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The tension between the EU and UK over Brexit ratcheted up this week, with the prospect of the UK reneging on the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement rearing up. Rising political tension could now boil over into talks on financial services. -
Ant Group has tackled more than two dozen questions posed by the Shanghai Stock Exchange ahead of its concurrent jumbo IPOs on the Star market and Hong Kong. The digital payment firm’s ownership structure, especially its ties to Alibaba Group Holding, as well as its business model and use of the listing proceeds were under scrutiny.
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The National Bank of Ukraine’s (NBU) decision to maintain interest rates against pressure to cut them was not enough reassurance for analysts worried about the broader reform agenda in the country. As the saga continues surrounding the ownership of one of its banks rumbles on, a number of obstacles stand in Ukraine’s path to recovery.
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In this round-up, China plans to develop the domestic semiconductor industry amid tighter technology export controls imposed by the Trump administration, India blocks over 100 Mainland-based apps including Baidu and Alipay, and Beijing vows countermeasures if Chinese journalists fail to get their US visas renewed.
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Nordic Investment Bank has updated its statutes, modernising and improving its risk and capital management systems. Henrik Norman, the supranational’s CEO, believes the update will improve NIB’s flexibility and allow it to act more quickly as well as expanding its lending capacity.
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In this round-up, senior trade officials from China and the US hold ‘constructive’ talks, the securities regulator publishes the latest ratings for Mainland brokerages, and the Shenzhen exchange hopes to attract listings from companies with weighted voting rights (WVR).
