Ant Group publishes financial self-discipline rules amid tougher Chinese scrutiny Reuters | Mar 13, 2021 12:27 AM EST A sign of Ant Group is seen during the World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China, (Photo : REUTERS/Aly Song) China's Ant Group flagged a set of financial self-discipline rules on Friday amid intense scrutiny on its activities by authorities and the country's overall tightening of financial technology regulations. The rules, the first of their kind released publicly by the financial technology giant, comes some four months after China suspended the group's $37 billion plan for a share listing in both Shanghai and Hong Kong.