Asian private equity maven Shan Weijian has raised more than $1.7 billion for a new China-focused fund, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
Stocks on the Chinese mainland rose, spurring the biggest gain for the benchmark index in a week, on speculation inflation will decelerate the rest of the year and the nation's economic growth may sustain earnings.
Hong Kong stocks went down 379.20 points, or 1.67 percent, to close at 22,347.23 on Monday.
The ChiNext Index, launched by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) on June 1, 2010, jumped 8.40 points, or 0.94 percent, to 903.31 on Monday.
China's stock index futures closed down on Monday with the contract for July, the most actively traded, down 0.31percent, from the previous day to 3,104.2 points.
Chinese shares closed higher Monday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.18 percent, or 4.92 points to close at 2,802.69.
China has vowed to intensify its crackdown on the illegal issuance of commercial prepaid cards to government officials in order to prevent bribery and corruption, the Ministry of Supervision said Friday.
China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Friday that it will sell 11.76 billion yuan ($1.81 billion) in 182-day book-entry discount treasury bonds next week.
The ChiNext Index, launched by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) on June 1, 2010, fell 4.89 points, or 0.54 percent, to 894.91 on Friday.
China's stock index futures closed up on Friday with the contract for July, the most actively traded, up 13.6 points, or 0.44 percent, from the previous day to 3,120.6 points.
Chinese shares closed slightly higher on Friday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.13 percent, or 3.51 points, to 2,797.77.
China's Zero2IPO Group, a leading research institution for the country's venture capital and private equity industry, said on Thursday that a record 8.1 billion U.S. dollars entered China's venture capital market during the first half of this year.