Best of Smartkarma: The Guest Editor's Cut #22
Welcome to the 22nd Edition of the Smartkarma [Guest] Editor's Cut, a weekly summary of the key themes and ideas of the last week's research on...
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COSCO-CSCL Merger: Can You Make a National Champion out of Failures?
COSCO and China Shipping shares are currently suspended awaiting further announcements of planned reorganizations. These reorgs have been a long...
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A Brief History of Corporate Governance Nightmares at China's Flagship Shipping Companies
Yes there are a few good China companies out there. In general a company like China Merchants has a good long term theme going for it (see April...
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CHINA SOE REFORM: Detailed plan due in the next 3 weeks. Potential implications
There is a growing expectation that mergers involving huge state-owned conglomerates could be part of China's soon-to-be-announced reforms of...
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CHINA ECONOMY: Thoughts and implications post the rate cut
The PBOC announced on Saturday that it will cut the benchmark deposit and loan interest rates by 0.25 basis point starting March 1. We have been...
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