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In this round-up, Beijing braces for a second wave of local infections from Covid-19, China's industrial production grows for a second straight month, and American Express secures a clearing licence onshore. -
John Hempton, the Australian short seller and self-styled eccentric, believes fraudulent companies will soon become evident in the corporate rubble left by the coronavirus pandemic. Hempton, who has bet against 1,100 companies over the course of his career, explained how his hedge fund Bronte Capital goes about finding rotten eggs in business and finance.
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In this round-up, China’s central government pushes ahead with reform, both the consumer price index and the producer price index were weaker than expected in May, and aviation activity and car sales warm up.
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has launched the first systematic process by an issuer to formally integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into choosing its bookrunners. Senior funding officials and sustainability bankers have welcomed the initiative as an important evolution in the use of ESG in capital markets, write Burhan Khadbai and Jon Hay.
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HSBC and Standard Chartered are facing a backlash from investors and politicians after publicly supporting China’s planned security law for Hong Kong.
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The debt restructuring at China’s Peking University Founder Group is set to be a test case for offshore bonds backed by keepwell agreements, a structure often favoured by many mainland borrowers. The outcome of the restructuring looks set to influence the use of keepwell structures ─ and how these deals price.
