Great Wall Street of China

China’s domestic capital markets are beginning to open up to foreign banks. Although there are a multitude of opportunities and the scale is unprecedented, striking a successful strategy is vital. Chris Leahy reports.

Playing with pieces of China

Two sneak through

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MENTION CHINA BUSINESS to most investment banks and they start by trotting off the name of the last state-owned enterprise they listed or their latest mainland principal investment. Press a little harder and ask about their domestic business strategy and the spin begins to falter. The overwhelming proportion of the China business of global investment banks, of necessity, still takes place in offshore markets or, at best, is transacted in China by suitcase bankers who have flown in, usually from Hong Kong.

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