The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is a global asset management company established on 1 July 2005 with a mission to preserve and grow national wealth by pursuing high investment returns overseas. In 2009, KIC earned a return of 18.67%, and excess return of 1.42 percentage points, on its...

China Investment Corporation (CIC)'s investment performance in 2009 was better than in 2008 as a result of its 11.7% return on its global portfolio. Underlying CIC's active management of its overseas investments were reforms to its governance and improvements to its human resources management....

A Chinese subsidiary of a foreign bank issued yuan-denominated bonds on China's domestic interbank bond market for the first time on 20 May 2010. China's corporate bond market, although split between an exchange and an OTC market, has been growing since 2008, but total corporate bonds...

China Development Bank (CDB) has been steadily expanding its international operations in recent years. As of end-2009, it had $97.9 billion in foreign currency loans, which are mainly used to facilitate Chinese companies' international operations and exports of plant and equipment, outstanding....

China Investment Corporation, established in September 2007 using capital from China's foreign exchange reserves, has been reported to be considering raising more capital. China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange has been diversifying how it manages China's foreign exchange reserves...