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Investors monitor economic rebound signs
Investors monitor economic rebound signs

(ATF) Asian markets are cautious ahead of a bunch of PMI – purchasing managers’...

HSBC upgrades China e-commerce stocks as consumers stay home
HSBC upgrades China e-commerce stocks as consumers stay home

(ATF) HSBC has raised the target price for shares of internet giants Alibaba, PDD and JD.com after they...

Insurers urged to boost investment in long-term bonds
Insurers urged to boost investment in long-term bonds

(ATF) One of China’s top economic regulators has called for insurance funds to boost investments in medium and...

China’s manufacturing sector sees surging new loans
This week: IMF’s revisions after deeper Q2 contraction
China’s A shares line up for overseas capital
A foreign-funded boom: Chinese bonds take 26bn yuan a day
CITIC Bank to sell 40bn yuan of secondary capital bonds
First wholly foreign-owned futures brokerage given greenlight
China Development Bank financial bond sales surge

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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