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Mar 08, 2010
The Balloch Group is co-advising Quadra Mining Limited on a strategic joint venture and private placement transaction with State Grid International Development Limited worth US$900 million and US$152 million, respectively.


Oct 20, 2009
Howard Balloch, President of The Balloch Group, discusses the state of the healthcare industry in China with Pharmaceutical Executive.


Sep 10, 2009

Howard Balloch sits down with China Daily's Qi Xiao to discuss his decision to enter the dynamic world of business in China at the end of an impressive governmental career.





Jul 28, 2009
The Balloch Group ("TBG") was the exclusive financial advisor to Wuhan Iron and Steel Group ("WISCO"), one of China’s major steelmakers, in its US$240 million strategic investment in TSX-listed Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Limited ("CLM").


May 24, 2009
Howard Balloch made news back home when he started his own company -- The Balloch Group Ltd.(TBG), an advisory and merchant banking firm, in Beijing in 2001 after his five-year service as Canada's ambassador to China.


Apr 06, 2009
Chinese companies have never clamored more to "go global" than they are today as valuations of foreign firms plummet in the economic meltdown. Article by Zhou Yan.


Mar 17, 2009
ChinaVenture Investment Consulting Group selected The Balloch Group as the Top Boutique Investment Banking Firm in China for 2008.


Feb 19, 2009
Howard Balloch speaks about China's economy at the 2009 Annual CIBC World Markets Whistler Institutional Investor Conference.




Nov 07, 2008

Howard Balloch speaks with CNBC 's Guy Johnson about China's agenda at The World Economic Forum's summit in Dubai.



Sep 02, 2008

IN AUSTRALIA this week the mildly surprising news that business investment could surge by a further 34% in 2008-09 - which would apparently be the biggest jump in 26 years - would have been tempered in board rooms by the still disjointed messages coming from China. HighGrade sought some clearer indications from "Chinese Canadian" banker Howard Balloch, who was in Jilin City.   





Jul 08, 2008

Howard Balloch, founder of TBG,  has accepted an invitation to become a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Metals and Mining.  



Mar 14, 2008

TBG has been ranked among the top five China-based boutique investment banks by ChinaVenture. The ranking was announced at the 2008 Piper Jaffray-ChinaVenture Investment Conference.



Nov 01, 2007

Mining companies in China have increasingly sophisticated options for financing their operation.



Oct 01, 2007

The Financial Post profiled five businessmen united under one incredible challenge: introducing Canada's best-known banks and insurance companies to the Chinese. Howard Balloch was among the select five interviewed.



Feb 06, 2007

The Balloch Group (TBG) today announced the expansion of its business to include an office in Wuhan, Hubei. This is the firm’s first subsidiary office as it joins in the rapid development of this Chinese industrial city.



Jan 15, 2007

The Canadian business community in China is hoping a visit by two federal ministers will promote closer ties between the two countries.

A trip to China by Minister of International Trade David Emerson began Sunday and extends through Jan. 19 with stops planned for Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. Emerson will also be joined by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.



Dec 08, 2006

As an ex-ambassador, Howard Balloch knows about diplomatic snubs. And as a Canadian investor in China, he is deeply troubled by the snubs that are ricocheting back and forth between Beijing and Ottawa this year.

Mr. Balloch's investment firm, with 40 staff at three offices in China, has a major stake in Canada's relationship with Beijing. But now, he says, that relationship is in danger of withering into irrelevance, at a substantial cost to Canada.



Nov 13, 2006

Alberta and the oilsands still stand out as targets for investment or takeovers on the financial street in Beijing.

The Chinese only tasted of Fort McMurray resources by paying $255 million last year for minority shares in the Northern Lights and Christina Lake projects.

"They'll be back," Howard Balloch predicted in an interview.



Oct 20, 2006

The Balloch Group, together with Cutfield Freeman in London, advised Zijin Mining Group on their recent acquisition of approximately 20% of the equity of Ridge Mining PLC.



Aug 25, 2006

On August 24, 2006, Wugang Jiangbei Co. and The Balloch Group (TBG) held a signing ceremony in Wuhan, celebrating an agreement between the two entities. The two companies will work together to secure foreign investment funds for the development of Jiangbei’s downstream production capability.



Jul 11, 2006

Canadian investors hope wealthy wanderers will hop aboard luxury train to Tibet Canadian investors have found a new way to exploit the Tibet boom. They are launching a luxury train that will charge each passenger about $1,000 (U.S.) a day for lavish services and panoramic views of this long-isolated mountain land.



Oct 29, 2005
THE CHALLENGE

Convincing more Canadian firms to take the plunge

THE LESSON

New ways of doing business might be worth the risk



Aug 13, 2005

Balloch contends doing business there is often quite easy.

Howard Balloch was a career diplomat for 25 years, but doesn't mince words any longer, especially when it comes to the issue of China.

"Investors must ask companies in Canada what their 'China strategy' is and if they say they looked at China and there was this problem or that problem, fine. But if they say they don't have a China policy and haven't looked at it, then dump the stock," he said.



Oct 23, 2004

We need to wake up: Our major competitors are flooding into China's markets, and how we respond will affect us all, says Howard Balloch.

China seems to be everywhere in the news today, driving down prices for everything it produces, driving up prices for everything it consumes, building steel mills in Brazil, buying bauxite companies in Australia, and even bidding for mining giant Noranda Inc.



Sep 25, 2004

Our resources will be target of shopping spree as Asian nation stretches to become global investor and acquisitor, Gordon Pitts writes.

China Minmetals Corp.'s entry into exclusive negotiations to buy Canada's Noranda Inc. launches the great leap outward by a surging Chinese economy, as it stretches to become a major international investor and acquisitor.









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