When the Chinese finance awakens, the world rankings tremble. After the Bank, insurance. As ICBC was hoisted in a few weeks to the third rank of the world banks by capitalization, China Life has become in one day the third insurer by upgrading. Of course, the movement which saw action A multiply by 2, the day of its first rating, the issue price set at his placement to investors, is subject to caveats. First, the floating titles is small since 5.3 of the capital were placed, shares A reserved priority to Chinese investors at the IPO. The H shares, traded in Hong Kong and available to foreigners, representing 25 of the capital, are thus worth one-third less. Nevertheless, their course was multiplied by 7 since their placement, three years ago. Despite his recovery, the China Life insurer should have beautiful days before him with its outstanding location. It holds 50 of a market in strong growth due to the paucity of public pension system, which stimulates the desire for savings, coupled with the growth of the income of hundreds of millions of people. The benefits of China Life thus grew 62 in the first half of 2006 for premiums increasing by 23.
Chandeleur Pinault

The MFA has taken a week to decide to impose a deadline on François Pinault so it stops a clear position on Suez. It gives one month group Artémis since he must declare by 2 February while he acknowledged January 2 "even the existence, very preliminary, a project to the Suez Group". After the floats of the Saint-Sylvestre, where the authority of the financial markets seemed simply a sybilline statement assuring that all options were open, the AMF has returned to a more Anglo-Saxon approach. In rumors, Pinault had begin to reveal. It is now at the foot of the wall. He filed no project supply, Chandeleur is the swan song of ARTEMIS, which can only do so during the first six months. Between February and August the date will be expired July 1 deadline set by the Constitutional Council for privatization of GDF. If the next election has not caused political alternation, it will be too late because Suez will be married to SFM. In the contrary case, the energy and environment group will have had two months to return and take new initiatives.
The limits of the persistence
Better to repeat that contradict itself. Clara Furse forms, Executive Director of the London Stock Exchange, to advise its shareholders to reject the offer of the Nasdaq, are immutable. At least can, on each occasion of them harp on advance figures justifying his obstinacy. The London Stock Exchange is down growth, in the light of the record volumes of transactions, or in need of contestants to make rate: the number and average size of new entrants continue to grow. By putting forward three weeks the publication of excellent results in the last quarter of 2006, the LSE has returned on the Nasdaq pressure he performed since November. The risk that the U.S. abdicates and resells any portion of the 28.8 it holds is dimmed because the course of the LSE continues just above the 1.243 offered pence. Unlike most predictions, it seems that Clara Furse has once again earned time. Can so mark the decisive point, i.e. to preserve the independence of the LSE without diving valorization, verging currently 9 times its turnover This would require that stock markets remain indefinitely as well oriented and active these last three years. A pattern that would contradict everything we know of them.