Bottom line: China needs to accelerate the opening of its banking sector to foreign participation, or risk losing overseas expertise and investment dollars that could revitalize the sector.
BBVA sells down Citic Bank stake
Spain’s Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) became the latest major foreign bank to check out of China last week, when it sold off half of its stake in Citic Bank, a unit of one of the nation’s leading financial services groups. The move follows a similar series of sales by other major foreign financial firms over the last 5 years, depriving China’s state-run banks of valuable expertise they could have used as they make the transition from their past as policy lenders to more commercially-oriented institutions. Read Full Post…
The following press releases and media reports about Chinese companies were carried on December 24. To view a full article or story, click on the link next to the headline.
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Citic Bank Buys BBVA’s Stake In Financial Unit For $1.05 Bln (English article)
Billionaire Wang’s Dalian Wanda (HKEx: 3699) Property Firm Falls in HK Debut (English article)
MIIT Says To Issue 4G FDD-LTE Licenses Next Year (Chinese article)
NQ Mobile (NYSE: NQ) Board Authorizes Up to $80 Mln Share Buyback (PRNewswire)
Enlight Media (Shenzhen: 300251), Qihoo (NYSE: QIHU) Form Online Video JV (English article)
