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Ant’s executives are trying to halt a potential exodus of staff. Photo: Reuters
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China’s Ant Group offers staff interest-free loans to prevent exodus

26 Apr 2021 - 8:30PM

The loans will be backed by eligible employees’ restricted stock options, which will be valued at levels calculated after a 2018 funding round, said people familiar.

Ant’s executives are trying to halt a potential exodus of staff. Photo: Reuters

China’s Ant Group offers staff interest-free loans to prevent exodus

The loans will be backed by eligible employees’ restricted stock options, which will be valued at levels calculated after a 2018 funding round, said people familiar.

26 Apr 2021 - 8:30PM

Explainer | Top 10 IPOs by China’s billion-dollar tech start-ups to watch for in 2021

China is the world’s second-biggest home for unicorns, as the privately owned companies worth over US$1 billion are called, after the United States.

28 Apr 2021 - 2:29PM

Powerful Chinese media mogul with US$10 billion assets unveils IPO roadmap

Li Ruigang, arguably China’s most powerful media mogul, is looking to float part of his assets on Hong Kong and US exchanges at a time when cracks in US-China relations are widening.

7 Apr 2021 - 2:10PM
Flags of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, China and Hong Kong. Photo: AFP

Explainer | Top 10 IPOs by China’s billion-dollar tech start-ups to watch for in 2021

China is the world’s second-biggest home for unicorns, as the privately owned companies worth over US$1 billion are called, after the United States.

28 Apr 2021 - 2:29PM
IPO

Powerful Chinese media mogul with US$10 billion assets unveils IPO roadmap

Li Ruigang, arguably China’s most powerful media mogul, is looking to float part of his assets on Hong Kong and US exchanges at a time when cracks in US-China relations are widening.

Li Ruigang, arguably China’s most powerful media mogul, is looking to float part of his assets on Hong Kong and US exchanges at a time when cracks in US-China relations are widening.

7 Apr 2021 - 2:10PM
Banking & finance

Hong Kong IPOs skyrocket in record-breaking first quarter

The city’s stock exchange is second only to Nasdaq in the first quarter in terms of total funds raised, up from sixth a year earlier.

The city’s stock exchange is second only to Nasdaq in the first quarter in terms of total funds raised, up from sixth a year earlier.

30 Mar 2021 - 12:38PM

Bilibili eyes content diversity to double user base

Video-streaming platform Bilibili says the Chinese market for online video is big enough for other players including Kuaishou and Douyin to grow together.

29 Mar 2021 - 4:44PM
Bilibili eyes content diversity to double user base

Baidu flops in Hong Kong stock debut as market risks temper IPO craze

Baidu started trading in Hong Kong with a HK$2 or a 0.8 per cent premium, paling in comparison with Kuaishou’s red-hot debut last month. The dominant Chinese search-engine company sold 95 million shares at HK$252 each, or 15 per cent below its high-end target.

23 Mar 2021 - 5:09PM
Baidu flops in Hong Kong stock debut as market risks temper IPO craze

Hong Kong IPOs skyrocket in record-breaking first quarter

The city’s stock exchange is second only to Nasdaq in the first quarter in terms of total funds raised, up from sixth a year earlier.

30 Mar 2021 - 12:38PM

Bilibili eyes content diversity to double user base

Video-streaming platform Bilibili says the Chinese market for online video is big enough for other players including Kuaishou and Douyin to grow together.

29 Mar 2021 - 4:44PM

Baidu flops in Hong Kong stock debut as market risks temper IPO craze

Baidu started trading in Hong Kong with a HK$2 or a 0.8 per cent premium, paling in comparison with Kuaishou’s red-hot debut last month. The dominant Chinese search-engine company sold 95 million shares at HK$252 each, or 15 per cent below its high-end target.

23 Mar 2021 - 5:09PM
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