Search results for

The Warren Buffet dream. By Lily Chen Bin

Celebrating success

Syndicated loans, equity, debt and M&A

Plans between a large brokerage and a successful investment banking and advisory house to join forces may usher in a new era of Thai mergers, says Ben Davies.

For the purpose of all rankings, the term Mainland Chinese has been designated by Rupert Hoogewerf and the research team as those individuals born and brought up in mainland China and whose primary business connections or personal commitments can be identified as being from the Mainland. Citizenship status is immaterial.

No proof were needed that senior bankers never really retire – they just sit in their gardens waiting to be headhunted: Just seven months after stepping down as general manager of the Bank of International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, Andrew Crockett has been lured out of retirement by JPMorgan Chase to take up a senior role with its financial institutions group in Asia. The 60-year-old will be based in New York but will be a “frequent visitor” to Asia, according to JPMorgan, and began his new job last month with visits to Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.

The building blocks of wealth. By Rupert Hoogewerf

Singapore Technologies has completed the largest equity-linked funding from Asia this year. The two simultaneous exchangeable bond issues were greeted with a greedy reception by investors, despite pricing that a year ago would have been considered extreme. Mark B. Johnson reports.

China continues with its privatization programme and technology mania has returned with a vengeance. Number one this year is a 32-year-old IT geek. By Rupert Hoogewerf

Let's try the shop across the road

Growing wealth brings with it growing power. The entrepreneurs listed below are those we believe have the greatest influence on the burgeoning private sector. By Rupert Hoogewerf

The Chinamoney Real-Estate Influence 50 is the first peer-to-peer ranking of mainland China's most influential people in the burgeoning real-estate industry.