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Money Talks: Getting Life Cover Right
Posted Apr 20th 2012 3:42p.m. by Owen Caterer (Money Talks)

In this week’s edition of Money Talks, City Weekend’s finance blogger Owen Caterer is sharing some handy advice about getting life insurance.

All China based entrepreneurs and senior business leaders know the case for life insurance. Ensuring that the wife or spouse and children and their futures are ... Read more »

Money Talks: How to Keep Your Staff from Leaving
Posted Apr 5th 2012 4:20p.m. by Owen Caterer (Money Talks)

In this week’s edition of Money Talks, City Weekend’s finance blogger Owen Caterer is sharing some handy advice about how to keep your staff happy.

How do you keep good staff? It’s the perennial question here in China where the revolving door seems strong, particularly in many ... Read more »

  • eddie10Hi Owen, I felt that your article is a bit too general. Perhaps you can share your assumptions that made you arrive at your recommendations? [HTML_REMOVED] E.g. Assuming that ...
Money Talks: Helpful Financial Apps for Expats
Posted Mar 27th 2012 2:41p.m. by Owen Caterer (Money Talks)

In this week’s edition of Money Talks, City Weekend’s finance blogger Owen Caterer is sharing some of his favorite finance apps. Check it out below.

Sometimes when you are busy working it's easy to miss the productivity tools that have been created that might save you some ... Read more »

Money Talks: Has the Yuan Peaked?
Posted Mar 15th 2012 4:09p.m. by Owen Caterer (Money Talks)

In this week’s edition of Money Talks, City Weekend’s finance blogger Owen Caterer is exploring whether or not the RMB has peaked. Check it out below.

The continued rise of the RMB is considered assured. That isn’t reflecting reality – the RMB appears to have stalled at around ... Read more »

Money Talks: 12 Money Tips for 2012 (Part Two)
Posted Mar 1st 2012 5p.m. by City Weekend (Money Talks)

In this week’s edition of Money Talks, City Weekend’s finance blogger Owen Caterer shares the rest of his top money tips for 2012. So if you're looking to take care of cash in the year of the dragon, check out this week's next six tips.

[Check ... Read more »

Money Talks: 12 Money Tips for 2012 (Part One)
Posted Feb 23rd 2012 4p.m. by Owen Caterer (Money Talks)

In this week’s edition of Money Talks, City Weekend’s finance blogger Owen Caterer shares his top money tips for 2012. So if you're looking to take care of cash in the year of the dragon, check out this week's first six tips.

1. Diversify

Financial Advisers ... Read more »

Investing in Chinese Shares: What About the European Financial Crisis?
Posted Nov 24th 2011 4:48p.m. by Owen Caterer (Money Talks)

A European crisis looms, ever closer. Stifling debts threaten banks and stock markets. Yet what can you actually do to protect yourself and your assets? Is it time to get tinned food, a pack of gold bars and a shot-gun and head for Moganshan? A financial crisis is a tricky ... Read more »

How to Invest in Chinese Shares: Avoiding a Fake Headache
Posted Nov 9th 2011 4:15p.m. by Owen Caterer (Money Talks)

My headache this morning must be from some fake whiskey last night - it wasn’t even a big night. Many investors however have had plenty of fake related headaches from China over the past year. Short sellers such as Alfred Little and Carson Block have exposed a series of US ... Read more »

Should You Invest in the Chinese Stock Market?
Posted Nov 2nd 2011 12:25p.m. by Owen Caterer (Money Talks)

After the safe territory of a “how to” post on where and how to buy Chinese shares, we are going to address the dangerous and tricky territory of prognostication. Should we invest in the Chinese sharemarket now? Our lawyers are holding their heads in their hands as we plow forward ... Read more »

How to Invest in Chinese Shares
Posted Oct 26th 2011 11:15a.m. by Owen Caterer (Money Talks)

Since we have already addressed Chinese property over the last few weeks, its time to get onto the share market and specifically Chinese companies.

Over the next three weeks we will cover investing in Chinese Shares;

1. Firstly the different methods to buy Chinese shares

2. Then, whether now is ... Read more »

How to Buy a House in China: Is Chinese Property a Good Investment?
Posted Oct 21st 2011 10:39a.m. by Owen Caterer (Money Talks)

Depending on whether you listen to your Chinese friend of a foreign hedge fund manager you’ll get vastly conflicting views. Chinese property is either a great sound investment or a tremendous bubble waiting to burst. We think, like most things, that the truth is some-where in between. We have ... Read more »

How to Buy a House in China: Getting a Mortgage
Posted Oct 17th 2011 10:48a.m. by Owen Caterer (Money Talks)

This is the third article in a series on buying a property here in China. Let’s assume you have found a place or are simply planning to buy. How do you go about getting a mortgage?

We spoke to our contact at Standard Chartered who isn’t authorized for ... Read more »

  • narsfweaselsGood point on the variable rate mortgage, but you need to note that due to inflation and CPI increases, the Comedy Party has been raising interest rates on mortgages for ...
  • eddie10Good "investigative" (sleuthing?) series by Cityweekend. Just a quick note, am really busy coming year end season, how about an article to attempt to answer the questions posted for the ...
How to Buy a House in China: What Are the Legal Steps?
Posted Sep 22nd 2011 9:51a.m. by Owen Caterer (Money Talks)

Last week, we looked at whether you are eligible to buy a property in Shanghai. Let us presume you are considering taking the next step and buying a place. What is the legal process to buy a property?

The processes in China are very different to many western countries and ... Read more »

  • msbeanActually this is pretty interesting from a renters perspective as well...our house is listed for sale and since we get to "up and move" if it's sold I ...
  • eddie10:-) I see a chance to start a type of (China) "Urban Legends" website to collect the many truth/fake stories circulating out there.
  • narsfweaselsLee: Improperly copied/stamped paperwork Foreigners having no family seal Transfers not going through quickly enough Missing/unavailable sellers certificates And then anything else that falls under the "THIS IS ...
  • foodiedaveBuildings fall down go boom.
  • leemackWhat are things which most frequently go wrong in the process?
How to Buy a House in China: Are You Eligible?
Posted Sep 14th 2011 5:32p.m. by Owen Caterer (Money Talks)

Buying Chinese property is often a mystery to foreigners, even to those who have been here a while. Whilst we aren’t Chinese property agents, we do get asked this question a lot, so we thought a user friendly and accurate guide could be worthwhile.

This is the first running ... Read more »

  • bill_greyskullLee, if you want to be joint owners with your wife, you should work this out at the time of transfer. There is a new reg that allows the government ...
  • narsfweaselsIt's ours, to get through the loops smoothly it has to be jointly owned. But, you get to insist joint ownership means joint responsibility. The other thing is, if ...
  • leemacknice work narf! curious if the title is outright yours or with the wife? i'm hitched to a shanghai woman and am curious about joint ownership structures
  • narsfweasels@Lee Our area (outer Changning) is still hovering around the 3 million Mark for a reasonable 80-90 metre apartment. However, the house price has effectively doubled since our purchase in ...
  • eddie10Also, what happens (options, if any) after the said foreigner ends his working stint here in Shanghai/China? E.g. MUST sell? Or allowed to rent? Or...?
How to Apply for a Credit Card in China
Posted Sep 7th 2011 10:10a.m. by Owen Caterer (Money Talks)

Getting a credit card in China isn’t the same as back home. China based banks will not readily give out credit cards to foreigners.That can be annoying since credit cards are a vital tool for a traveling professional and without one, it makes life abroad that much more ... Read more »

  • narsfweaselsGood advice, however, all difficulties with credit cards will disappear if a) you have a friend in the bank or (b) their monthly targets are low.

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