The huge amount of quantitative easing required to paper over the financial crisis meant that the Treasury market growth outpaced the ab ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore ousts Hong Kong as top Asian finance hub
Hong Kong slipped to fourth place, battered by strict COVID-19 restrictions and an exodus of talent, while San Francisco moved up two spots to round out the Global Financial Centres Index’s top five. ( read original story ...)
China vows interference with Taiwan will be ‘crushed’ by ‘wheels of history’
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivered an ominous message on Saturday at the UN General Assembly, stating that international leaders who interfere with Taiwan will be “crushed by the wheels of ... ( read original story ...)
China underscores commitment to Taiwan, warns interlopers
Only when China is fully reunified can there be true peace across the Taiwan Strait,” Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, said at the U.N. General Assembly. ( read original story ...)
Here’s why the only Bay Area tech company to go public in a major IPO this year has done well since its debut
Inflation is up. Stocks are down. The economy is stumbling. And the markets are basically closed to new tech stocks. No matter: #CredoTechnology — one of the few to hit #WallStreet this year — is ... ( read original story ...)
Weekly Small Cap and IPO Wrap: Aussie markets lose Queen; a whack of market cap; merit only bullet point summary
Wow. Another exciting few days. The small caps (XEC) index copped it bad, down 2.5% today and 6.6% for the week. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Solution Day – A Showcase for Smart City Solutions
TAIPEI, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Taiwan's Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) celebrated Solution Day at 1:30 PM on September 20 in Pathum Thani, Thailand with an event to promote exchanges and ... ( read original story ...)
‘Very high chance’ Hong Kong will end year in recession: finance secretary
There is a very high chance for Hong Kong to record a negative GDP growth for this year,” Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan (陳茂波) told reporters, adding that interest rates were being raised “at ... ( read original story ...)
LUCKIMON: The World’s First I2E Invoice to Earn NFT Launch 9/22
Q Monster is a Taiwanese invoice lottery app with over 4 million downloads, 2.2 million active users, and often ranked as the No.1 Finance app in the Google Play and App Store. Together with SecuX, ... ( read original story ...)
US bank CEOs say they would stop working with China in event of Taiwan attack
The executives said they would do as the US government instructed in event of a Taiwan invasion by mainland forces Some of the top US banks said on Wednesday that they would stop working with China in ... ( read original story ...)
‘Big Short’ Michael Burry Sounds the Alarm About China-U.S. Tensions
If he had not been listened to by the bankers he was trying to warn before the outbreak of the 2008 crisis, Burry has since drawn everyone's attention to each of his predictions. Burry, who fears that ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese EV maker Leapmotor eyeing US$1bn IPO in HK
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology Ltd (零跑汽車) is hoping to raise more than US$1 billion with an initial public offering in what would be the largest debut so far ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s first financial holding firm takeover gets official nod
Taiwan’s financial regulator has given the green light for the first takeover among the 16 listed financial holding companies on the island. The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) approved Fubon ... ( read original story ...)
Mint Explainer: How Chinese invasion of Taiwan will hit world economy
War clouds seem to be gathering over the Taiwan strait. Since at least October 2021, the island nation of 23 million people has been at the centre of protracted military tension with the People’s ... ( read original story ...)
Fubon Financial merger with Jih Sun Financial given green light
The approval came about two years after Fubon Financial launched a tender offer to acquire a 50 percent stake in Jih Sun Financial for NT$13 per share in December 2020, valuing the deal at NT$24.53 ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan trade delegates visiting Iowa pledge to buy nearly $3 billion of U.S. corn, soybeans
Taiwan delegates plan to buy nearly $3 billion worth of U.S. corn, soybeans. That's good news for Iowa farmers, who lead nation in growing the crops. ( read original story ...)