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SPAC shift to focus on value lets Bill Foley shine
SPAC shift to focus on value lets Bill Foley shine

(ATF) The special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) boom continued in the first quarter with launches at a value...

Markets this week: Central banks to guide investors
Markets this week: Central banks to guide investors

Economic events

Financial markets will react this week to the consensus-busting US non-farms payroll data from Friday,...

Yuan fights back as IMF shows 26% drop in US dollar holdings
Yuan fights back as IMF shows 26% drop in US dollar holdings

(ATF) China proudly announced that 29 countries support the yuan as the US dollar has been “abandoned” – after a...

China gets to grip with green bonds but net zero goal still way off
Risk appetite
Work underway on part two of $5.5bn Hainan nuclear power project
Bourses weaken as eyes turn to Biden plan
Tencent Music, GSX and Vipshop launch buybacks to counter Archegos sales
US economy strength keeps pressure on yuan
Cloud-based working sparks boom for next-gen cyber security firms

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ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors