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In this round-up, China’s securities regulator approves the consolidation of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s main board and the SME board, listed companies are required to update investors with information related to their environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) efforts, and Beijing, Hong Kong and Macau further lay the foundation for a cross-border wealth management connect pilot scheme. -
The spectre of imminent US-led sanctions against Russia has reappeared following the controversial imprisonment of opposition leader Alexey Navalny. While some say “Fortress Russia” will survive with or without sanctions, others believe the country’s already isolated capital markets and its access to funding could come under intense strain, writes Mariam Meskin.
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The extraordinary price action in GameStop, AMC Entertainment and others' shares last week is surely leading nervous CFOs all over the world to get an at-the-money rights issue signed off, in case they win the attention of Reddit's WallStreetBets crowd and can raise equity at giddy multiples. But this is like hoping for a winning lottery ticket. For firms in the most Covid-addled sectors, a private approach will be their best shot at financing a turnaround.
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Martin Pluves is leaving his role as chief executive of the Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities Market Standards Board (FMSB).
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Mass arrests following protests in Russia over the last two weeks in defence of opposition leader Alexei Navalny have increased the likelihood of US sanctions on some of the country’s leading figures. However, market experts say that new sanctions would be unlikely to cripple the country’s markets, as they have done in the past.
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This week in Keeping Tabs: optimum bank capital ratios, and also that other story everyone's been talking about.
