Foreign banks crave bigger slice of China JVs

Hopes are rising that regulators will at last sate global players' appetites for stakes of more than 50% in their Chinese securities joint ventures. Golden opportunities await.
June 19, 2017

According to US President Donald Trump, it was while eating “the most beautiful chocolate cake” that he told Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping the US Navy had just fired 59 missiles at Syria. Xi paused between mouthfuls to ask his interpreter to repeat the information.

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