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Market overreacts to equity investment policy for insurers
Market overreacts to equity investment policy for insurers

(ATF) China’s banking and insurance regulator announced last week that it is raising the equity investment cap for insurers...

China to transfer 2-trillion yuan directly to struggling ‘grassroots’
China to transfer 2-trillion yuan directly to struggling ‘grassroots’

(ATF) China’s central government has announced an additional 2 trillion yuan (US$286.2 billion) of direct “grassroots funding”...

Vaccine tests and stimulus boost investor sentiment
Vaccine tests and stimulus boost investor sentiment

(ATF) Financial markets rallied on news about successful tests of coronavirus vaccines and hopes of more...

Car industry sees bright future – analysts don’t
China banks’ bond underwriting jumps 29%
Vaccine, stimulus hopes give legs to rally
Investors eye EU, US stimulus; China outperforms
Strong euro sinks US dollar, drags up yuan
Eat the weak
Central SOEs urged to increase profitability, deepen reform

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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