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Indonesia Sets Higher Standards for Peer-to-Peer Lenders
Indonesia Sets Higher Standards for Peer-to-Peer Lenders

Financial services authorities have set a minimum capital requirement for lenders at a 25 billion rupiah ($1.67 million), much higher than the previous 1 billion rupiah

Russia May Ban Some Foreign Share Purchases as Investors Eye China
Russia May Ban Some Foreign Share Purchases as Investors Eye China

SPB Exchange in St Petersburg began trading in 12 securities whose primary listing is on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and will provide access to bourse infrastructure

Asia Shares Rally But China Covid Flare-Ups Cap Gains
Asia Shares Rally But China Covid Flare-Ups Cap Gains

Positive earnings reports from the US continued to boost investor sentiment, though China’s Covid fight and struggling property sector weighed

China’s Carbon Market Hampered by Fraud, ‘Weak’ Design
Foreign Investors Exit China Bonds for Fifth Straight Month
China Rolls Out Small-Cap Derivatives, Boosts Hedging
China Forex Regulator Keeping Close Eye on Fed Policies
Australian Government to Make Foreign Investment More Costly
Singapore, New York Exchanges Team Up on Listings, ETFs, ESG
Japanese Inflation Rate Stays Above Central Bank Target in June

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ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors