Citic Trust is a unit of Chinese financial conglomerate Citic Group Corp.

WSJ: Chinese Trusts Draw Big Inflows

Target of the CITIC plunge into aluminium, the worst performing metal of the past 10 years, was an Australian affiliate of the Dow 30 member, Alcoa, with Citic Resources Holdings snapping up 7.8% stake in ASX-listed Alumina Ltd and Citic Group taking a 5.2% interest.

FORBES: China Shoehorns Its Way Into The U.S.-Australia Relationship

"In the residential market, the policy restrictions will not be relaxed anytime soon, " said Stanley Ching, head of the real-estate group at Citic Capital in Hong Kong.

WSJ: City Lights Shine for Equities in China

CGI, a start-up investment firm that is based in Beijing and is controlled jointly by the mainland's telecoms industry and Citic Guoan, a media group, was said to be preparing a joint bid with Netcom.

ECONOMIST: Telecoms

TPG-Newbridge will bring in Larry Yung, China's richest businessman and chairman of Citic Pacific, and Lee Shau-kee, a local tycoon and head of Henderson Land, a property group.

ECONOMIST: Telecoms