China is set to become Asia's leader in outbound corporate acquisitions this year, ending Japan's two-year reign, as the country's appetite for overseas targets expands beyond natural resources and into areas such as food and banking.
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James Rosenwald III's Dalton Greater China Fund has outperformed peers with a 25% return this year. This was according to an investor newsletter seen by Bloomberg.
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EU lifts ban on tankers transporting Iranian crude
Following a nuclear deal reached in Geneva, the European Union has removed the ban on insuring tankers transporting Iranian oil. The EU also agreed to release USD4.2 billion in frozen oil assets and permit Iranian crude exports to continue at its current levels.
India is top attractive investment destination, overtakes China - survey
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France's PSA Peugeot Citroen is looking into various ways of expanding its partnership with Chinese state-run car manufacturer Dongfeng Motor Corporation.
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The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Friday, including Microsoft, Comcast, Green Dot, Goldman Sachs and others.
The fate of the joint venture firm of Founder Securities and Credit Suisse have yet to be known after the former reveals its plans to sell its stake in the joint venture and merge with China Minzu Securities.
Sungy Mobile, a global provider of mobile internet products and services, has priced its initial public offering on NASDAQ at USD11.22 per American depositary shares (ADS).
Billionaire Zhang Zhirong offered USD589 million to take Glorious Property Holdings Ltd private, a move is seen as an effort to save a troubled shipbuilder that he founded.
American asset management firm Oaktree Capital Group was reportedly among the cornerstone investors in China Cinda Asset Management Corp's initial public offering. China Cinda is expected to launch the Hong Kong listing on Monday.
With a high demand of patent agents and lawyers from mainland China, Hong Kong's quest to become the regional trading hub for intellectual property (IP), may soon be a reality as China remained the world's number one patent granter last year with 1.26 million approved applications.
