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China’s War on Wealth: Funds Staff Told to Repay ‘Excess’ Salaries
China’s War on Wealth: Funds Staff Told to Repay ‘Excess’ Salaries

A move by Beijing to regulate 'excessive incomes' has led to two funds telling high earners they must repay money they earned last year over a new 3-million-yuan salary cap

China’s Quant Funds Hit Hard in First Half, as Crackdown Looms
China’s Quant Funds Hit Hard in First Half, as Crackdown Looms

Quant funds recorded significant losses in the first six months of this year – a dismal performance that is leading to a reshuffle in the $200 billion industry

Nikkei Dips on Tech Earnings, Yen Rally; EVs Weigh on Hang Seng
Nikkei Dips on Tech Earnings, Yen Rally; EVs Weigh on Hang Seng

Big Tech anxieties, China’s wayward economy, Donald’s Trump’s possible return and currency shifts all weighed on sentiment

Korean, Chinese Firms in Talks on EV Batteries for Europe
US Spot Ether ETFs Rolled Out After Bitcoin Breakthrough
Potential Trump Win Worries Asian EV Firms – But China’s Happy
China Secretly Built The World’s Fastest Supercomputers – WSJ
China Growth Fears Weigh on Hang Seng, Yen Drags on Nikkei
G20 Ministers Discuss Digital Tax as US Tariff Threat Looms
Chinese Firms Raise a Record $14 Billion in Offshore Bonds

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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