Taiwan lifts short-selling ban early

Taiwan will lift a ban on short selling stocks from Wednesday, the island's financial regulator said, earlier than had been planned as Taiwan's equity markets have stabilised after swooning earlier in ... ( read original story ...)

Exports drop 2% on cheaper oil prices

The nation’s exports last month declined 2 percent year-on-year to US$27 billion, as cheaper crude oil prices dampened sales of products heavily reliant on raw materials, overshadowing shipments of ... ( read original story ...)

APT Electronics gives up IPO on SSE Star Market

China-based LED packaging service provider APT Electronics has withdrawn its application for IPO on Shanghai Stock Exchange's (SSE) Sci-Tech Innovation board six months after it submitted the ... ( read original story ...)

Virtual banks to go online in Taiwan in 2H20

Next Bank, Line Bank and Rakuten International Commercial Bank, the first three virtual banks approved by Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) in late July 2019, are expected to kick off ... ( read original story ...)

Warner Music’s IPO raises US$1.9bn

Warner Music Group Corp, the world’s third-largest recording label, yesterday said that its upsized initial public offering (IPO) raised US$1.93 billion, the biggest US listing so far this year. The ... ( read original story ...)

SMIC’s Shanghai IPO to accelerate R&D

Domestic chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC)'s planned IPO on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board may give it a much-needed shot in the arm to speed up research and development ... ( read original story ...)