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Chinese VC investing plummets
Venture capital investment in China (Chinese VC) plunged by 43% to $165 million in first-quarter 2005, hit by legal uncertainties that a foreign exchange regulation created, according to a survey by Beijing-based consulting firm Zero2IPO Ltd. A total of 28 VC investors sank $165 million into 35 Chinese companies in the first quarter, of which…
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Is Macquarie the world’s best-performed investment bank?
The remarkable aspect of the Macquarie model for investment banking is not the amount of wealth it generates for its executives, although that is remarkable, but how its development has turned the bank into probably the world’s best-performed and fastest-growing investment bank. The catalyst for transforming Macquarie from an Australian investment bank with limited offshore…
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Comfort of offshore investment
The “invest offshore” message was loud and clear the other day, after news broke that somebody might have released foot-and-mouth disease on Waiheke Island. By the time you read this, the claim may have been proved a hoax. Here’s hoping so. If that’s the case, take warning from it. If it’s still not clear whether…
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Hands off China’s Monetary Policy
NEW YORK (ResourceInvestor.com) — China in 2005 sounds a whole lot like Japan a decade earlier except the fracas this time is over monetary rather than trade policy. The value of the Chinese yuan, also known as the renminbi, has become critical to commodity fundamentals as well as equity valuations for companies targeted by China…
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Mexico’s Bancomer Launches Bank For Wealthy Clients
MEXICO CITY – Mexican bank leader Grupo Financiero BBVA-Bancomer SA said it has launched a private bank Wednesday to provide comprehensive services for wealthy clients. [box type=”note”]Private Bank Bancomer said its clients account for 40% of Mexico’s market for high net-worth individuals.[/box] “People don’t have to think about offshore institutions to get answers to their…
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China Changes Offshore Investment Rules, Venture Capital Cools
Global venture capital funds slowed offshore investment into Chinese companies in the first quarter after the country’s foreign exchange regulator issued rules that may hinder international share sales and capital raising by China businesses. Chinese residents must for the first time get approval from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange before starting or investing in…
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Greenspan or Buffett? Asia Mulls Who’s Right
Even though his bet against the dollar cost him $310 million in the first quarter alone, Warren Buffett is sticking with it. Alan Greenspan seems less worried about the world’s top currency. Who’s Asia to trust when the two most revered U.S. gurus in this region are at odds? The issue is far from academic,…
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