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Market embraces resumption of listings

The floodgates for initial public offerings on the mainland will open next month after more than a year of drought since regulators closed the listing market in October last year.…

Wide gap between A and H shares may be hard to bridge

Investors looking to exploit the widest gap in three years between the performance of mainland and offshore Chinese stocks could well get their fingers burnt. Markets & Investing feed…

Legislators raise concern over Islamic bond issue

Lawmakers are questioning the government’s plan to issue Islamic bonds, saying the costs are expected to be high and the demand limited in view of the small Muslim community in…

Property dims outlook for Hang Seng Index

The Hang Seng Index is expected to continue to lag benchmark indices in Europe and Japan next year due to the heavy weighting it gives to sluggishly performing property shares…

China Cinda finds favour with investors

China Cinda Asset Management, the first mainland bad-asset manager to list in Hong Kong, has priced its shares at the top end of its marketing range. The Beijing-based firm set a…

China IPO revival to extend bond market slump

The mainland’s plans to restart initial public offerings after a one-year break and allow firms to sell preferred stock will soak up cash and extend a bond market slump into…

Cinda to price IPO near top of range

China Cinda Asset Management plans to sell shares in a Hong Kong initial public offering at near the top end of a marketed price range to raise about US$ 2.5…

Chinese internet stocks propel US hedge fund to double-digit returns

Booming Chinese internet stocks have fuelled Passport Capital’s double-digit gains this year at a time when many other hedge funds have delivered only modest returns. Markets & Investing feed…

MPF returns of 1.18 pc slowest in three months, trailing HSI’s 3pc

Investment funds in the Mandatory Provident Fund scheme, which covers 2.4 million employees in the city, reported their slowest growth in three months last month, with returns trailing the performance…

Goldman forecasts surge in H shares

Mainland stocks trading in Hong Kong will next year post the biggest gain since 2009 on prospects the economy will stabilise, Goldman Sachs said. Markets & Investing feed…