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I thought the grass would be greener in fintech land, but it’s patchy and dreary
Hybrid capital is open to the big US tech companies. But who needs an umbrella when the sun is shining?
Years of underperformance are behind it and the bank has launched a new growth plan
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Singapore’s stock exchange and Nasdaq have extended a partnership for dual listings on the bourses with an agreement to co-operate on regulatory matters. -
Mindspace Business Parks Real Estate Investment Trust has finalised the price guidance for its up to Rp45bn ($603.9m) IPO in India, set to be launched next week.
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Boqii Co, a Chinese pet-focused e-commerce site, is working on a Hong Kong listing that could raise up to $150m, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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Several companies boasting Big Four accounting firms as auditors have emerged as fraudulent, leading many to wonder what value auditors bring to an investors' understanding of a company. The big issue is that auditors have little obligation to detect fraud at companies they audit, and neither it seems does anyone else. Until they do, investors need to stop believing a Big Four sign-off is a seal of approval. In fact, for a system supposedly built with its own reputation in mind, developed markets have offered investors very little protection.
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Investors have got a fever, and the only cure is more pharma. Biotech equity issuance is surging, in line with rising stock prices in the secondary market, as stock pickers pan for the company that will cure Covid-19, among other maladies. But this is more speculating than investing and many are going to catch a cold chasing around a risky sector that is starting to look a lot like the dot-com bubble.
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Richard Livingstone, the British billionaire property developer, sold Skr5.5bn ($616m) of shares in Swedish online gambling company Evolution Gaming in an overnight trade on Monday, to help mitigate the effect of Covid-19 on his property portfolio.
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