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US-China tensions and internet outage boost Treasury buying
US-China tensions and internet outage boost Treasury buying

Tensions between the US and China and concern about an internet outage boosted safe-haven buying of Treasuries, taking the benchmark...

Asian markets subdued ahead of US inflation data release
Asian markets subdued ahead of US inflation data release

Interest rate worries also dampen traders’ enthusiasm with fears of an over-heating US economy clouding the mood

Record demand for green deposits, loans and access to capital markets
Record demand for green deposits, loans and access to capital markets

Asia's ESG bond issuances hit an unprecedented $69 billion this year outpacing those issued in the United States for the first time in two years

Asian SPAC targets better positioned than slow-moving exchanges
Regulators ‘pressing China Huarong to sell non-core units’
Lithium stocks’ climb in China continues
China keen to rein back the yuan but not at all costs
Dollar pile spurs China Development Bank $2bn bond issue
PBOC makes sudden move to cool any further rise in the yuan
Hong Kong broadens ETF range as US clamps down

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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