Last Updated on April 4, 2007 by stlplace
These days the Chinese bank stocks are flying high. At the same time the competition also intensifies as the foreign bank are formally opening branches next Monday. The domestic players are raising fund through IPO: with the recent IPO of ICBC (601398.SS) and Bank of China (601988.SS); the new IPO of China Citic Bank, the “Haigui IPO” of Bank of Commincations (3328.HK) are on the horizon; some local commercial banks (used to be credit unions) are also preparing IPO, notably Bank of Nanjing, and Bank of Ningbo.