Showdown in Hong Kong: A Key Victory for U.S. Oversight as Chinese Auditors Open Access
The stage was set for a financial showdown of epic proportions. Two hundred Chinese companies faced the threat of being delisted from U.S. markets, a staggering $1 trillion in market...
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Door Half Open | Why I am Still Optimistic About China
Why I Am Still Optimistic on China It’s chic to be bearish about China these days. You don’t even need to look at the stock charts. Just sample a few of the headlines.
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SEC Proposes Rewriting the SPAC Rulebook
At an open meeting on March 30, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed far-reaching changes to the regulations of special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, that could...
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Are SPACs Still Going Concerns?
An unprecedented number of funded SPACs will lead auditors to take a hard look at their viability Heading into the audit season for 2021 financial reports, expect independent public...
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The Big Freeze for Chinese IPOs
Smaller deals will test the appetite of investors amid a new regulatory landscape At the end of June 2021, Chinese IPOs were on track to post a record-breaking year. Didi Chuxing had...
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China Takes Control Over Offshore Listings
For two decades, IPOs by most Chinese companies on U.S. stock markets have existed in a regulatory no man's land. Technically, investment in the sectors most enticing to overseas investors...
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How Much Cash Is in Your SPAC?
If you look at the headline numbers, SPACs appear awash with cash. In 2021 alone, 436 SPACs have raised $126 billion, for an average of $289 million apiece, according to SPAC Insider....
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SPACS and Short Sellers Mix It Up
What can management do to avoid becoming the next short-seller roadkill? With 417 funded SPACs currently in search mode for the perfect private company to merge with, 2021 is becoming the...
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All Eyes on Southeast Asia as Next SPAC Hunting Ground
A High-Growth Debutante Ball of sorts is months away. Dateless SPACs (i.e., special purpose acquisition companies) would be wise to fix their gaze on the hot young Southeast Asian start-up...
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The Righteous Rage of Carson Block
Famed Short Seller Lets Loose on SPACs, China, Robinhood, and Archegos Reveals How He Would Run the SEC and the Concept Behind a New Long Fund Carson Block is the most famous short-seller...
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