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Alibaba has announced the initial public offering (IPO) of its financial services arm, Ant Group, and is aiming for the world’s biggest-ever float measured by cash raised. Ant is best known as the operator of Alipay, the payments platform that boasts over a billion active annual users and 80 million…

Reuters Industrial stocks slid on Monday after China announced sanctions against US defense firms over weapons sales to Taiwan.The country will sanction Boeing, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin over their participation in a $1.8 billion arms deal, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, said in a statement.The S&P 500's industrials…

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By Lulu Yilun Chen Jack Ma’s Ant Group Co. is set to raise almost $35 billion through initial public offerings in Shanghai and Hong Kong, a blockbuster listing that will rank as the world’s biggest share sale ever. The fintech priced its Shanghai stock at 68.8 yuan ($10.27) apiece and…

Business26 Oct, 2020 05:00 AM3 minutes to readJack Ma, founder of the Alibaba Group, says the Basel Accords are like an old people's club...we can't use yesterday's methods to regulate the future. Photo / APFinancial TimesBy: Yuan YangAlibaba founder Jack Ma has blasted international financial regulations and said China needs…

Jack Ma pictured at the Bund Summit in Shanghai. Photo: Weibo Alibaba founder said prices for Ant Group has been determined on Friday night Billionaire compares traditional banks to ‘pawn shops’ and questions whether Basel Accords are suitable for China Topic |   Ant Group Published: 10:15pm, 24 Oct, 2020 Updated: 10:46am,…

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Business The mammoth dual listing for Chinese fintech giant Ant Group will be the world's biggest, according to a pricing determined on Friday night, Alibaba founder Jack Ma said on Saturday. FILE PHOTO - Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of China's Alibaba Group, speaks in front of a picture…

“Everyone knows buying IPO shares makes good profits as most shares trade up on debut,” said a banker working on Ant’s STAR IPO, declining to be named as he was not allowed to speak about the process. “The demand has been rather strong for Ant shares.”WOOING MAINLAND INVESTORSHong Kong-based brokerages…

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) plans to fully open its conversation artificial intelligence (AI) to other companies, especially those in the smartphone and home appliance sectors, the company confirmed with KrASIA on Friday. This move comes months after Alibaba announced a RMB 10 billion (USD 1.5 billion) investment plan…