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Bank of Jinzhou Delays Hong Kong IPO as Hanergy Link Queried

June 19, 2015 — 11:42 AM SGTUpdated on June 19, 2015 — 12:53 PM SGT

Bank of Jinzhou Co. delayed its $600 million Hong Kong initial public offering as the stock exchange asked for information on the lender’s ties to a company that’s under investigation by regulators. The bourse last week requested more information on items including some litigation proceedings and on the Chinese bank’s links to Hanergy Thin Film Power Group Ltd., board secretary Wang Jing said by telephone on Friday. The exchange’s initial feedback was positive after the bank addressed the queries, he said, without elaborating. The lender has sold wealth-management products that invested in Hanergy’s debt, according to documents seen by Bloomberg. Hong Kong’s Securities & Futures Commission said May 28 it was investigating Hanergy, whose shares have been suspended since a 47 percent tumble on May 20. Continue reading →

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-18/hanergy-investigation-could-last-years-as-sfc-pores-over-trades

What You Need to Know About the Company That Lost Nearly $19 Billion in 24 Minutes

by Frederik Balfour

June 19, 2015 — 12:01 AM SGT

It’s been nearly one month since Hanergy Thin Film Power Group Ltd.’s shares were suspended May 20, and there is no indication when they might resume. Much depends on the Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission, which issued a rare statement about an ongoing investigation into the company’s affairs on May 28. Since then the company, which makes equipment used to manufacture solar panels, has not issued any statements concerning the reasons for the suspension. Here are some questions and answers on the scope and challenges of the SFC probe into Hanergy’s affairs.

1.) How Long Will the Investigation Last?

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This Analyst Says JD.Com Fakes Volume, Has ‘Misled’ Investors And Is Worth 30% Less

By John Seward16 hours ago

JD.Com Inc(ADR) (NASDAQ: JD) is “clearly misleading investors” about the nature of its business and faking a portion of its merchandise volume, an analyst said Wednesday. JD, which posted about $18.52 billion in sales last year, is sometimes seen as a Chinese version ofAmazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). As of earlier this year, TENCENT HOLDINGS (OTC: TCEHY) held a 17.6 percent stake in JD.Com, which has a market capitalization of about $48.91 billion. The analyst, Anne Stevenson-Yang of J Capital Research, issued a Sell rating and $23.36 price target on JD.Com. JD shares are up about 53 percent year-to-date.

Stevenson-Yang, based in China, said JD does up to 50 percent of its business by brokering sales between distributors. “We believe much of this business occurs at a loss,” the analyst said. JD also sometimes buys from distributors and sells the products back to them at a 3 percent discount, Yang said. “The company may use accounting tricks to move subsidies onto its balance sheet as assets,” according to Yang. Part of the company’s revenue, again according to Yang, is derived from buybacks that its suppliers are required to make if products do not sell. Yang also said that land records indicate that JD has overpaid for its assets. JD has paid 20 percent more for 46 percent less land than Suning Commerce Group Co Ltd, a large Chinese retailer, buying in the same time frame, according to Yang. Continue reading →

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-18/sunac-says-it-found-kaisa-had-zero-net-asset-value-during-talks

Sunac Found Kaisa Had Zero Net Asset Value During Talks

June 18, 2015 — 5:03 PM SGTUpdated on June 18, 2015 — 6:06 PM SGT

Sunac China Holdings Ltd., the developer that last month dropped its acquisition of Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd., said it found the troubled developer’s net asset value was zero. The zero value discovered during the acquisition process was Sunac’s judgement and different from Kaisa’s auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chairman Sun Hongbin said in Beijing on Thursday. While PwC found “a little” net value on Kaisa’s books, “in our understanding, its net assets are basically zero,” Sun said. “I stand accountable for this conclusion.” Continue reading →

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Focus Media’s Backdoor China Listing Hits Snag

Shell company Jiangsu Hongda New Material being probed by regulators

SHEN HONG

June 18, 2015 5:15 a.m. ET

SHANGHAI—Chinese outdoor-display-advertising firm Focus Media Holding’s plan to float shares inside China has hit a snag after the shell company used for its backdoor listing said it is being probed by regulators. In a filing to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange dated Thursday, Jiangsu Hongda New Material, the target of Focus Media’s proposed so-called “reverse merger”, said the China Securities Regulatory Commission has launched investigations into Hongda and its controlling shareholder, Zhu Dehong.

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