Sources: China says Ant Group can't proceed with IPOs until it complies with new capital requirements and reapplies for licenses to operate nationwide

- Listing of Jack Ma's fintech giant was halted on Tuesday — Ma criticized regulators for stifling innovation last month

Bloomberg 2020-11-04

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@sub8u Subrahmanyam Kvj on x
“Ant will have to make changes that include capital increases at its lucrative micro-lending units, people familiar with the matter said. The fintech giant must also reapply for licenses for the units to operate nationwide...” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
@bznotes Bilal Zuberi on x
Agree. There is NO independence for companies based in China. https://twitter.com/...
@chamath Chamath Palihapitiya on x
Basically, this is China telling the world that THEY own every Chinese company and wealth is created when and how they decide. Would be much bigger news if it weren't US Election Day... https://www.wsj.com/...
@ryan_chua @ryan_chua on x
“Could it be that Ant is too profitable and is now being targeted? Ant is raising at least $34.5 billion in an IPO that attracted more than $3 trillion of retail orders. Meanwhile, regional banks are still in the doghouse...” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
@rmantri Rajeev Mantri on x
Peter Thiel said it many years ago - investing in Alibaba and companies like it is kissing the CCP's ring. https://twitter.com/...
@suilee @suilee on x
Icarus flew too close to the sun ... https://www.nytimes.com/...
@menakadoshi Menaka Doshi on x
And to think Ma is a Communist party member. To all those who sing praises of muscular government. 👇 https://www.bloombergquint.com/ ...
@financialtimes @financialtimes on x
The Shanghai stock exchange said that it was postponing Ant Group's $37bn public offering, and added that founder Jack Ma had been called in for ‘supervisory interviews’ with Chinese regulators https://www.ft.com/...
@jchengwsj Jonathan Cheng on x
Weeks after Jack Ma declared at a regulatory forum that “we cannot regulate the future with yesterday's means,” and just a few days before his record-breaking Ant Group IPO, four Chinese regulatory agencies issue him a non-optional tea summons. @jingyanghk https://www.wsj.com/...
@lexnfx Alexei Oreskovic on x
“Views regarding the health and stability of the financial sector were exchanged.” Ant Group's passive voice statement about the Jack Ma meeting with Chinese regulators is great. Straight out of the “mistakes were made” playbook. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@epsilontheory Ben Hunt on x
Jack MA “summoned” by CCP for meeting. This has a Riyadh Ritz-Carlton feel to it. https://www.wsj.com/...
@dee_bosa Deirdre Bosa on x
Alibaba shares down 8% in premarket as Ant Group IPO postponed in Shanghai $BABA has a 1/3 stake in Ant https://www.wsj.com/...
@chandrarsrikant Chandra R. Srikanth on x
Jack Ma's meeting with Chinese regulators came after he criticised China's state-owned banks at a financial summit in Shanghai at the end of October. https://www.ft.com/...
@chinaresearchgp @chinaresearchgp on x
The Shanghai stock exchange said in a statement that Mr Ma, Ant's founder, had been called in for “supervisory interviews” and said there had been “other major issues”, including changes in “the financial technology regulatory environment”. https://www.ft.com/...
@shamikaravi Prof Shamika Ravi on x
Suspended in HK too...the plot thickens.... https://twitter.com/...
@peterfrankopan Peter Frankopan on x
It's a big day for musical chairs in DC and Beijjng https://twitter.com/...
@ryan_chua @ryan_chua on x
This was after Chinese regulators warned Jack Ma and other company executives that the company faces increased scrutiny — China Suspends Jack Ma's Ant Group Shanghai IPO After Warning https://www.bloomberg.com/...
@sub8u Subrahmanyam Kvj on x
“Ant has faced scrutiny in Chinese state media in recent days after Ma criticized local and global regulators for stifling innovation and not paying sufficient heed to development and opportunities for the young.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...

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