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January 6, 2021 The first few days of this year were rife with speculation that Alibaba founder Jack Ma had disappeared. But the fintech tycoon remains elusive, reportedly under supervision by Chinese authorities, the Asia Times Financial reported. Ever since he made a speech in October last year, Jack Ma has had several run-ins with the Chinese state and financial regulators. In early November 2020, the initial public offering of one of his companies, the Ant Group, was suspended by the Shanghai Stock Exchange. This was followed by China’s central bank and antitrust watchdog turning the sc...

How China Lost Patience With Jack Ma, Its Loudest Billionaire How China Lost Patience With Jack Ma, Its Loudest Billionaire Jack Ma, a co-founder of e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., China's largest company, told the audience that day at the Bund Summit that he was torn about speaking, but felt this was a "most critical" moment in the development of finance. Jack Ma's spectacular fall from grace has been years in the making. Highlights His empire has been under regulatory scrutiny At Alibaba, executives are dealing with the antitrust legislation When Jack Ma took to a Shangh...

It was unprecedented. On Nov. 2, China suspended a blockbuster initial public offering of financial technology giant Ant Group Co. two days before its planned debut on the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges. Ant was on track to rake in about $34.5 billion (about ¥3.6 trillion) with investors already subscribing to the IPO. The fact that a single digital financial company was about to raise ¥3.6 trillion quite easily proved the market’s confidence in the future of China’s digital society. But at the same time, it underlined Beijing’s determination to be strict on those who go again...

Opinion: Ant IPO shows Chinese regulators still reign supreme The postponed dual offering would have been the largest in history, its delay shows that the regulators are not afraid to take a stronger stance where necessary December 15 2020 In an unexpected move in early November, Alibaba affiliate Ant Group had to postpone its proposed IPO on the Shanghai and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges, just two days before the company was planning to announce its $34 billion dual listing. It would have been the largest IPO in history. The Shanghai Stock Exchange told the company that i...