China

The Big Four’s new yuan loans in August is significantly lower than July's $77.07bn.

Temasek bought 4.4 billion shares of the Chinese lender, increasing its stake to 8.1%.

The sale has quelled fears that BoA’s shares would be dumped into the market.

Agricultural Bank of China's Jiangsu Branch registered deposits of RMB1,025.1 billion in June, accounting for 15.2% of the total deposits of Jiangsu banks.

In a rapidly evolving place like China, it is important that any investment strategy reflects the conditions on the ground; frequent visits to check on the progress being made on infrastructure and industrial development in various regions is a crucial component of Urdang’s approach to investing in global property securities.

Such deposits have a similar effect as 100-150bp reserve requirement ratio hikes.

Donald Lam was also appointed as head of corporate and commercial banking.

Bank of America will sell around 13.1 billion common shares of China Construction Bank Corporation to generate approximately 8.3 billion dollars of cash.

Most of the 10 lenders had over 30% net profit rise in the same period.

The lender said its net interest margin has improved and has the potential to widen.

Borrowing costs for CNY denominated debt were “substantially lower” in Hong Kong than in China.

PBOC allowed foreign institutions to trade in its interbank bond market to widen the channels for offshore Renminbi to flow back into China.

The top 5 Chinese banks knocked out their 14 largest US and European rivals.

Standard Chartered experienced faster expansion of its Chinese mainland business than the rest of its units in the  first half of 2011.

 Ten Chinese commercial banks reported higher-than-expected net profits of 244.7 billion yuan or 72.11 billion U.S. dollars.

China Minsheng Banking Corp's current capital level will still meet operational needs for this year even if the government rejects its financing plan.