We read a lot about China's growing involvement -- and influence -- in Latin America. Sinolatin, a new Shanghai-based private equity firm, hopes to capitalise on that interest...    more »

Sign of the times. HSBC, the London-based banking giant, is to relocate its chief executive's office to Hong Kong. The highly symbolic move will no doubt endear the bank to Chinese authorities...    more »

Chinese IPO fever is raging once more so it was only a matter of time before Everbright Securities, the state-controlled broker, dusted off shelved plans for an IPO...    more »

Salvation could be at hand for UK borrowers desperate to get back on the property ladder in the shape of Bank of China which, amazingly, believes now is a good time to enter the UK mortgage market...    more »

For many venture capitalists, the world can be neatly divided into two parts -- China and everywhere else. Despite the downturn, China continues to captivate the interest of VCs around the globe who increasingly see China as their engine for future growth ...    more »

The reopening of China's IPO market is good news for speculators and also the western investment banks and advisers who have seen their fees shrivel in the recent IPO drought..   more »

Chinese consumers are obeying their government's exhortations to spend more and increasingly they are doing so using plastic. In 2008, the number of credit and debit cards in circulation in China grew 20%...   more »

La Caixa has applied to set up an office in Shanghai. Previously, the Barcelona-based bank only had a representative office in Beijing and has belatedly woken up to the fact that Shanghai is the place to be...    more »

Do western investors really need another fund focussed on Chinese equities? Société Générale Asset Management's new fund is targetting Chinese consumer industries with "high barriers to entry"...   more »

Suzhou municipal government has agreed to provide funds for Nasdaq-listed Canadian Solar to develop local solar projects. In a separate announcement, three Chinese state banks have agreed to provide Canadian Solar with up to 15bn yuan in credit...    more »