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Chinese state banks are lenders to Thames Water’s parent company

...The lenders, which have so far refused to extend the loan without an injection of fresh equity from Thames Water’s owners, are Chinese state-owned Bank of China and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China...

April 4, 2024

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

AIIB in talks over second loan guarantee deal for World Bank

...China holds the biggest voting share, with 27 per cent....

April 2, 2024

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Bank of the Year Awards 2024

Recognising the best in banking globally

News in-depthChinese politics & policy

China sidelines its once venerated central bank

...The chairs of some state banks, such as Liao Lin at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Gu Shu from Agricultural Bank of China and Cai Xiliang from China Life Insurance, now also outrank Pan in the...

December 25, 2023

Singapore

Singapore gives top-level briefings to reassure foreign banks on stability

...after large inflows of people and capital from mainland China....

April 21, 2024

Chinese business & finance

Chinese state-owned bank seeks liquidation of property developer Shimao

...China Construction Bank has filed a winding-up petition in Hong Kong against property developer Shimao in a rare case of a major state-owned financial institution initiating offshore legal action against...

April 8, 2024

Chinese espionage

Germany accuses couple of spying for China

...China is Germany’s largest trading partner....

April 22, 2024

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Future of Asset Management Europe

New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence

Citigroup Inc

Citigroup plans launch of China-based investment bank

...Official data shows foreign investment banks worked on three out of 313 IPOs in China last year....

January 4, 2024

GMK Noril'skiy nikel' OAO

Norilsk Nickel to move copper smelter from Russia to China as sanctions bite

...Potanin’s complaints about the cost of sanctions reflect wider concerns in Moscow about US pressure on banks doing business with Russia, said Alexandra Prokopenko, a former central bank official....

April 22, 2024

Exchange traded funds

China ‘national team’ ETF buying reaches $57bn this year, says UBS

...The national team has been instrumental in stabilising China’s stock market, and one of the major participants is Central Huijin Investment, part of China’s $1.2tn sovereign wealth fund China Investment...

March 4, 2024

Chinese business & finance

China’s property turmoil hits midsized bank Everbright

...China Merchant Bank, one of the leading commercial banks in China, reported its first revenue drop since 2009 due to the central bank’s cuts in loan prime rate and weak credit demand....

March 28, 2024

Inside BusinessCheng Leng

Chinese banks’ global expansion faces new hurdles

...Bank of China, the most internationally exposed bank among its peers, now operates a sprawling network of 534 branches, covering a third of countries globally, according to its latest annual report....

April 8, 2024

Bank of England

Bank of England policymaker warns against cutting rates too soon

...“Taken together, the absence of news and the passage of time have brought a Bank Rate cut somewhat closer,” Pill said on Tuesday....

April 23, 2024

Global Economy

When will the Bank of Japan next raise interest rates?

...The Bank of Japan is likely to hold off from raising interest rates next week but investors expect the central bank to outline its response to rising inflationary pressures caused by the yen’s decline....

April 21, 2024

Markets InsightDina Ting

Why China’s market slump is far from a crisis

...Following central bank moves at the start of this year that lowered the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for financial institutions, regulators in March noted “ample” room for further cuts, which may enable...

April 24, 2024

FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen

Bank of Japan ditches negative rates

...Microsoft has hired the co-founder of Google’s DeepMind, the Bank of Japan raised interest rates for the first time since 2007, and leading European and UK artificial intelligence start-ups have been lobbied...

March 20, 2024

FT Live

Future of the Car

The technology and new business models shaping the next decade in automotive

News updates from April 23: Tesla to speed up launch of ‘affordable’ models; US regulator bans non-compete agreements

Another German national arrested on suspicion of spying for China

...German police have arrested a German national employed by a senior member of the European parliament on suspicion of spying for China....

April 23, 2024

Barclays PLC

Barclays chief calls for return of UK equity risk culture

...The bank reported a return on tangible equity — a key measure of bank profitability — of 12.3 per cent, down from 15 per cent last year but ahead of its target of more than 10 per cent for 2024....

April 25, 2024

UK financial regulation

Lenders flying blind on private equity risk, Bank of England warns

...Trade body UK Finance said the BoE had highlighted “a number of important issues” that banks needed to consider in terms of exposure to private equity....

April 23, 2024

Bank of Japan

Yen tumbles after Bank of Japan holds near-zero interest rates

...The yen fell to a new 34-year low on Friday after the Bank of Japan stuck to its dovish tone, holding interest rates near zero despite rising pressure on the central bank to tighten its policy and prop up...

April 26, 2024

US-China relations

Blinken to warn China over weapons-related exports to Russia

...One person said China had become increasingly concerned about the possibility of sanctions on its banks....

April 20, 2024

LexBanks

More Chinese banks need to take a hard stance on easy loans Premium

...Bank of China and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)....

April 8, 2024

Pharmaceuticals sector

Pharma groups warn of supply crunch over China spying law

...that “an inspector . . . in China could be accused of espionage”....

April 21, 2024

News updates from April 22: Huw Edwards resigns from BBC; Head of Israeli military intelligence to resign

Three German citizens arrested on suspicion of spying for China

...Thomas R is accused of being an employee for the Chinese Ministry of State Security....

April 22, 2024

FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen

It’s central bank week!

...The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com...

March 18, 2024

Markets InsightRussell Napier

China is moving towards full monetary independence

...Recent comments by President Xi Jinping that the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) should launch a bond-buying programme to create more domestic liquidity may be the first sign that exchange rate targeting is...

April 18, 2024

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