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PetroChina (PTR.NYSE, 601852.SH, 0857.HKG) announced plans to join Mitsubishi Corp (8058.TYO), Korea Gas Corp and Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.B.NYSE, RDSA.LSE, RD

Mongolia is set to pass a law by June that would prevent foreign state-owned firms from owning certain domestic assets, following an outcry over a bid by Alu

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ.ASX) plans to invest US$300 million in its China unit and more than triple its bank branch network in China in

China increased its holdings of US Treasuries by 1.3% to US$1.17 trillion in March, remaining the largest foreign creditor to the US,

News Corp (NWSA.NASDAQ), the owner of 20th Century Fox film studio, plans to acquire a 19.9% stake in Chinese film distributor Bona Film Group (BONA.NASDAQ)

South Korea's National Pension Service will use up its US$100 million quota to invest in China and intends to seek further permission to buy into Chinese sec

Zhang Dejiang, the new party secretary of Chongqing, is drumming up foreign investment to the city after the fall of its disgraced former leader Bo Xilai, th

China's chief securities regulator has eased restrictions on the amount foreign investors can invest in securities other than stocks under the Qualified Fore

Proposed rules for Hong Kong's IPO market could hold banks responsible if the companies they sponsor lie to investors,

The US auditing authority announced that it is nearing a deal to observe Chinese audit inspections of US-listed Chinese companies,

Chinese regulators have ruled that yuan-denominated private equity funds can only be treated as local if all their capital is sourced within China,

China on Friday agreed to let foreign companies own bigger stakes in Chinese securities firms, a result of high-level talks between US and Chinese trade offi

Huaibei Mining and Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube announced plans for initial public offerings in Shanghai worth a combined US$1.5 billion, indicating tha

China and Sweden signed five bilateral trade deals on Tuesday during a visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to Sweden, the

Author Kwek Yong Ping on private equity in China

Ford (F.NYSE) announced its biggest industrial expansion in 50 years, as part of a US$5 billion plan to double production capacity in China by 2015,

HSBC Holdings (HBC.NYSE, 0005.HKG, HSBA.LON), Europe's biggest bank, raised RMB2 billion (US$317 billion) by launching the first yuan-denominated bond outsid

China is at a "rare strategic moment" to accelerate the opening of its capital account by reforming interest and exchange rates, the central bank's statistic

Foreign direct investment into China fell 6.1% in March, the fifth consecutive month of decline,

Barclays (BCS.NYSE, BARC.LON), Deutsche Bank (DB.NYSE, DBR.FRA, ETR), HSBC Holdings (HBC.NYSE, 0005.HKG, HSBA.LON) and Standard Chartered (2888.HKG, STAN.LON

Hedge fund managers reduced net-long positions across 18 US commodities futures and options by 9.3% in the week ended April 10, the biggest reduction since D

The news: Jiangnan Group, a Jiangsu province-based maker of power transmission cables, will raise up to US$101.6 million (HK$788 mill

French automaker Renault (RNO.EPA) and China's Dongfeng Motor Group (0489.HKG) have signed a framework agreement on a joint venture to produce cars in the wo

Walt Disney (DIS.NYSE) has formed alliance with Tencent Holdings (0700.HKG), China’s largest internet service provider, and the state-run China Animation Gro

Data released by Japan's Ministry of Finance in February showed China has bought the largest amount of short-term Japanese debt in February since May 2010,

China's largest railway companies, the state-owned China Railway Group (601390.SH, 0390.HKG) and China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC; 601186.SH, 118

Volvo, a Swedish automaker owned by China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (0175.HKG), announced Thursday that it plans to spend US$11 bilion on developing new

The Shanghai government plans to introduce a program that would allow approved managers of both international and domestic private-equity and hedge funds to

China's premier called on the country to break up the monopoly of state-owned banks to accomplish its goal of getting more private capital into the financial

Chinese gas distributor ENN Energy Holdings (2688.EKG) said it has ample cash to fund a US$2.2 billion bid for a stake in rival China Gas Holdings (0384.HKG)