A prolonged tussle over control of China's largest home builder has triggered a plunge in the company's stock price and calls for better market regulation.
Large shareholders of a number of companies listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen have been reducing their holdings since the beginning of May, according to disclosures to the bourses concerned.
Global equity indexes provider MSCI announced Tuesday that it will delay including China A-shares in the MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) Index.
Asian shares were slightly weaker but recovered from near three-week lows on Wednesday as markets digested U.S. index provider MSCI's decision not to include domestic Chinese equities in its indexes and Brexit fears drove investors to assets such as U.S. bonds and the yen.
Facebook Inc's board of directors has proposed a new proxy to prevent Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg from holding majority control of the social network if he leaves the company.
The Shanghai Stock Exchange on May 30 recorded a trading volume of 115.6 billion yuan, the lowest in recent months, and continued to trade sideways. However, A shares face the test for the inclusion in the MSCI emerging market index for the third time in the middle of June, and probability exceeding 50 percent is expected.
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Journalist from the China Securities Journal learnt that, based on issued Guidelines on Major Assets Restructuring Information Disclosure and Trading Suspension & Resumption of Listed Companies and Notice on Further Standardize Trading Suspension & Resumption and Related Information Disclosure of Listed Companies (exposure draft), newly revised rules on trading suspension & resumption are likely to issue next week at the soonest. “Cheating restructuring” problems concerned by the market will be strictly controlled. Meanwhile, new rules will restrict the random trading suspension & resumption or long-term suspension in the A-share market, which is regarded as a move to sweep out the obstacles for A shares to be included in the MSCI index.
The wide gap between the A shares in Shanghai and H shares in Hong Kong shows the one-year-old stock connect scheme has not offered arbitrage opportunities for the two markets due to regulatory differences.
As the stock market continued to nosedive, China's securities regulator unveiled Thursday new rules to limit big shareholders from selling their stocks.
The confrontation between China Vanke Co Ltd, the country's largest residential developer,and its largest shareholder Baoneng Group escalated on Monday after news reportssuggested that Vanke may have sought government support to resolve the crisis.
Pakistan's Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) joined an Asian bullish rally on Thursday after America's Federal Reserve hiked its key rate for the first time since 2006.
Pakistan's Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) recorded bullish trading activities for second straight day on Thursday over rumors regarding a likely court verdict in favor Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited but overall market trends lacked enthusiasm which was reflected in lower turnover.
Mark Zuckerberg will put 99 percent of his Facebook Inc (FB.O) shares, currently worth about $45 billion, into a new philanthropy project focusing on human potential and equality, he and his wife said Tuesday in a letter to their newborn daughter.
Chinese stocks nosedived more than four percent after the opening bell on Wednesday over deepening downward pressure on the world's second largest economy.
Lock-up shares worth nearly 55 billion yuan (nine billion U.S. dollars) will become eligible for trade on China's stock market next week.
Canada's main stock market in Toronto on Tuesday extended losses following a big slump Monday, as the rebound of resources shares failed to offset the losses in the financial and the telecom shares. Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index was lower 49.31 points, or 0.34 percent, to 14,376. 24 points, with mixed performances in the eight most weighed sectors.
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