Doing so is their path to higher returns on net assets.

这样的做法是提高他们净资产回报率的途径。

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The authors, Elroy Dimson and others, note that returns were low in 1900, but that investors became used to higher returns over the next century.

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"China's city and rural commercial banks don't have the scale of major banks and so need to offer higher returns to be able to pull customers away from their bigger competitors, " Mr. Ye said.

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Even if share prices fall, he says, the higher yields mean these investments are likely to provide higher returns over the next two to three years than short-term bonds.

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