International and Emerging Markets Blog

What does China have to offer UK-based or other overseas investors?

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 | Posted by: Stephen Weatherseed
Categories: China | Tags: china, business, ,financial, market performance, stock market emerging markets, London stock exchange, Chinese companies, AiM, alternative investment market,

“China used to be seen as the best place for low cost manufacturing, but increasingly with their labour costs rising, this has ceased to be the main driver. Instead, it is the prospect of being able to target the huge population, with its increasing wealth and burgeoning middle-classes with all the aspirations that go with that, that is now more of the attraction. So providing product - which may well be manufactured in China- tailored to the local marketplace, ideally with a recognisable foreign brand name, is very much the focus for investment.” Says Stephen Weatherseed, Head of the China Group at Grant Thornton

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China companies seek London code

Monday, August 10, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories: China | Tags: Corporate Governance

A City group is campaigning to get China companies to subscribe to an equivalent of the ‘Kitemark’ scheme
Moves are afoot to establish an urgently needed new corporate governance code for Chinese and China-focused companies listed in London. Spearheaded by John McLean, chairman of AIM-quoted China Food Company, the campaign will seek to remove what is perceived as a damaging level of mistrust obliging many companies to trade at a discount to their peers and making deals and money raising harder and more expensive.

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Chinese Aim Firms Outperform Stock Market In 2009

Friday, August 07, 2009 | Posted by: Stephen Weatherseed
Categories: China | Tags: china, business, ,financial, market performance, stock market emerging markets, London stock exchange, Chinese companies, AiM, alternative investment market,

AIM-listed companies with significant operations in China are outperforming both the FTSE 100 and the AIM ALL-SHARE indices in 2009, according to Grant Thornton.

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