Winning the China game

The biggest contest in the 21st century will be to win in China. Whether it's IPOs, M&A or mutual funds, growth forecasts for China put all other markets in the shade. But the world's biggest potential market is also the toughest to crack. What's the right strategy? Steven Irvine looks at how the major investment banks are positioning themselves.

The mainlander is the key

Be bold, but not too bold

The local contenders

Wang’s big ambitions

When star performer Xu Ziwang quit Morgan Stanley for Goldman Sachs, his old firm was badly hurt. Xu was a linchpin of Morgan’s China plan – a strategy held in awe by competing bankers. Many freely admit the firm is out front in China and Xu’s contribution to building the franchise was second to none. He personally brought in two of Morgan’s landmark deals, the IPOs for Shanghai Industrial and Beijing Enterprises.

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