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講膠所手記:眾怒難犯呀,李小加!

1 : GS(14)@2012-03-06 22:47:41

http://www.sharpdaily.hk/article/index/15307/20120306/62876
一片媽叉聲之下,港交所(388)第二階段延長交易時段噚日如常啟動,之前大家絕食、遞信、上街遊行做咗咁多嘢,全部都係枉然!
又再一次證明,香港特區政府由上至下,由政治到經濟,話得事嘅嗰啲人,都係唔鍾意聽取民間嘅聲音!
半粒鐘成交僅38.5億

咁李小加講到加時呢單嘢咁大義凜然又同阿爺接軌咗,噚日結果又點呢?經紀老友話,溫總「棄八」港股係應聲跌一跌,但如果延長交易堅係李小加講到咁有用,「棄七」都未使驚喇!
市場預期咗㗎喇!反之,點解唔係多半個鐘可以將壞消息消化好啲嘅咩?
睇番噚日收市埋單嘅數字,新加嘅半粒鐘,成交只係得嗰38.5億,全日成交就得577億,創半個月新低。
咁可能有人會話,第一日啫,唔可以咁就判佢死刑嘅!但YY想講嘅係,「官迫民反、眾怒難犯」,為官(又或者係做阿頭嘅)若然連呢兩大天條都唔曉,最快收皮嘅相信會係佢哋自己。
李小加,明白嗎?

YY
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周日趣 BLOG BLOG: 李小加,民企已死,你玩夠未?

1 : GS(14)@2012-04-01 09:53:01

http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/te ... 307&art_id=16210231

博士蛙爆完,輪到大慶乳業( 1007),然後民企股一隻接住一隻停牌,又或者跌到阿媽都唔記得。請問李小加,這是否仍然是個別情況?是否要等到民企股全部停晒牌,你先肯出手?
綜合過去半個月幾隻民企股出事,我發覺原來一直自誇與全球股市接軌,跟足國際監管模式的港交所,其實虛有其表。只是單單停牌機制,已經令萬千股民中伏。單睇博士蛙上月 15號開市前發通告,指核數師劈炮而毋須停賽,已經荒謬絕倫,更離譜係,午後到 12點半,先再補充資料話四億數有問題,中午又毋須停牌,等午後開市 38分鐘先落閘。
一個上午加午後 38分鐘,基金走得到,散仔以為執到寶,點知一個個變晒儍仔。我相信當日低撈博士蛙的散仔都係衰貪心,但時到如今,大部份恐怕輸得唔甘心。點解?同屬德勤核數的大慶,上月 22號開市前指核數師跳船,開市前已宣佈停牌。李小加,請你解釋點解同樣係核數師辭任,一個要停牌,另一個毋須停,究竟你搞邊科?
...

問過核數師,除非是公司未能提供資料,否則一定能在死線前一星期,大致完成核數工作,因此部份公司如寶姿( 589)、澳優( 1717)臨放榜前一日先話核數師要更多時間,完全難以令人信服。更可怕是貨源歸邊的喜尚( 8179),五日跌八成,居然唔知原因毋須停牌。
民企冰封三尺,非一日之寒。港股加時無啖好食,我可以忍;偏幫烏輪輸打贏要,最多唔買輪唔買動物,但現時連遊戲規則都左搖右擺,停牌機制名存實亡,股榮真的忍受不了。李小加,今日係愚人節,但以上的說話卻很認真,我相信普羅投資者要的,是公平的制度,並非甚麼新股集資王、衍生工具王等,請認真好好由基本步出發。
2 : GS(14)@2012-04-01 09:57:58

http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/ ... TN20120321766_C.pdf
810


http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/ ... TN20120315065_C.pdf
http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/ ... TN20120315224_C.PDF
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http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/ ... TN20120309015_C.pdf
http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/ ... TN20120312337_C.pdf
http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/ ... TN20120321824_C.pdf
http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/ ... TN20120329456_C.PDF
http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/ ... N201203305973_C.pdf
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http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/ ... TN20120322079_C.PDF
http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/ ... N201203293519_C.pdf
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http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/ ... N201203291738_C.PDF
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http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/ ... TN20120328254_C.PDF
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http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/ ... TN20120329259_C.PDF
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3 : GS(14)@2012-04-01 10:01:14

8179
http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/ ... LN20120328049_C.pdf
http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/ ... LN20120330059_C.pdf

http://webb-site.com/ccass/chldc ... t=chngdn&issue=7013
其實大股東D或者相關人士的貨都拋了億幾股,拿番千幾萬...所以唔算乾,股榮打patpat
4 : 鱷不群(1248)@2012-04-01 16:28:16

港交所基本上無監管上市公司,就連投訴專用e-mail也不肯開一個
5 : GS(14)@2012-04-01 16:41:09

4樓提及
港交所基本上無監管上市公司,就連投訴專用e-mail也不肯開一個


我都好想port D公司
6 : Wilbur(1931)@2012-04-01 17:02:37

小仆加理得你,年尾蟬聯IPO no.1,千萬花紅又袋袋平安...
7 : GS(14)@2012-04-01 17:04:33

他做呢幾年都幾千啦,他是咪想買LME?
8 : 容易受傷的男人(17333)@2012-04-01 17:52:07

版主我專等這些股http://m.discuss.com.hk/index.ph ... tid=18490871&page=3
9 : GS(14)@2012-04-01 18:00:29

8樓提及
版主我專等這些股http://m.discuss.com.hk/index.ph ... tid=18490871&page=3


睇唔到wor,咁祝你好運
10 : keten(25652)@2012-04-01 22:11:45

你有你鬧佢有佢巨花袋袋
11 : GS(14)@2012-04-01 22:19:07

10樓提及
你有你鬧佢有佢巨花袋袋


他喜歡啦
12 : mr_dlm(19486)@2012-04-02 11:15:42

港膠所上市本身根本就係一個錯誤, 監管機構上市.....
13 : 草帽(1253)@2012-04-02 13:31:11

好似間間都係德勤, 最近德勤好窮? smiley
14 : GS(14)@2012-04-02 21:48:25

13樓提及
好似間間都係德勤, 最近德勤好窮? smiley


http://realforum.zkiz.com/thread.php?tid=32087
幫他講兩句
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蔡東豪:「李小加,求你走吧。」

1 : GS(14)@2012-07-23 09:25:29

http://www.sharpdaily.hk/article ... 0%E8%B5%B0%E5%90%A7
「李小加,求你走吧。」
專欄作者股榮
[李小加續約可謂十拿九穩。]
李小加續約可謂十拿九穩。
港交所(388)行政總裁李小加的位置不好坐,股民事無大小都燒到他頭上,當中包括不少不合理的批評。蘋果專欄作者股榮預言,李小加續約的話,港股衰多三年。股榮幫李小加算賬,他09年10月上任時,恒指20000點,今日20000點不到。李小加上任第一年,主板共有87隻新股上市,只有12隻至今錄得升幅,輸錢機會逾85%。這是否李小加的個人責任,不容易判斷。
李小加今年10月約滿,他被問及續約問題,強調自己很喜歡這份工作。港交所收購LME將於第四季完成,在此關鍵時刻,李小加續約十拿九穩,跟他的工作表現未必有關係。這是職場求生術的高招,當份工有危機,儘快搞一個令自己泥足深陷的大Project,因為要為Project埋尾,份工穩如泰山。
蔡東豪
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中聯辦干預港交所 傳密會李小加 高精密即復牌

1 : GS(14)@2012-08-13 10:38:35

http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/financeestate/art/20120813/16598198
消息指,中聯辦干預中國高精密復牌,是由於中國高精密自去年10月起停牌,公司的相關團隊已盡快應聯交所要求,陸續向聯交所遞交復牌文件,而國家保密局發出的官方的收訖確認函件,更於今年3月發出,但港交所對相關「證明」文件的真確性仍有保留,因此一直遲遲不讓其復牌。結果,近月有人出動中聯辦「出手」,消息指,「中聯辦早前搵過李小加,結果唔夠一個月,間公司(中國高精密)就復得牌……公司提供到官方函件,又有核數師肯簽名,加上一個有公信力嘅單位出面,李小加應該有信心。」
保密局去年發信 無助復牌

本報就此向港交所查詢,發言人指,李小加不會處理日常上市公司事宜,更重申上市科主管狄勤思月初回應中國高精密所言,就是所有上市公司必須符合應有披露要求始獲准復牌。來自監管機構消息指,由於中國高精密的業務涉「國家機密」是較為罕有,需時求證,而聯交所在審查所有文件後,亦需要證監會「點頭」,始可批准復牌申請。消息指,若中聯辦向李小加查詢此事,甚至希望左右大局,是沒可能的。
儘管中聯辦插手中國高精密復牌一事,被指不會成功,不過,一如中國高精密公告中所提到,國家保密局早於去年10月19日已發出文件,確認中國高精密旗下的福建上潤的業務涉及國家秘密,集團於今年3月獲內地主管部門批准批露自保密局的收訖確認,惜中國高精密與相關人士認為「萬事俱備」,但欠監管機構的「東風」,因此,中國高精密高層的耐性漸變成焦急,故請中聯辦代為向港交所瞭解。

中聯辦可管理中資機構
消息指,中聯辦職能包括協助內地有關部門管理在香港的中資機構、促進中港兩地之間經濟的交往與合作,雖然中國高精密只是民企,但由於他為國家做事,故中聯辦亦樂於代為瞭解。不過,中聯辦相關人士與李小加會面後不足一個月,股份於8月3日才正式復牌。有投行人士稱,就算李小加只是禮貌上應中聯辦的約會,純以聆聽者身份聽取中國高精密事宜,但由於中國高精密的「國家機密」事件確為惹火話題,故李小加要赴會,就要面對有人指中聯辦插手中國高精密的批判言論。
2 : GS(14)@2012-08-13 10:39:00

http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/financeestate/art/20120813/16598199


中聯辦干預港交所!本報記者就中國高精密此事,向一位參與國企與民企上市有近20年經驗的外資投行人士意見,得到反應是「不要上市啦!」不過,此事在中資投行中,反應不一。
插手上市事務很普遍

一名資深的中資行高層透露,其實中聯辦參與香港的上市公司事務已不是新鮮事,「最普遍嘅情況係,內地嘅富商來港買殼,之前都會向中聯辦打個招呼,又或者瞭解嚇賣家靠唔靠得住,做嚇協調工作。有時又會幫內地買家搵幾位信得過嘅人做獨董。」
另一熟識中聯辦的知情人士亦指,中聯辦做些中港溝通工作,外界人士以為他們多集中政界圈子,但其實於工商界亦非常活躍,「佢哋最鍾意約人食飯,然後曲線畀意見,聰明人就會知道佢哋想講乜。」知情人士又指,中聯辦人士即使提供意見,對方絕對可以唔跟,「佢哋唔會逼人,多數都係循循善誘。」

3 : hh0610(1603)@2012-08-13 17:30:28

冇人迫你買, 講完.
4 : 自動波人(1313)@2012-08-13 19:55:17

強國創造了世界性的笑話
5 : GS(14)@2012-08-14 09:09:28

3樓提及
冇人迫你買, 講完.


咁好多大陸人買呢隻
6 : greatsoup38(830)@2012-08-16 09:42:56

http://www.mpfinance.com/htm/Finance/20120816/News/ec_ecm2.htm


【明報專訊】日前有報道指出,中聯辦密會港交所(0388)行政總裁李小加後,停牌大半年的中國高精密(0591)便復牌,有中聯辦「干預」港交所之嫌。李小加昨日表示,有舊同學在中聯辦工作,不時與舊同學吃飯,但「干預」說法「與事實不符」。

中國高精密去年10月起停牌,皆因公司稱部分業務涉「國家秘密」,拒絕向核數師提供部分財務數據。該公司於本月初復牌,其後有報道引述消息指出,中聯辦就此事與李小加會面,結果會面後不足一個月中國高精密便可復牌。

干預高精密復牌之說 「不符事實」

被問到將來如有新股再以「國家秘密」為由,在披露不足資料下來港上市,港交所會否放行?李小加回應,要在港交所掛牌,「要有的文件要有,沒有的,不要跟我說機密不機密。」

至於與中聯辦會面一事,李說「我跟很多人吃過飯……亦有舊同學在中聯辦工作,不時與舊同學吃飯。」不過他強調,有關報道「與事實不符」。


李小加續引述港交所上市科執行總監兼主管狄勤思日前表示,中國高精密是因公司當時的核數師無法取得相關資料證明公司財務數據,但公司新任核數師及法律機構已獲第3方提供證據,所以港交所准許該股復牌。
7 : GS(14)@2012-08-27 15:47:02

http://bbs.esnai.com/thread-4830662-1-1.html


該公司可能有涉密業務,但懷疑金額不大;從賬面上看,該公司盈利能力超強,人均產值非常高;不斷通過高分紅方式沖銷虛增的資產,造假手法與洪良國際非常相近,是一隻典型的福建造假概念股

KPMG可能拿到了其實體福建上潤的納稅申報表,而該公司後來又通過稅務部門甚至出具虛假證明文件掩蓋其納稅務申報表和上市報表間存在差異,甚至包括國安局也出具了虛假證明

...
天雷滾滾動地來。如果涉及到國家機密都可以上市的話,那審計師的工作就好玩兒了:話說審計師找公司要報表,不能給你,國家機密。那我們怎麼出報告?我怎麼知道你怎麼出報告?反正國家讓我上市,一定要這份報告,而你收我錢了,就一定要給我出報告。你連報表都沒有,我對什麼發表意見。嗯。。。這的確是個問題,這樣吧,你就直接說經審計,貴公司符合上市要求吧。。。
...


預言一次又一次兌現,繼續爆發中。。。。。。。
海西上市公司問題「資源」豐富啊,「渾水」們盡可盯著閩企來「做空」。
還有,江西班底的中字頭所與那個深圳審計系統出身的鳥所風格類同,所以,寧願信馬兒一次,不過如果以保密為藉口的話,那最幸福的應該岳華了。
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英報:李鵬女捲億元賄賂案 李小琳否認稱保留追究權利

1 : GS(14)@2013-10-12 17:00:03

http://www.mpfinance.com/htm/finance/20131012/news/ec_caa1.htm

2 : GS(14)@2013-10-12 17:01:14

【明報專訊】英國傳媒昨日報道,前人大委員長李鵬女兒李小琳涉及瑞士蘇黎世保險進入內地市場而花費的數以千萬元計賄款的䒷底交易,案件目前正在美國一家法院進入上訴階段,由於案件同時涉及前財政部長項懷誠、前國土資源部長田鳳山以及全國政協前副主席黃孟復等多名前高官,據稱中紀委已介入調查。

中國電力國際有限公司董事長李小琳昨晚透過該公司官方微博澄清:一,她未與任何保險公司有個人往來,也不認識什麼保險公司的人;二,網上關於其涉及什麼保險交易的謠言,純屬惡意卑劣的中傷;三,其本人保留追究造謠者、傳謠者法律責任的權利。

涉介紹舊同學助蘇黎世進華

英國《每日電訊報》昨日引述獨家獲得的美國弗吉尼亞法庭文件報道,財政部前官員趙竑在法庭作供時指,瑞士聯邦主席1995年10月訪華,國宴席間有人透露蘇黎世保險有限公司(Zurich Insurance,下稱蘇保)欲進入中國市場。趙竑續稱,其舊同學李小琳在晚宴後找他告知上述消息,同時說:「你知道嗎,我想這是你們參與組建新華人壽的好機會。」

報道指,李小琳其後介紹了持有新華人壽3要主要股東給蘇保管理層認識。當一筆1690萬(美元,下同,約合1.31億港元)匯到設於離岸的巴哈馬瑞信戶口後,上述3人承諾將手上合佔全公司約四分一的股份賣予蘇保。中國是於2001年才向外資開放保險市場,蘇保向新華人壽大舉注資也在此之後。

趙竑2011年11月對《21世紀經濟報道》稱,蘇保當初希望在東方集團董事長張宏偉、新華人壽前董事長、東方集團副總同時又曾是趙竑大學同學的關國亮以及趙竑3人幫助下入股新華人壽,以期在中國加入世貿組織後搶佔內地保險市場,因而願意付出1690萬的「好處費」。趙竑形容這是一筆地道的「黑錢」。

報道引述趙竑稱,自己1996年11月初在巴哈馬開戶收取了蘇保1693.1335萬元的匯款後(見圖)。

趙揭餽贈田鳳山項懷誠女兒

趙竑又透露,按張的指示,他向一些中國官員送出禮金,包括1990年代末送了1萬元予當時的黑龍江省長田鳳山。《每日電訊報》則稱,許多收受賄款的中國官員本身與批核外資公司進入中國金融市場關係密切,而其中一層價值60萬元的美國住宅,給當時正留美讀書的時任財長項懷誠的女兒使用。新華人壽在1996年正式開業。蘇保前後斥資約4.88億元人民幣(不計黑錢)購兩成新華股份,後賣11%獲4.85億鎊(約7.8億美元)巨利,目前尚餘9.4%價值約6億鎊(約9.6億美元)的股份。
3 : GS(14)@2013-10-12 17:01:21

http://www.mpfinance.com/htm/finance/20131012/news/ec_caa2.htm


【明報專訊】目前正在美國等待上訴程序的這宗索賠案件的兩名主角,原告為59歲的張宏偉,他旗下東方集團是內地首家上市的民營企業,他在2011年福布斯中國富豪榜中排第61位,擁有近百億人民幣資產。他曾任第10屆全國政協委員,現時在港上市的民生銀行(1988)副董事長、非執董,另外亦是聯合能源集團(0467)主席。

趙曾為公司駐美代表

被告是曾為張宏偉立下汗馬功勞的趙竑,他原是一名政府官員,於1984年和1992年兩度被財政部派往世界銀行工作,並於1994年辭去公職,在美國創辦投資諮詢公司。1994年,趙竑透過大學同學、東方集團副總裁關國亮結識張宏偉,張委趙為東方集團總裁助理及駐美代表,直到2009年。

張索趙2000萬美元

2009年底,張在美國馬里蘭州和弗吉尼亞州法院以涉嫌違反信託責任、欺詐、侵吞公司財物等多項罪名起訴趙,指趙在1994年至2009年任職期間,有450萬美元公司資金去向不明,索賠2000萬美元。

2011年11月初, 弗吉尼亞州法庭判趙竑敗訴,須向張宏偉賠償10萬美元。趙不服上訴,在庭審中爆出事件牽涉其舊同學李小琳,再度引起各界關注。
4 : GS(14)@2013-10-12 17:01:31

http://www.mpfinance.com/htm/finance/20131012/news/ec_caa3.htm


【明報專訊】新華保險H股昨收報22.5元,升0.45%,H股總市值233億港元。按港交所資料,蘇黎世保險公司(Zurich Insurance Company)現為新華保險H股的最大單一股東,持H股37.81%,共3.9億股,市值相等於88億港元。

據新華保險招股書披露,2000年獲中國保監會批准,以每股4元人民幣向包括蘇黎世保險等4個海外投資者合共發行1.992億股,但未有披露蘇黎世保險佔多少。到2011年新華人壽再以每股10元人民幣向股東增發,直至H股上市前蘇黎世已持3.9億股。

歷年提供收費諮詢服務

另外,按招股書所言,蘇黎世有向新華提供業務及技術諮詢服務,新華在2008、2009、2010年分別支付服務費用400萬、200萬、300萬元人民幣,2011年則付23.8萬美元。
5 : GS(14)@2013-10-12 17:03:30

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ ... l-was-revealed.html


By Malcolm Moore in Beijing

7:05PM BST 10 Oct 2013

To the three children of one of China's richest tycoons, Bill Zhao, or "Uncle Bill", was a father figure.

He took care of them in the small American town of Gaithersburg, Maryland, where they had been sent to study as teenagers. His wife threw their birthday parties and took them on holiday to Honolulu and Niagara Falls.

But there was more to Mr Zhao. He was a former high-ranking official in China's finance ministry and then the World Bank who had been recruited by the children's father, the billionaire Zhang Hongwei, to run his business, the Orient Group, in the United States.

"They wanted somebody like me to run their US operations and since I joined them I did make a facelift of the whole Orient Group," Mr Zhao said in a deposition to a court in Virginia in 2011.

He claimed credit for setting up several business deals for Mr Zhang, and for getting his boss on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. The company's success, he said, was helped by "the Zhao Factor".



One of his greatest deals, however, was to sell a stake owned by the Orient Group in New China Life, an insurance company, to Zurich Insurance, the Swiss giant.

In court, Mr Zhao said the deal was kept secret.

"It was a great deal at that time, even though everybody was aware that it was under the table and there could be serious consequences if disclosed," Mr Zhao said, in his deposition.

The relationship between the two men began to unravel in 2004, however, when another of Mr Zhang's deputies, Guan Guoliang, was put under investigation in China for embezzlement.

According to Mr Zhao's lawyers, his boss grew suspicious of what Mr Zhao knew about his activities.

They said that the tycoon "dispatched Bill Zhao back to America to get rid of him from China. Bill knows too much about the illicit deals involving all three gentlemen".

Ever since, they later claimed, Mr Zhang has been trying "to silence, to neutralise, and to eliminate Bill Zhao".

In 2010, Mr Zhao was arrested by FBI agents at Washington's Dulles airport after an alleged tip off by Mr Zhang. He was sentenced to five months in jail for evading insurance payments.

The following year, Mr Zhang filed a civil suit in the circuit court in Fairfax County, Virginia against Mr Zhao for five charges including misappropriating millions of pounds from American Orient Group, the US arm of his business.

In that case, which concluded in November 2011, the details of how the company had received its funds from Zurich Insurance and how they had subsequently been spent, partly on bribes for Chinese government officials, were publicly aired for the first time. The transcripts from the court have never previously been released.

Mr Zhao, his lawyer said at the time, was determined to tell all. "It may not be pretty. It may not be good for him. It may implicate him in violating Chinese laws, various type of laws, money laundering, evading China's foreign currency control laws, evading China's laws regarding selling insurance company shares in 1996 and 1997 before he was allowed," his lawyer told the jury.

"But Bill is going to tell you, 'I have nothing to lose. I'm going to tell you what really happened.'"

In the end, Mr Zhao was found innocent of four out of the five charges but found guilty of breaching his fiduciary duty. He is currently appealing against a fine of $700,000.
6 : GS(14)@2013-10-12 17:05:11

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ ... nsurance-giant.html


By Malcolm Moore, in Beijing and Raf Sanchez in Fairfax County, Virginia

7:05PM BST 10 Oct 2013

A secret multi-million pound deal to carve up China's insurance market, brokered by the daughter of the country's former prime minister, has been sent to anti-corruption investigators.

The deal guaranteed Zurich Insurance, one of the world's largest financial institutions, a hugely lucrative stake in a major Chinese insurance company at a time when foreign firms were barred from investing in the sector.

The deal, which came to light during a court case in the United States, was cut at the very highest level of the Communist party, by the daughter of the prime minister at the time, Li Peng.

The documents and transcripts from the court, obtained by the Telegraph, give a fresh insight into the relationship between money and power in China, and the "hurdles" western businesses have had to leap to establish themselves in the world's second-largest economy.

The revelations also come in the midst not only of one of the fiercest anti-corruption campaigns in years, but also at a time when foreign firms are under particular scrutiny, with Chinese investigators already looking into alleged malpractice at GlaxoSmithKline, the pharmaceutical giant, and Danone, the French food group.

In 1995, Li Xiaolin, now one of China's most powerful women in her own right, introduced executives from Zurich to three Chinese businessmen who held a majority stake in New China Life, the country's largest private insurance company.

In return for a $16.9 million (£10.4 million) payment into an offshore Credit Suisse account in the Bahamas, they agreed to sell Zurich almost a quarter of the company, four years before it was legal for foreign firms to make such investments.

Court documents and transcripts obtained by the Telegraph show how the money from Zurich was then used to bribe several high-ranking Communist party officials, who allegedly received thousands of dollars of "pocket money" when they visited the United States.

There is no suggestion that Zurich was aware of how the money was subsequently spent.

A spokesman for the company said its shareholding in New China Life "is in compliance with the relevant laws in China and China Insurance Regulatory Commission regulations". He added: "Beyond this, we do not have any further comments."

Many of the officials who received payments were directly responsible for deciding whether to allow foreign companies to enter China's financial sector.

In one case, a $600,000 house was bought for the use of the daughter of China's then Finance minister while she was studying in the US.

Zurich has reaped enormous profits from its stake in New China Life. After its initial payment to the Bahamas, it paid a further 51 million yuan in 2000, the equivalent at the time of just £6.7 million, for a 10 per cent stake in the company.

According to reports in the Chinese media, it spent a further 437.6 million yuan in 2004 (£29 million) to build that stake to 20 per cent.

As the value of the company soared, Zurich amassed £485 million from share sales. Its remaining 9.4 per cent of the company is worth roughly £600 million.

The deal was revealed in a legal battle between two of the businessmen that Zurich dealt with: 59-year-old Zhang Hongwei, now one of China's richest men, and his former employee, Bill Zhao.

In 2010, Mr Zhang accused Mr Zhao, a former Chinese government official who went on to work at the World Bank, of misappropriating some of the money that Zurich paid.

In the subsequent court battle, details of the fee and how it was spent, were aired in court.

Separately, another of Mr Zhang's former associates has reported the deal to the Communist party's anti-graft unit, the Commission for Discipline Inspection, as part of a raft of allegations against him.

In court, Bill Zhao explained how the deal with Zurich had first been raised at a state banquet for the Swiss president in October 1995.

Li Xiaolin had come to him, a former school friend, after the dinner and told him the chairman of Zurich was interested in breaking into the Chinese market.

"And she said, you know what, I think this could be a good opportunity for you guys trying to set up organising New China Life. And I said, it sounds pretty good. Let's do something," he said.

Mr Zhao put the idea to his boss, Zhang Hongwei, who ran a conglomerate called China Orient Group. After discussions in Beijing and Zurich, a contract was drawn up the following year.

"We did tell them that our role would be to assist Zurich to enter the Chinese market by helping them receive governmental approval," said Mr Zhang in court. He described the payment from Zurich as a "good faith fee" to demonstrate its commitment.

A legal opinion from Beijing's Tianyin law firm, submitted to the US court, said the deal was in breach of the law: "It was in violation of the relevant regulations whereby the transaction was not enforceable and the seller's receipt of the payment for the stock purchase by the buyer was not legal".

The law firm added that, by keeping the money from Zurich offshore and not sending it back to the mainland, China Orient Group had also broken China's foreign exchange rules.

"This is an under-the-table deal. You can call it bribery," said Hugh Mo, a lawyer for Mr Zhao, in his closing arguments, referring to the USD16.9 million payment.

"You can call it, you know, illicit funds. You can call it, let's say, you know, to grease the wheel. You can even say that it's to lobby or to facilitate the Zurich Insurance Company to enter China's insurance market."

In court, Mr Zhang's lawyer said there had not been "any evidence to show that the transaction was illegal" but did not dispute that the money had been paid by Zurich.

The documents also reveal how the families of the leaders most closely associated with the Tiananmen Square massacre have gone on to reap enormous rewards for keeping the Communist party in power.

Li Xiaolin's father, Li Peng, became known as the "Butcher of Tiananmen".

He ordered the tanks to move in, albeit at the behest of the paramount leader Deng Xiaoping.

Li Xiaolin and her brother, Li Xiaopeng, came to control the power industry. Last year, the New York Times revealed that the family of Wen Jiabao, the former prime minister who was also closely involved in handling the student protests, had a fortune of $2.7 billion, also mainly from the insurance industry.

The US court heard that some of the money from Zurich was transferred to the United States where it was used to buy an apartment block, to fund the education and visas for Mr Zhang's three children, and to "ingratiate, lobby and influence high-level Chinese officials".

Cheques were produced in court to show payments to Chinese officials, including the purchase of a house for the use of the daughter of the then Finance minister, Xiang Huaicheng, while she studied at an American university.

Tian Fengshan, the former Land and Resources minister who was given a life sentence for corruption in 2005, was given $10,000 of "pocket money" when he visited the US in 1998.

Another payment allegedly went to Ma Mingjia, who ran the insurance department of the People's Bank of China and another to Huang Mengfu, the vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee (CPPCC), a political advisory group which Mr Zhang sits on.

Mr Zhang denied that he had authorised any of the payments, but admitted that his company had a policy of entertaining senior officials. In his deposition, Mr Zhang said that he might have asked for some money to be given to Mr Huang. "Possible, but how much, I don't remember," he said.

A spokesman for Mr Zhang said: "China Orient Group did not sell any shares of New China Life to Zurich Insurance."

The dispute between Mr Zhang and Mr Zhao is currently at an appeal stage at the Supreme Court in Virgina. Mr Zhao is disputing an earlier court judgment that found him in breach of fiduciary duty in relation to the management of the American branch of the Orient Group. He has been cleared of four other charges.
7 : greatsoup38(830)@2013-10-12 23:41:54

http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20131012/18460482



國務院前總理李鵬之女李小琳,昨日被外媒踢爆在一宗1995年的枱底交易中充當掮客。「李公主」穿針引線,促成了蘇黎世保險公司違法向三名新華人壽的股東買入股份,偷步進入中國市場,蘇黎世向三股東支付逾1,690萬美元(約港幣1.31億元)回報,部份被用作賄賂中國官員。

英國《每日電訊報》昨以「天安門屠夫之女涉嫌秘密交易」為題報道指,在1995年的時候,國際保險業巨頭蘇黎世保險,急切希望進入尚未對外資開放的中國市場。經多番嘗試,他們最終找到了李小琳,並由她介紹認識了新華人壽保險的股東張宏偉、趙竑等三人。李小琳明確提出可以借助蘇黎世的資金重整(set up organising)新華人壽保險的股份,三人欣然應允,答應轉讓公司近四分之一的股份。作為補償,蘇黎世保險向三人的一個離岸賬戶上支付逾1,690萬美元的好處費。
1,690萬美元「誠意金」

而在張宏偉自己的描述中,這筆錢是「服務費」和「誠意金」,用於幫蘇黎世向內地主管部門申請擴股資格。根據公開報道,新華人壽是中國入世之後第一家外資入股的中國保險公司。2001年,IFC、蘇黎世、日本明治生命保險等共購入24.9%的股份。而當年以僅僅4元人民幣入股的蘇黎世保險,今年7月12日減持部份股票時,股價已經高達22.5元。
這篇報道並未直言李小琳從中撈取了多少的分成,但證據顯示,其中的一部份資金被轉移到美國,用來購買房產,以及討好、游說中共的高官。比如前任財政部長項懷誠的女兒項思英在美國讀書期間,張宏偉就為其購買了一棟房產;而國土資源部前部長田鳳山在1998年訪問美國時,也曾從中領取一萬美金的「零花錢」。此外全國政協前副主席黃孟復,人民銀行保險業務的前負責人馬鳴加等,也都被指拿了黑錢。
官司揭勾結貪遍國務院

當年一同分贓的張宏偉與趙竑二人近年來關係破裂,更在美國一家地方法院對簿公堂。不過也正因為官司的原因,雙方被迫在庭上公開中國官商勾結的黑暗內幕。根據一份庭上記錄,曾為兩人提供幫助、或者曾在不同時期收受賄賂的中共官員遍佈國務院各個部門,當中更有政治局委員、國務院副總理劉延東的大名。張宏偉現仍是本港上市的聯合能源董事長,公司昨回覆說不清楚案情。
英國《每日電訊報》/廣州《21世紀經濟報導》
8 : greatsoup38(830)@2013-10-12 23:42:14

http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20131012/18460485



李鵬在位之時,為自家謀得電力行業的壟斷地位。下台前,更是親手將兒子李小鵬與女兒李小琳扶上高位。李小琳身兼中國電力國際發展有限公司及中國電力新能源發展有限公司的董事長,被看作中國的「電力一姐」。
與大部份官二代低調賺錢不同,52歲的李小琳性格張揚,不僅打扮上追求時尚尊貴,而且口沒遮攔、言論雷人。2008年李小琳第一次參加兩會,就憑藉一條粉紅色LV圍巾強勢入鏡。到了2012年的兩會,她又精心準備意大利頂尖品牌Emilio Pucci的新款粉紅色西裝、Chanel珍珠項鏈。有媒體盤點,她此次亮相的全身行頭價格超過三萬元人民幣,成為所有記者爭相捕捉的焦點。
靠父蔭卻稱自己努力

明明靠父蔭爬到高位,但李小琳卻一再宣稱全靠自己努力:「我的成長是自己一步一步努力的成果……只享受沒有『背景』的成功。」今年初受訪時卻又「謙虛」說:「一個人出身是難以選擇的。我也是自己努力工作實踐,大學畢業之後,從工程師開始做起,又是從技術員,一步一個腳印的努力,和同志們一起實踐。」
《蘋果》記者
9 : GS(14)@2013-10-14 16:35:59

http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20131014/18462857


被外媒爆涉新華人壽保險內幕交易案的李鵬之女李小琳,前日發公開聲明,自稱「未與任何保險公司有個人往來,也不認識甚麽保險公司的人」,但被指為笑話。內地網民昨狂貼百度可公開搜索到的內容回應:李小琳丈夫劉智源,曾任中國新華人壽保險公司總經理助理。
丈夫曾任新華人壽保險高層

有網民指李小琳講大話:「李公主也和薄熙來一樣,對自己做過的事失憶了?」「自己的老公曾做新華保險的高管,居然說未與任何保險公司有個人往來?是不想認老公了吧?」更有網民稱,李小琳連老公都不認,「是不是有情變啊?」
因在美國涉官非而不經意將李小琳拖下水的中國東方集團老闆張宏偉,昨日則匆匆發表聲明,稱「李姓女士從未參與我公司及關聯公司的任何商業行為,所稱相關事宜純屬惡意的造謠中傷」。
聲明承認,集團轄下香港公司曾協助蘇黎世保險開拓中國市場,收取1,690萬美元(約1.31億港元)費用「屬正常商業行為」。上周五英國媒體爆李小琳曾撮合蘇黎世保險經張宏偉等三名新華保險股東進入中國市場,張等三股東因此獲得1,690萬美元用於賄賂中國官員。
新浪微博/英國廣播公司
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李小加﹕多重股權架構爭議愈辯愈明

1 : GS(14)@2014-03-05 09:33:08

http://www.mpfinance.com/htm/finance/20140305/news/ea_eac1.htm



【明報專訊】港交所(0388)在行政總裁李小加帶領下,他提出的《戰略計劃》正逐步落實,包括發展商品平台及拓展衍生產品等,但在傳統的現貨股票市場卻遇到阻滯。阿里巴巴能否以合伙人制來港上市的討論持續大半年,證監會仍未對不同股權架構諮詢開綠燈。李小加昨日再度開腔,強調「真理愈辯愈明」,暗示應盡快諮詢。


暗示應盡快諮詢公眾

李小加指出,不應因少部分人一開始說不,就把事情擱置,「他們應該嘗試聆聽不同的聲音,而非只聽到自己的聲音」。他認為只有經過諮詢才能集思廣益,聚集有智慧的人發表意見,讓真理愈辯愈明,「無論結果如何,至少都經歷過討論,而非一開始就把事情否定」。

李小加又強調,香港對於內地科網企業是很吸引的上市地,除了是否容納不同股權架構公司,內地正研究是否讓沒有盈利的科網企業上市,他認為香港都可以討論。

夜市新增人民幣期貨

另外,港交所昨日宣布,在收市後交易時段(俗稱夜市)新增人民幣貨幣期貨,在4月7日實施,同時亦增一個合約月份,令合約期可長達16個月。港交所股本證券與定息產品及貨幣聯席主管戴志堅表示,近日人民幣匯率波動,人民幣期貨的日均交易量達6000張,較平時多5倍,未平倉合約一直在增加,反映投資者對需求大,相信新增夜市時段,可方便海外投資者作對。

倫敦金屬交易所(LME)方面,其結算所(LME Clear)將如期於今年9月投入營運,李小加重申,LME交易匯報服務LMEwire亦將按計劃於9月推出,現已選定美國存管信託及結算公司(DTCC)成為LMEwire的合作伙伴,利用有關的交易資料儲存庫提供交易匯報服務。

李小加又指出,商品業務將會「落地香港」,或會在香港推出新產品,但他不肯透露新產品的內容及以哪種貨幣結算。
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李小加:同股同權非普世真理

1 : GS(14)@2014-04-08 09:49:35

http://www.mpfinance.com/htm/finance/20140408/news/ea_eac1.htm


【明報專訊】由阿里巴巴上市所引發的多重股權架構爭議,本已暫告一段落。不過,港交所(0388)行政總裁李小加昨日再開腔,他在最新一篇小加日誌中指出「同股同權」在香港也並不是普世真理,保持現狀無益於市場中任何一方,呼籲社會一起討論多重股權架構的可行性。李小加再次挑起火頭,亦即時惹來不同聲音的反駁。


港核心價值是法治程序公義

李小加昨日在港交所發布了一篇長達4000字的日誌《我們問對問題了嗎?》開篇即批評外界早前提出的諸如是否應該為了迎合內地大公司的上市而改變同股同權制度的問題,是近乎口號式的是非題,並掩蓋了兩個更重要也更難回答的問題:到底什麼是香港市場的核心價值?我們能否在堅守核心價值的同時保持長遠競爭力?

李小加昨日主要提出3個新觀點。其一是,香港市場的核心價值是法治和程序公義,並非「同股同權」。其二是,同股同權在香港並未被絕對執行。例如,港交所本身就被豁免這一原則。由於港交所是香港證券市場的法定營運者,出於維護公眾利益的原因,無論香港政府是否擁有港交所股權,政府均有權任命港交所董事會主席及一半的非執行董事。李小加還提到,當牽涉到關連交易的投票權時,同股同權原則也經常被打破。

李小加的第三個觀點是,保持現狀並無益於目前香港市場中的任何一方,但它卻實實在在影響香港市場吸引新經濟公司的核心競爭力。他指強烈反對多重股權架構的投資者本來就不會投資這類公司,因此無從談起如何保護這類投資者;但看好Google、facebook等多重股權架構公司的散戶卻需要「遠渡重洋」赴美投資,這類投資者本港監管者難言能夠保護他們。

港交所亦非同股同權

對於李小加提出的新三點,保障投資者協會會長呂志華批評是歪理。呂志華說,在目前的法治環境下仍常常有不公平發生,如何能再走回頭路。而李小加拿港交所作為同股不同權的例子,則是將牽涉到政治因素的特別機構和一般商業機構混為一談。他擔心,若果香港允許同股不同權架構,亦即大股東僅持小量股權即可控制公司的業務方向。他相信歷史將會重演,即不少上市公司會跟風申請,最終令投資者無從選擇。
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滬港通無期 李小加﹕續佔中代價大

1 : GS(14)@2014-10-27 19:18:58

http://www.mpfinance.com/htm/finance/20141027/news/ea_eab1.htm

【明報專訊】對有傳滬港通將會無限期擱置,港交所(0388)行政總裁李小加昨晚稱,現時考慮的是「時間」問題,而不是「是否開通」。他坦承資本增值稅問題未解決,不會「通車」,但同時強調,若佔中遲遲未完,將付出很大代價。這和他一個月前認為兩者沒必然關係的說法,有所不同。


李小加於電話會議表示,港交所難以推測何時通車,但相信監管機構會作出全面評估,除考慮基礎設施是否完善,投資者信心及市場穩定性亦相信是當局考慮因素。他沒有直言滬港通延期與佔中有關,但卻指佔中已影響部分地區商業活動,雖然香港金融市場仍有效運作,但如果佔中一直拖延下去,「付出的代價將會很大」。

這和李小加一個月前的講法有所出入,佔中啟動初期,李小加曾經會見傳媒,當時他指出,「沒必要把滬港通與佔中聯繫起來,硬要將兩者綁在一起並不公平,這種推測亦沒有意義。」

資本增值稅未解決 不會開通

隨兩地監管機構至今仍未公布,滬港通肯定無法如期在本月內啟動。港交所昨發公告指,尚未取得動滬港通的相關批准,因此並無實施滬港通的確實日期,但強調各方已作好技術準備。

李小加則表示,滬港通是中國改革一個重大項目,相信不會輕易動搖。「這是一個長期安排,是中國資本市場開放的重要一步,亦對人民幣國際化有深遠的戰略意義。」他同時強調,滬港通開通是受多方因素影響,包括現時尚未有定案的資本增值稅問題,亦需要在開通之前處理好。

渣打財富管理投資策略主管梁振輝則表示,現時情與2007年炒港股直通車不同,這次投資者較理性,恒指從逾25,000點高位下跌至今,已基本消化滬港通效應,即使延期,對市場沒有重大影響。梁振輝續稱,市場人士本周還將熱切注視美國聯儲局議息會議,如果美聯儲能就加息時間表給予更明確說法,港股的悶局將會被打破。
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李小加提兩招救滬港通

1 : GS(14)@2014-11-24 15:49:01

http://www.mpfinance.com/htm/finance/20141124/news/ea_eaa1.htm

【明報專訊】滬港通開通一星期,交易量與市場預計的火爆大相逕庭,連財政司司長曾俊華及港交所(0388)行政總裁李小加昨日都分別在個人網誌解畫。其中李小加解釋,港股通遇冷與內地機構投資者未及參與有關;接下來港交所會以兩招增吸引力,包括向內地監管機構爭取令保險公司及私募基金可投資港股通。同時爭取明年5月前在港推出股票追蹤系統,務求令長線基金不用提早搬倉,增加使用滬股通的意欲。


曾俊華在網誌指,雖然有部分人對滬港通首星期成交量偏低感失望,但他覺得,投資者沒有在開通時一窩蜂盲目入市,其實並不是壞事,他對滬港通長遠效益仍充滿信心。

李小加在網誌解釋,北向的滬股通先熱後冷,估計首天是有一些QFII機構換倉,透過買入滬股去騰出手上QFII額度,令額度迅速用盡,而海外長線基金可能因為不習慣現時的「前端監控」機制,而遲遲未有參與。

港股通的持續冷清,李小加歸因5個因素。除AH股價差收窄減少套利機會、50萬元人民幣的進入門檻高、合資格港股並非內地股民熱外的細價股,以及內地投資者對香港市場未熟悉外,他還透露,內地公募基金、保險公司等大型機構投資者,因仍在等監管機構公布投資指引,而未來得及參與港股通。

沽滬股須提早搬倉 違基金內部監控

因此李小加稱,港交所將會從兩方面完善滬港通。一是與內地監管機構溝通,爭取盡快公布投資指引好讓內險等機構投資者參與港股通;二是明年5月前在港推出股票追蹤系統,以放寬海外及本地機構投資者受「前端監控」的限制。「前端監控」是要求投資者沽滬股前,股票必須在經紀戶口內;由於大型基金慣常將股票存放在託管商,沽出滬股便要先將股票從託管商搬到經紀戶口,現時規定為最遲沽貨當日早上7時30分前須完成搬倉。要提早落盤,不少長線基金以有違內部監控原則卻步。

時富關百良:急需增設股票追蹤系統

對於李小加提出的救滬港通兩招,時富金融(0510)董事關百良指出,現時「南水」明顯比「北水」多,如爭取更多內地機構投資者參與,會是正確方向,可令滬港通更平衡;而增設股票追蹤系統,他認為必須盡早去做,因是更急切問題,「剛開始一星期未必有沽盤,但之後搬倉問題會逐步浮現,沽貨繁複勢阻礙到機構調倉安排,會對他們投資意慾帶來好大影響」。

耀才證券研究部經理植耀輝則認為,滬港通遇冷與兩地投資文化,交易限制及市場法規不同的關係較大。信誠證券聯席董事張智威更稱,「比起4月宣布滬港通,港股升了近一成,A股更升近兩成,所以目前不是缺資金或交易手續問題,而是沒有投資者願意高位接火棒。」

(滬港通動向)

明報記者 陳子凌
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李小加:「商品通」未有時間表

1 : GS(14)@2015-05-21 12:17:14

http://www.mpfinance.com/htm/finance/20150521/news/eb_eba3.htm
【明報專訊】港交所(0388)行政總裁李小加表示,深港通仍待監管當局最後審批,肯定會在今年內推出,相信不久將來就會公布,滬港通的擴容過程亦會加快推進。至於商品上的中港互聯互通,他表示仍有技術問題需要解決,正積極與內地相關當局研究。

李小加昨日出席倫敦金屬交易所(LME)的亞洲年會,提到LME與內地商品市場的互聯互通,表示「商品通」暫時未有時間表,但他認為現時內地的商品市場在倉儲、資訊、倉單管理及流通量等都需要更標準化,LME作為全球主要商品期貨交易所,希望能擔當把內地期貨市場與海外市場接軌的角色。

重申深港通肯定年內推

港交所收購LME後,LME一直爭取到中國設倉,不過中證監上月曾經表示,境外交易所未具備在境內設置交割倉庫的條件,因此現時仍非開放時機。
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