IPO shares of Ping An priced

Ping An Insurance (Group) started on-line road show on Friday afternoon after announcing the shares of its initial public offering.

HK to soften suspension rule

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd may let companies resume trading the same day their shares are suspended.

Galaxy Securities is aiming to apply to issue shares on a domestic exchange in the second half of 2007, said a source Wednesday.

At the National Financial Work Conference held in Beijing January 19 and 20, new policies for the finance industry were outlined.

China Huiyuan Juice Group kicked off its HK$2.8 billion five-day initial public offering yesterday, with strong demand from investors.

China Vanke Co and China Aviation Industry Corp I agreed to set up a 1 billion yuan property development venture.

Barclays Bank said yesterday that China's beer and supermarkets will be the most attractive investment sectors in 2007.

New futures regulations were approved in principle by the State Council on Wednesday, as an early New Year's gift to the futures industry.

Chongqing City Commercial Bank plans to raise as much as US$300 million from a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) in 2008.

The securities regulator has approved the launch of five new mutual funds, showing the government's confidence in the market.

The increases of stock market valuations will be excluded from government evaluations of State-owned financial firms.

Domestic banks are tightening supervision on loans, particularly mortgages, to prevent money from being diverted to the stock market.