An award-winning Chinese quant hedge fund has apologised to markt authorities and investors, after being punished with a trading ban for dumping stocks on local bourses, the first known case since the …
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Russian media: China’s 3 biggest banks stop accepting payments from sanctioned Russian institutions
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China’s central bank slashes mortgage reference rate to tackle property crisis
(MENAFN) In a bid to address an enduring property crisis, China’s central bank has taken unprecedented measures by slashing its key mortgage reference rate. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) declared …
Xi Jinping’s Socialist Solution: China’s Response to the Real Estate Crisis
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EU agrees new sanctions on Russia, blacklisting companies in mainland China for the first time
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