HSBC, Shanxi Trust to form joint venture in China
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British-based banking giant HSBC Holdings is to team up with Shanxi Trust and Investment Corp to form a joint venture fund management company in China, HSBC announced.
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Bear Stearns Cos , an investment bank battered by the mortgage market slump, and China's CITIC Securities Co  said on Monday they will take investment stakes in each other and form a broad strategic alliance.
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China Construction Bank  said on Tuesday it was launching an initial public offer of shares that is expected to be China's biggest, raising more than $7 billion.
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HSBC agreed to buy 51 percent of  Korea Exchange Bank from private equity firm Lone Star for $6.3  billion, in a deal that could propel the UK-based bank into the  top ranks of Asia&#39;s third-largest banking market.
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HSBC Holdings, the European bank, said it would buy part of an office tower in Shanghai to house its China headquarters as it speeds up expansion in China. HSBC agreed to buy naming rights and occupy 20 floors of one of the twin towers of the Shanghai International Finance Center, to be completed by 2010, from Sun Hung Kai Properties, HSBC said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The tower, a few blocks from the bankâs current headquarters, would be renamed HSBC Building-Shanghai IFC. Stephen K. Green, the chairman of HSBC, disclosed the deal at a news conference in Shanghai, but he declined to say how much the bank had agreed to pay.
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Movie giant Warner Bros has announced a deal to create China's first joint venture in film production.
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BEIJING, Dec. 27 -- China Construction Bank, one of the big four State-owned commercial banks, plans to list on a stock market in the first half of next year, the Securities Daily reported, citing a government official.
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HSBC Holdings , Europe's biggest  bank, is acquiring The Chinese Bank Co. in Taiwan and will  provide it with additional capital of between $300 million and  $400 million, it said on Friday.
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British-based HSBC said Thursday it planned to make its long-awaited entry into Japan&#39;s retail banking sector early next year with a nationwide network of branches targeting wealthy individuals.
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HSBC Holdings said Friday it will acquire The Chinese Bank in Taiwan after winning a government auction here, substantially boosting its operations on the island.
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HSBC Holdings, Europe&#39;s biggest bank by market value, said Monday that David Eldon would retire as chairman of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp.
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British conglomerate Virgin Group Ltd. announced Tuesday that it is in talks with a mainland Chinese telecommunications company to set up a joint venture to provide mobile services in China.
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HSBC  is poised to put hundreds  of its French regional retail branches up for sale, a further  sign the bank is shifting its focus to emerging markets,  according to media reports on Sunday.
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High-street bank HSBC said Thursday it plans to make its long-awaited entry into Japan&#39;s retail banking sector early next year with a nationwide network of branches targeting wealthy individuals.
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Barclays said it had struck a deal with the China Development Bank and Temasek Holdings of Singapore.
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Global banking giant HSBC said Monday it had agreed to buy a majority stake in South Korea&#39;s Korea Exchange Bank from US private equity fund Lone Star for about 6.3 billion dollars (4.6 billion euros) in cash.
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JPMorgan Chase is talking to a  number of potential partners about forming a securities joint  venture in China, a senior executive said on Friday.