Por Zennon Kapron

A maioria do commentary no mercado de Shanghai descreve o investor chinês médio como unknowledgeable e depois do rebanho. Entretanto, um estudo recente que nós tivéssemos (kapronasia) apenas terminou com Ambarino mostra que investors individuais da Um-parte de Shanghai são realmente muito mais mercado savvy do que pensou geralmente.

Embora as influências como números e o conselho afortunados da família impactem ainda alguma tomada de decisão, a realidade é que a maioria de decisões do investimento estão feitas hoje na base de indicadores contínuos como fundamentos da companhia e a economia straight-forward. Entretanto, mesmo com este conhecimento, os investors chineses invest ainda em um mercado que v claramente como sobrestimado. Leia o descanso de “apostar no Dragon: O comportamento chinês do investor” ou afixa um comentário

Ter uma pegada significativa em China transformou-se um imperativo estratégico para companhias multinacionais em torno do mundo. A atração é demanda seemingly insatiable de China para produtos, serviços, capital e tecnologia. George D. Martin, o sócio e a cadeira do Faegre & da prática de Benson China, vêem o crescimento atual da aquisição em China porque a culminação lógica das tendências do investimento extrangeiro que observou primeiramente ao praticar em Shanghai nos mid-1990s. Martin espera esta tendência de M&A continuar. But in the years to come, he advises, it won’t be just foreign companies on the buy-side of cross-border M&A deals involving China.

China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001 opened new sectors to foreign investment and eliminated many restrictions on structuring those investments. As a result, joint ventures that were in vogue among early China investors waned. Read the rest of “Dealmaking in China: Getting In on the Action” or post a comment

By Andrew Hupert

Successful entrepreneurs in China will tell you that success took longer than they had originally planned. Ex-pat owners of businesses in China who have been slugging away for 5+ years can suddenly find themselves on a steep growth curve. Many of these ‘overnight success stories’ that were years in the making end up leaving their owners hostages to the business. The founders are cash-poor while the business gets bigger and richer.

What can successful China entrepreneurs do to boost their household finances without destroying the company balance sheet?

Over the years you’ve tweaked the business model, found the right marketing & sales mix and were ready when demand caught up with your offering. What happens when your 5 year old business becomes an overnight success? Read the rest of “China Entrepreneurs Need an Incremental Exit Strategy” or post a comment

Chris Devonshire-Ellis, Senior Partner of Dezan Shira & Associates, speaking at the Asia Business Forum Annual China M&A Conference in Singapore today said that he felt the Chinese economy would withstand any U.S. recession and that M&A (mergers and acquisitions) activity would continue in the PRC.

His comments, made to a group of prominent academics and lawyers, including the corporate finance heads of Deloitte Touche and KPMG …

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