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Pressure to demerge 'big tech' firms is rising

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INT

Jack Ma’s Ant Group has undergone a thorough restructuring. Tencent, whose diverse portfolio ranges from the messaging app WeChat and food delivery platform Meituan to e-commerce…

Russian banking's horizons narrowed by sanctions

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RUSSIA

Cut off from international financial markets, Russian banks are struggling to make cross-border payments and domestic lending is greatly curtailed. The CBR believes the sector is…

Social credit fears will taint China's Sesame Credit

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CHINA

Ant Financial's Sesame Credit rating service.

China will press on with financial reform and opening

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CHINA

Financial reform and opening in China.

Stock crash shows cracks in 'China model'

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CHINA

Strenuous government efforts to support the market raise doubts about the foresight and control exercised by Beijing in actively encouraging an unsustainable equities boom in the…

New FDI rules cast a shadow over Japan’s stock market

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JAPAN

Reform of foreign investment regulations in Japan.

Rising US retail stock trading will draw modest reform

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UNITED STATES

Late-phase bull equity markets invariably spawn a new generation of novice, casual traders. The surge in popularity of free stock trading apps such as Robinhood, combined with the…

Japan's corporate saving will constrain GDP growth

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JAPAN

Corporate savings in Japan.

Lebanon’s Central Bank governor will be replaced

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LEBANON

Salameh, along with his brother Raja, is under investigation in Lebanon and Europe for alleged financial irregularities following Lebanon’s 2019 economic collapse. The economy…

Higher private financing could boost mining investment

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INTERNATIONAL

Private mining finance.