Why and how Beijing became one of the world’s more unmanageable major cities
– What if most of what we think about government spending was wrong? What if government money causes, rather than cures, pollution, unaffordable and substandard housing, impossible traffic, more...
View ArticleUS Private Equity Soars While China Stalls
– In 2014, the gap between the performance of the private equity industry in China and the US opened wide. The US had a record-breaking year, with ten-year net annualized return hitting 14.6%. Final...
View ArticleChina High-Yield Debt Investing — the new China First Capital Research Report...
– China First Capital today publishes a special research report titled, “China Debt Investing: An Overlooked Opportunity”. You can download a copy by clicking here. This report examines some of the...
View ArticlePE challenges and opportunities in 2015 — Financier Magazine
PE challenges and opportunities in 2015 May 2015 | COVER STORY | PRIVATE EQUITY Financier Worldwide Magazine May 2015 Issue Like many other facets of the financial services industry, the private...
View ArticleChina First Capital Interview: Cashing in and cashing out — China Law & Practice
– Peter Fuhrman, CEO of China First Capital, explains how the country’s private equity market has struggled with profit returns and the importance of diversified exit strategies. He also predicts...
View ArticleChina’s Most Successful Startup?
China’s most successful startup? – – Ask people in China to name the country’s most successful and innovative new mobile phone brand and most will immediately declare Xiaomi. Ask tech-savvy...
View ArticleThe Hidden Unicorn: China Venture Capital Fails to Spot OnePlus
Missed investment opportunities are rarely this glaring. Despite having hundreds of firms managing billions of dollars and employing thousands of people all supposedly out scouring China for the next...
View ArticleFocus Media Reaches $7.4 Billion Deal to List in Shenzhen — New York Times
– Focus Media Reaches $7.4 Billion Deal to List in Shenzhen By NEIL GOUGH JUNE 3, 2015 HONG KONG — Years after delisting in the United States after a short-selling attack, one of China’s biggest...
View ArticleThe Shenzhen Unicorn — Week in China Magazine
– A sizeable quotient of the techno-hip crowd in the US and Europe is counting down the days to the launch next week of the newest Android mobile phone by China’s OnePlus. It’s called the OnePlus Two...
View ArticleChina 2015 — China’s Shifting Landscape — China First Capital new research...
Slowing growth and a gyrating stock market are the two most obvious sources of turbulence in China at the midway point of 2015. Less noticed, perhaps, but certainly no less important for China’s...
View Article“A lot hasn’t gone to plan”: SuperReturn Interview
– Does [China’s] shift from a manufacturing-driven economy to a service-driven one make macroeconomic shocks like those seen this summer inevitable? Peter Fuhrman: China has enjoyed something of a...
View ArticleAn insider’s view of Chinese M&A — Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor
Intralinks: The meltdown of China’s equity markets that began in the summer, despite measures by officials in Beijing aimed at calming investors’ nerves, has left many global investors jittery. Is...
View ArticleXiaomi’s $45 Billion Valuation Seen `Unfeasible’ as Growth Cools — Bloomberg
Xiaomi’s $45 Billion Valuation Seen `Unfeasible’ as Growth Cools By Tim Culpan November 25, 2015 — 7:00 PM HKT Things were going so well for Xiaomi Corp. Customers were lining up, investors were...
View ArticleChina’s Xiaomi Under Pressure to Prove Value to Investors — Wall Street Journal
Xiaomi’s Redmi 2 smartphones on display during a launch in Brazil in June, 2015. Photo: Reuters – By Eva Dou Jan. 10, 2016 2:30 p.m. ET – BEIJING—In January 2015, Xiaomi Corp. founder Lei Jun...
View ArticleNew Year gambling hints at Chinese entrepreneurial vigour — The Financial Times
– With about every major leading economic indicator in a tailspin, it’s easy, even obvious, to be bearish about China. But, one sign of economic activity could hardly seem more robust: the crowds...
View ArticleOutbid, outspent and outhustled: How Renminbi funds took over Chinese private...
– – – Outbid, outspent and outhustled Renminbi-denominated private equity funds basically didn’t exist until about five years ago. Up until that point, for ten golden years, China’s PE and VC industry...
View ArticleHow Renminbi funds took over Chinese private equity (Part 2) — SuperReturn...
– How Renminbi funds took over Chinese private equity (Part 2) By Peter Fuhrman – Apr 4, 2016 Large and small ships traverse the Huangpu River 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. –...
View ArticleIn China, Yum and McDonald’s likely need more than an ownership change —...
– – HONG KONG — China’s fast-food sector has been dominated by U.S. chains like Yum’s KFC and Pizza Hut as well as McDonald’s. But now a question hangs over these household brands: Can new owners...
View ArticleLeapfrogging the IPO gridlock: Chinese companies get a taste for reverse...
– Leapfrogging the IPO gridlock: Chinese companies get a taste for reverse takeovers – HONG KONG | By Elzio Barreto – – Chinese firms looking to jump a massive queue of companies seeking to do...
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