Royce's Dilip Badlani shares investment insights after a recent trip to China.

China’s Variable Interest Entities (VIEs) have long allowed foreign investors to be able to partake in the growth of some industries in China, such as education and the Internet, restricted to foreigners. VIEs have come under increasing scrutiny. But are they inherently more risky?

Recent data on the health of the global economy is painting a worrying picture for investors. The main concern is that the intractable eurozone crisis is dragging down the performance of not only the core European countries but also China, the bulwark of global demand. Moreover, growth numbers in

Speaking at our Senate Monte Carlo Investment Conference, Gavekal co-chairman and chief economist Anatole Kaletsky explains why investors should be more focused on prospects for the US than Europe and warns on a bubble in bond markets.

While the unfolding drama of the Eurozone debt crisis has dominated the headlines in recent weeks, the question of whether or not China’s economy will have a hard landing this year has become more urgent.

Last month we remained hopeful that China and the US could serve as the joint locomotive driving the global economy forward despite the intensification of the crisis in Europe. Against the slew of disappointing data on the world economy released in the past weeks, this hope now looks dashed.

Following a boost in US investor confidence, the metrics for the global funds industry are now better than they have been for a long time. This briefing reports on the current state of global markets; and outlines some of the opportunities and risks a funds resurgence brings.

Lombard Odier has been bearish on Chinese equities for the past 2 years, judging that embedded risk premia were far too thin to offset the underlying structural risks. Chinese equities are now starting to look cheap, given stable economic indicators and equity return data.

The fifth edition of DLA Piper's 'Doing Business in China' guide provides comprehensive industry knowledge and insights into what it takes to successfully plan and execute business and investment strategies in the People's Republic of China.

China is currently one of the key growth engines for the worldwide economy, fuelling global expansion via higher output and trading relationships with other nations. This detailed guide aims to demystify the basic laws and rules on how to establish and operate a business vehicle in China.