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China Everbright Bank

China Everbright Bank
China Everbright Bank
China Everbright Group is a state-run financial conglomerate. Its operations include China Everbright Ltd, which listed in Hong Kong in 1997 with the stock code 165, and China Everbright Bank. Another unit, brokerage China Everbright Securities, was penalised in August 2013 after a trading glitch caused a spike of more than 5 per cent in China’s stock indexes on August 16.
Chairman / President
Yu Fachang
CEO / Managing Director
Lin Chun
CFO / Finance Director
Wong Chun Sek
Industry
Banking, Financial Services, Fund & Asset Management
Website
cebbank.com
Headquarters Address
China Everbright Center, 25 Taipingqiao Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, China
Stock Code
SSE: 601818
SSE: 360013
SEHK: 6818
Year Founded
1992
last updated:
28 August, 2024
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BOC, China Everbright among banks injecting billions into ‘whitelist’ properties

Leading Chinese banks have injected billions of yuan into housing projects with the aim of financing the completion of pre-sold but yet-to-be-completed homes across the country.

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Ex-CEO of China Everbright’s financial arm probed by anti-corruption body

Chen Shuang, who resigned as CEO of China Everbright Limited in 2019, is being investigated for ‘suspected violations of the law’, the CCDI announced in a one-line statement on Tuesday.

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Chen Shuang, who resigned as CEO of China Everbright in 2019, is being investigated for ‘suspected violations of the law’, the CCDI said. Photo: Nora Tam
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Two Chinese banks fined US$2.2 million for flouting asset management rules

Bank of China and Everbright Bank become the first lenders to be fined by the mainland’s banking regulator along with their wealth management units, as their products fall short on risk limits.

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Everbright Securities shakes up senior ranks for breaching austerity drive

The surprise reshuffle at the senior echelons of one of China’s largest brokerages came hot on the heels of the unexpected resignation on Monday by Tian Huiyu as chairman of China Merchants Bank.

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China’s home foreclosures soar as property bull market sputters

Nowhere is the problem more serious than in Guangzhou, where 33,000 foreclosures were reported in a city whose economy shrank 2.7 per cent last year, more than the national average of 1.6 per cent.

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Chinese banks are bracing for an unprecedented drop in profits this year as they grapple with the fallout of Covid-19.

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Prepare for a looming buyers’ market in global assets, says CEO of China Everbright

China Everbright CEO says his goal is to turn the state-owned investment firm into ‘China’s Blackstone’ by increasing overseas assets to half of its total.

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Big property developer to pay US$2.1 billion for 40.96 per cent of Guanghui Group, making it the second-largest shareholder

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Chinese bricks-and-mortar bank jumps on fintech bandwagon, with Alipay's help

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Everbright overhaul seen as part of wider reform of state firms

China Everbright Group's shareholding restructuring, and a planned flotation of assets not already listed, is aimed at improving its transparency, governance and efficiency.

The restructuring could let China Everbright Bank benefit from group-wide efficiencies and an enhanced financing capacity. Photo: Bloomberg
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JPMorgan stops work on Chinese firm's US$1 billion IPO amid concerns over hiring

JPMorgan's hiring practices in Hong Kong and the mainland have come under regulators' scrutiny. Photo: Reuters

China Everbright's not so bright on trading debut

Five new listings made their debuts on the Hong Kong stock exchange yesterday, with China Everbright Bank, the largest flotation of the year, performing the worst.

Everbright can meet China capital rules

China Everbright Bank, a Beijing-based lender making its third tilt at a Hong Kong flotation, says it will be able to meet more stringent mainland capital requirements within two years after raising fresh equity capital.

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Opinion | Hong Kong listing a milestone for Everbright Bank chairman

The listing of China Everbright Bank in Hong Kong has a double significance for its chairman, Tang Shuangning. Tang, a former vice-chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, will reach the official retirement age of 60 next year.

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JPMorgan pulls out of China Everbright Bank's Hong Kong share sale

JPMorgan Chase has pulled out of a syndicate of banks working on China Everbright Bank's US$2 billion share sale in Hong Kong, two people familiar with the matter said.

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China Everbright Bank, which received the go-ahead for a listing from the Hong Kong stock exchange late last month, held a meeting with its syndicate bankers in Beijing yesterday, two people familiar with the deal said, prompting speculation of a year-end listing that would raise up to US$4 billion.

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It's a season of change in Hong Kong. Change what? Quietly changing jobs for some important people. The US government announced last month that it would investigate JP Morgan's Hong Kong hiring practices relating to job offers for children of some important people on the mainland, and as a result, several such "important kids" working for other foreign banks are now seriously considering new jobs.

The JP Morgan case attracted attention on the mainland where the public is already angry about corruption within the ruling party. Photo: Reuters
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Banks will not end connected hiring

Banks have no plans to change their policy of hiring so-called princelings or other well-connected people to help grow their business on the mainland or in other emerging markets - despite the shockwaves caused by news that United States regulators are investigating JP Morgan's hirings of the children of the elite in China.

One banker says lenders in the mainland and Hong Kong like to hire second generations from the established families. Photo: Bloomberg

Update | JP Morgan Chase faces US probe for hiring Chinese princelings

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Cash-strapped Chinese banks turn to Hong Kong

Mainland banks are reviving their listing plans to raise money in Hong Kong this year as Beijing continues to keep an indirect hold on onshore initial public offerings.

China Everbright Bank is likely to be the first to ready for a Hong Kong listing.
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Signs of new life in I.P.O. market

Hong Kong's dismal listings market has shown signs of a nascent recovery with some municipal-level mainland lenders and brokerage houses signalling they will retry offerings amid improving sentiment.

China Everbright Bank is making its third attempt to tap the Hong Kong market. Photo: Bloomberg
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Bank of Shanghai, China Everbright plan to go public in Hong Kong

Boosted by a recovery in valuations among listed mainland banks since early September, the share offers could go ahead as soon as the second quarter, say people familiar with the plans.

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