The billionaire, who recently slashed his multi billion-dollar stake in Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC, said he was 'pleasantly surprised' at the progress of recent Japanese investments

Investors from abroad purchased a net $872 million of stocks in April in India, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam

Five of China's largest lenders posted shrinking margins in the first quarter, as loan re-pricing hit their books

More than half a dozen mainland-based equity, mutual and quant funds worth billions of dollars have set up operations in the territory in the past six months

A smaller fine will follow its founder Jack Ma’s recent return to China after staying overseas for more than a year after a dramatic regulatory crackdown

The investment mogul described the Taiwanese chipmaker as a well-managed company, but said his investment group had better places to deploy capital

The sale is part of a series of similar moves by Berkshire, which started selling its BYD shares in late August last year

Companies that fall foul of the new rules, likely to come into effect sometime this year, could have their services suspended, face fines or even face a criminal investigation

"Until our company's official announcement, any Ernie app you see from App Store or other stores are fake," the Chinese search engine giant said in a statement

Firms debuted at cheap prices, and jumped under new listing scheme; Shenzhen CECport Technologies, an electronic components distributor, opened 161% higher and surged 239%

The news about the former chairman of the state-owned financial conglomerate comes less than two weeks after he resigned from his post

Japan wants to stop its advanced technology being used for military purposes and does not have a specific country in mind, the country's trade minister said