sector by buying a 60 percent stake in Paris-based group AXA's China life insurance venture.

China raises Public Housing Fund mortgage rates

2010-10-21 10:24:49

China's Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development announced it would raise the Public Housing Fund (PHF) mortgage rates for home buyers beginning Wednesday.

Chinese home buyers heading overseas

2010-10-21 09:28:11

Individual Chinese investors are quickening their expansion into the overseas property market as tightening measures on the sector at home continue to restrict their opportunities.
Rate increase fails to rein in bull run
China raises Public Housing Fund mortgage rates
Realty tax moves set to be approved
Commerical property sector set to expand

China vows to punish illegal insurance agents

2010-10-19 13:34:37

There will be unrelenting efforts to crack down on activities such as illegal financing and pyramid selling by insurance agents, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) said Monday.

HK targets mainland buyers

2010-10-14 11:10:36

Hong Kong's leader on Wednesday outlined new steps to cool the world's hottest property market, including halting automatic residency for rich buyers, in the face of simmering public anger over rising prices.

Property prices set to decline, S&P says

2010-10-13 11:01:47

China's real estate developers are likely to struggle over the next 12 months, with property prices in larger cities decreasing by as much as 10 percent.

Getting a grip on property ladder

2010-10-13 09:14:32

With sky-high property prices being the norm across China, many city dwellers are fueling rampant rental markets as they shelve their dreams of starting on the property ladder.

Out of Africa, 'the land of golden opportunity'

2010-10-11 10:46:37

Kelly Lai cannot help raise a wry grin when he looks at the latest gold prices, now well in excess of $1,200 an ounce compared with a little over $444 at one point in 2006. The biggest bet currently on the cards is a call option for $2,000 expiring in 2011.

China to issue 20b yuan e-savings bonds in Oct

2010-10-08 16:27:34

China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Oct 8 that it would start issuing two batches of electronic savings bonds later this month with a total value of 20 billion yuan ($3 billion).

Foreign-owned wine fund set to launch in China

2010-10-07 10:26:16

Societe Generale Ltd, a leading French financial institution, plans to launch a wine fund in China, eyeing the country's fast growing new rich. It will be the first overseas financial group to issue a Bordeaux wine fund on the Chinese mainland.