Investor Warburg Cuts Valuation of Ant Group by 15% to Below $200B: Source November 24, 2021 By Julie Zhu, Kane Wu and Nikhil Nainan HONG KONG – Warburg Pincus, a major global investor in Ant Group, has cut its valuation of the Chinese fintech...
Chinese Insurer Ping An Plans to Sell $2.1B Stake in Autohome: Sources November 12, 2021 By Julie Zhu and Kane Wu HONG KONG – Financial conglomerate Ping An Insurance Group of China is seeking to offload its 44% stake in auto...
Asian Insurer FWD Group Weighs Shifting U.S. IPO to Hong Kong: Reuters November 10, 2021 By Scott Murdoch, Julie Zhu and Kane Wu HONG KONG – Asian insurer FWD Group, controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li, is contemplating shifting its $2-$3 billion...
China’s Ant Eyes Options to Divest Founder’s Stake as Beijing Pressure Grows: Sources April 19, 2021 By Julie Zhu HONG KONG – Ant Group is exploring options for founder Jack Ma to divest his stake in the financial technology...
Ant Group Weighs Forming Holding Company, Regulated Like Traditional Financial Firms December 29, 2020 By Julie Zhu and Cheng Leng Ant Group Co Ltd is considering folding most of its online financial businesses, including consumer lending, into a holding company...
Update: China Suspends Ant Group’s $37 Billion IPO November 3, 2020 By Julie Zhu, Meg Shen and Greg Roumeliotis HONG KONG/NEW YORK — China suspended Ant Group’s $37 billion listing on Tuesday, thwarting the world’s largest stock market debut...
Retail Investors Placed Bids for Record $3 Trillion of Shares in Ant Group’s IPO November 2, 2020 By Julie Zhu and Sumeet Chatterjee Retail investors placed bids for a record $3 trillion of shares in Ant Group Co. Ltd.’s dual listing in an...
Investors Shrug Off U.S. Concerns as China’s Ant Group Nears $34.4 Billion IPO October 26, 2020 By Julie Zhu and Scott Murdoch Chinese financial technology giant Ant Group has set terms for a dual listing aimed at raising up to $34.4 billion...
China’s Ant Group Wins Final Nod from Securities Watchdog for $35B IPO October 22, 2020 By Colin Qian, Julie Zhu and Meg Shen China’s Ant Group has won the final nod from the country’s top securities watchdog for the registration of its Shanghai...
Analysts Say U.S. Restrictions Unlikely to Hurt Ant Group’s $35 Billion IPO October 8, 2020 By Scott Murdoch and Julie Zhu Ant Group’s $35 billion initial public offering (IPO) is unlikely to suffer from any U.S. restrictions on the Chinese financial...