British banks look to expand Asian foothold with China deals
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The race is on among international banking groups for a stake of the Chinese market as Beijing loosens its grip on the sector, and British banks are already ahead of many of their rivals thanks to a long-standing presence in the region.
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China&#39;s huge investment in Barclays Bank is part of the cashed-up Asian giant&#39;s plan to spend big on foreign assets around the world and deepen its global commercial influence, analysts said Tuesday.
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Barclays called in two state-backed Asian financial powerhouses on Monday to strengthen its offer for ABN Amro amid a European bidding battle for the Dutch bank worth nearly 100 billion dollars.
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Business & money: Bank working to raise around Â£10bn from the Chinese and Singapore governments.
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Barclays said it had struck a deal with China Development Bank and Temasek Holdings of Singapore.
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Associated British Foods is growing its sugar business by teaming up with a Chinese producer.
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The Bank of England acts to ease the credit crunch hitting financial markets, allowing banks to deposit more funds with it.
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Lloyds TSB Group Plc, the UK&#39;s No. 5 bank by assets, plans to move at least another 1,000 employees from Britain to Asia, where labor costs are lower.
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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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Faced with rising costs and a tangle of regulations, more and more British firms are moving their operations abroad, often to China and Eastern Europe.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown brought a high-profile delegation of business leaders to China on Friday for a visit focused on expanding economic ties between the countries.
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LONDON/BEIJING  - British bank Barclays  has raised its bid for Dutch group ABN AMRO  to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion), helped by some of the biggest ever overseas investments by China and Singapore.
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China  plans to raise as much as US$19 billion in what would be the world's largest share sale, valuing the country's top lender at a discount to its largest rivals, a source familiar with the deal said on Sunday.
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Eight foreign banks have applied to open retail operations in China, the bank regulator said as a WTO deadline for opening China's banking market passed Monday.
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China on Wednesday raised the proportion of deposits that banks must hold in reserve for the eleventh time since the start of 2007, extending a long-running campaign to mop up excess cash in the banking system.
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Barclays raises its offer for the Dutch bank ABN Amro, after China and Singapore invest in the UK firm.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown told China on Friday he wanted Britain to be the number one choice for Chinese trade and investment as he sought to take the relationship to a "higher level".