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Friday, March 29, 2024
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Topic: Jack Ma

Inside the chaotic unraveling of Jack Ma’s $35 billion Ant Group IPO

The Shanghai Stock Exchange cited significant change in regulatory environment for halting Ant IPO. But China watchers have an alternative theory for why Xi’s govt acted the way it did.

Suspension of Jack Ma’s Ant Group’s IPO shows Xi Jinping’s in charge

Timing of move to suspend Ant Group IPO, touted to be world's biggest stock market debut, showed that for Xi, political stability take precedence over ceding control of economy.

China suspends Jack Ma’s $35 billion Ant Group IPO

The move comes after China’s regulators warned that Jack Ma’s firm faces increased scrutiny and will be subject to the same restrictions on capital and leverage as banks.

What could go wrong for Jack Ma’s record breaking Ant IPO

Ant Group stopped taking orders from big investors a day earlier than planned due to great demand. But a smash-hit IPO doesn’t always translate into a long-term winner for investors.

Ant Group has set the price for world’s largest IPO, says founder Jack Ma

Ma's Chinese fintech giant is one of the most hotly anticipated IPOs in years, on course to make history by surpassing Saudi Aramco’s record $29 billion share sale in 2019.

Ant IPO pushes demand for Hong Kong dollar as experts see ‘beginning of an up-cycle’

Jack Ma’s Ant Group listing is expected to be so popular that Hong Kong brokers are offering mom-and-pop investors 20 times leverage to buy the shares, with only 5% cash as a down payment.

Jack Ma’s Ant Group ‘wins’ China nod for Hong Kong IPO plan

The China Securities Regulatory Commission's green light for Ant's listing in Hong Kong paves the way for what could be the world’s biggest IPO.

Jack Ma’s Ant Group raises IPO valuation target by at least 12% to $280 billion

Despite the US headwinds, Jack Ma’s Ant is moving ahead with what could be the world’s largest IPO, with same-day listings in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

China’s comrade billionaires: Even Jack Ma must pledge loyalty to CPC to do business

People in the West still argue that the Communist Party’s role in China’s private companies is merely a formality. But in the Xi Jinping era, nothing could be further from the truth.

US plans to hit China harder, explores tough restrictions on Ant Group & Tencent Holdings

Discussions around payment platforms of Ant Group, Tencent have been held up in part by debate over what authority govt would use to restrict them & how quickly measures could be implemented.

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Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.