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US Regulators Set For Fresh Audit Inspections of Chinese Firms

The inspections by US audit watchdog PCAOB are part of a deal with Beijing to prevent delistings of Chinese firms…

6 days ago

Beijing Regulator Delays CATL’s $5 Billion Swiss GDR Listing

China's securities regulator has questioned why the battery maker needs so much capital after it raised $6.56 billion in a…

7 days ago

New China Premier Vows ‘Better Environment’ for Private Sector

Investors hope premier Li Qiang's close ties with president Xi Jinping will enable him to push for more business-friendly policies

1 week ago

China Firms Rush To Distance Themselves From SVB Collapse

Several Hong Kong-listed companies, mostly Chinese pharmaceutical firms, disclosed their exposure to Silicon Valley Bank over the weekend

1 week ago

India Push to Settle Global Trade in Rupees ‘Not Without Risks’

Last July, the RBI introduced a new mechanism to settle international trade in rupees, aiming to promote exports and facilitate…

2 weeks ago

Dutch Set to Curb Exports of Key Chipmaking Machines to China

The Netherlands considers it necessary on national security grounds to get this technology into oversight with the greatest of speed,…

2 weeks ago

Israel’s Judicial Crisis Fast Becoming an Economic Concern

Fintech firm Riskified is moving $500 million out of the country after news that business leaders shifted $4 billion abroad…

2 weeks ago

Adani Group Prepays $900m of Share-Backed Financing

Lenders will release 31 million pledged shares of Adani Enterprises, and 155 million shares of Adani Ports, the group said…

2 weeks ago

US Must Explain ‘Destruction of Taiwan’: Qin Gang – SCMP

China's foreign minister warns that Taiwan is an internal issue solely for Chinese people and that mishandling the issue would…

2 weeks ago

US Rate Hike Fears Spur Big Japanese Selloff of Foreign Stocks

Japanese investors sold a net 2.15 trillion yen ($15.6 billion) in foreign equities in February, their largest monthly selloff since…

2 weeks ago

India-Russia Oil Deals Erode Dollar’s Currency Dominance

Sanctions on Russia are slowly eating away at the dollar's dominance by encouraging Asian traders such as India to use…

2 weeks ago

China Plans New Financial Regulator, to Scrap Banking Watchdog

New financial regulator will replace the banking commission and do some functions of the central bank and securities commission; a…

2 weeks ago