US investment bank Morgan Stanley has become a shopper on China’s ubiquitous online marketplace Taobao in order to boost its stake in its local fund management business.

Taobao, one of the world’s largest shopping centres for retail goods, has in recent years has also in recent years become a bustling market for trade in the shares of banks, insurance companies and even distressed debts

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By Donald Weinland