Midtown Blogger/Manhattan Valley Follies: South China Morning Post- Business

China's carmakers are winning home SUV market with low-price strategy

After years of losing out to foreign brands, China's carmakers are winning in the world's hottest SUV market by employing a tried and tested strategy: offering them cheap.

18 Apr 2015 - 6:00am

COMMODITIES

Trafigura chief Jeremy Weir set to make 'history' with speech

When Trafigura Beheer chief executive Jeremy Weir takes the stage at a conference in the Swiss city of Lausanne next week, he will do something no CEO of his company has ever done before. He will...

18 Apr 2015 - 4:00am

PROPERTY

China likely to expand mortgage bonds to lift property market

The mainland is poised to expand mortgage bonds to lift its slumping real estate market.

18 Apr 2015 - 4:00am

DEBT

Kaisa keeps investors guessing as bond payment looms

Kaisa Group Holdings has this weekend to find US$52 million for missed payments on two of its dollar bonds as it seeks to avoid default.

18 Apr 2015 - 4:00am

BANKING & FINANCE

G24 rebukes US Congress for failure to ratify 2010 IMF reforms

The emerging economies of the G24 group sharply criticised the United States on Thursday for holding up what they see as critical reforms of the International Monetary Fund.

18 Apr 2015 - 12:24am

ECONOMY

100 years of Mexico and euro risk for investors to contemplate

One hundred years is a long time to be a lender to Mexico, as those who remember the 1980s, a decade during which it was mostly in default, will tell you.

17 Apr 2015 - 12:51pm

MONEY

Chart of the day: More bets against the house in Macau

There is plenty of excitement around the casino-like behaviour of Hong Kong and mainland equity markets right now.

17 Apr 2015 - 9:42pm

COMPANIES

Kaisa keeps investors guessing as bond payment looms

Kaisa Group Holdings has this weekend to find US$52 million for missed payments on two of its dollar bonds as it seeks to avoid default.

18 Apr 2015 - 4:00am

CHINA BUSINESS

China's carmakers are winning home SUV market with low-price strategy

After years of losing out to foreign brands, China's carmakers are winning in the world's hottest SUV market by employing a tried and tested strategy: offering them cheap.

18 Apr 2015 - 6:00am

COMMODITIES

Trafigura chief Jeremy Weir set to make 'history' with speech

When Trafigura Beheer chief executive Jeremy Weir takes the stage at a conference in the Swiss city of Lausanne next week, he will do something no CEO of his company has ever done before. He will...

18 Apr 2015 - 4:00am

SCMP Brand Post

Forget Silicon Valley: Innovators drawn to ‘dream city’ Shenzhen to make things happen

Markets

Stock Quotes

Opinion

SHIRLEY YAM

The message can't be clearer: Beijing wants a bull market

18 Apr 2015 - 12:40am

NICOLE ELLIOTT

Chart of the day: Time to rethink aussie dollar bear trend?

17 Apr 2015 - 10:36am

JAKE VAN DER KAMP

Surge in goods trade balance rings alarm bells for mainland economy

16 Apr 2015 - 11:10am

PATRICK LOW

High time for a global investment agreement

17 Apr 2015 - 2:04pm

Money

Chart of the day: Time to rethink aussie dollar bear trend?

As China's economic data weakens, as mandated by Beijing, the Australian dollar slides, as the Reserve Bank hoped.

17 Apr 2015 - 10:36am

Chart of the day: Time to rethink aussie dollar bear trend?

17 Apr 2015 - 10:36am

Chart of the day: Indian stock rallies best for selling

16 Apr 2015 - 11:06am

Companies

China's Geely gears up for Europe, US expansion with new car platform

Geely is set to start producing a small crossover utility vehicle late next year - the first car to be built using a common platform jointly developed with Volvo.

17 Apr 2015 - 11:59pm

STOCKS

China firms raise 8.3b yuan in swift strategic share placements

Small groups of ultra-wealthy mainland Chinese investors are emerging as key players in the fledgling market for swift strategic share placements that raise billions of dollars without incurring...

17 Apr 2015 - 11:46pm

FUNDRAISING

Fosun Pharmaceutical shares soar on plan for 5.8b yuan share issue

Shares in Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group surged in Hong Kong and Shanghai on Friday after the drugmaker said it planned to raise 5.8 billion yuan (HK$7.3 billion) through an A-share issue.

17 Apr 2015 - 6:05pm

REMUNERATION

Hyundai Motor seeks to end seniority-based pay

In a bid to curb rising domestic labour costs, Hyundai Motor is seeking to base wages on merit not seniority in an overhaul of a decades-old salary system that puts the South Korean firm on a...

17 Apr 2015 - 8:10pm

MACAU

Galaxy Entertainment Group in Macau says Q1 earnings sink 40pc to HK$2.3 billion

Galaxy Entertainment Group said on Thursday that its earnings fell 40 per cent in the first quarter ended March 31 as the corruption crackdown on the mainland hit Macau casino revenues.

16 Apr 2015 - 9:39am

AUTOS

Toyota to build new factories in Mexico, China

Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday it will build new factories in Mexico and China, ending a self-imposed expansion freeze and putting more pressure on global rivals.

17 Apr 2015 - 3:53pm

CHINA

Kaisa Group’s public float at 20.81pc, below regulation 25pc

Embattled mainland China developer Kaisa Group Holdings said on Thursday its public float fell to 20.81 per cent, below the minimum regulatory requirement of 25 per cent.
Trading in Kaisa...

16 Apr 2015 - 9:11am

MERGERS

Kaisa sackings dim prospects for Sunac takeover

Troubled mainland developer Kaisa Group Holdings has fired three staff members it had appointed from its suitor and larger rival Sunac China Holdings, a move analysts said cast further doubt over...

15 Apr 2015 - 11:38pm

Banking & Finance

100 years of Mexico and euro risk for investors to contemplate

One hundred years is a long time to be a lender to Mexico, as those who remember the 1980s, a decade during which it was mostly in default, will tell you.

17 Apr 2015 - 9:52pm

TRADING

The day the Bloomberg screens went blank

Britain postponed a sale of treasury bills yesterday as traders around the world were hit by a "global network problem" that affected terminals supplied by news and market price provider Bloomberg...

18 Apr 2015 - 10:00am

BANKING

Africa bank chief hopes to work with AIIB

15 Apr 2015 - 11:23pm

REGULATION

Reforms fuel concerns over regulator role for HKEx

17 Apr 2015 - 3:58pm

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Philippine banks in centre of industry shake-up

12 Apr 2015 - 7:17pm

Commodities

China's aluminium surplus chips away at global deficit

China's exports of aluminium products have continued to surge, a trend that if continued may push the rest of the world toward a surplus.

17 Apr 2015 - 7:57pm

COMMODITIES

Quiet diplomacy among oil majors unlikely to lead to action on output

Quiet diplomacy among the world's biggest oil producers has heated up this week, yet observers see few signs that renewed discussion among Russia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and others will lead to...

17 Apr 2015 - 3:57pm

Stock link brightens LME hopes to push into China

15 Apr 2015 - 10:45pm

ENERGY

Oil price rout may be over as forward curve flattens

16 Apr 2015 - 12:31pm

ENERGY

Hilong seeks to expand oil and gas service sales in Asia

12 Apr 2015 - 9:38pm

Economy

G24 rebukes US Congress for failure to ratify 2010 IMF reforms

The emerging economies of the G24 group sharply criticised the United States on Thursday for holding up what they see as critical reforms of the International Monetary Fund.

18 Apr 2015 - 12:24am

FINANCIAL MARKETS

US stocks surge on robust earnings; weak China data noted

US stocks rallied following several strong earnings reports on Wednesday, while European shares hit a 14-year high after the European Central Bank affirmed its loose policy stance.
Oil rose...

16 Apr 2015 - 8:15am

INTEREST RATES

US Fed confident on smooth lift-off of rates; ready for adjustments

16 Apr 2015 - 8:12am

ECONOMY

Beijing urged to cut taxes and invest in infrastructure to safeguard jobs

17 Apr 2015 - 4:28pm

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TRADE

China warns EU to respect looming new trading status under WTO

17 Apr 2015 - 4:31pm

China Business

China likely to expand mortgage bonds to lift property market

The mainland is poised to expand mortgage bonds to lift its slumping real estate market.

18 Apr 2015 - 4:00am

DEBT

Jiangsu may delay 64.8b yuan planned debt auction

Jiangsu province may delay a planned debt auction scheduled for Thursday, three sources said yesterday, signalling a possible rocky start for mainland China's fledgling municipal bond market this...

17 Apr 2015 - 9:01pm

CARS

China's Geely gears up for Europe, US expansion with new car platform

17 Apr 2015 - 11:59pm

PROPERTY

Beijing North Star shares up on plan to raise 2.5b yuan through A-share issue

17 Apr 2015 - 5:58pm

BONDS

Debt defaults cannot be ruled out in Chinese property sector, S&P warns

17 Apr 2015 - 3:34pm

Property

Glorious Property Holdings posts 2.99bn yuan in losses, from 292.1 million yuan profit in 2013

Hit by sinking profit margins and lower property sales, the highly-geared mainland China developer Glorious Property Holdings said on Thursday it recorded a loss of 2.99 billion yuan last year, in...

16 Apr 2015 - 10:38am

CHINA

Kaisa Group’s public float at 20.81pc, below regulation 25pc

Embattled mainland China developer Kaisa Group Holdings said on Thursday its public float fell to 20.81 per cent, below the minimum regulatory requirement of 25 per cent.
Trading in Kaisa...

16 Apr 2015 - 9:11am

C-SUITE

C-Suite Q&A

In an age of overt government intervention in the finance industry post-global financial crisis, Derek Cheung Yat-ming found it difficult for an individual to work in the fund management business...

15 Apr 2015 - 4:25pm