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NEWS ANALYSIS

Chinese firms set for record US listings, undeterred by geopolitics

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick testifies before a House Appropriations Committee hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump's budget request for the Department of Commerce, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 5, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Opinion & Features

Spacs are back. What could go wrong this time?

The GCL group of companies comprises: video game publishers Epicsoft Asia and 4Divinity; video game distributor 2Game; and Titan Digital Media – the influencer marketing company owned by YouTube personality Tan Jianhao.
Companies & Markets

Singapore video game company’s Nasdaq listing values it at US$1.2 billion

FILE PHOTO: People walk past screens displaying the Hang Seng stock index and stock prices outside the Exchange Square in Hong Kong, China January 23, 2024. REUTERS/Joyce Zhou/File Photo
Capital Markets & Currencies

Hong Kong’s first de-Spac listing still leaves sector in limbo

Aiways has a manufacturing base in Jiangxi province and a battery pack factory in Suzhou of Jiangsu province, according to its website.
International

Chinese EV maker Aiways to go public in US via deal with Hudson Acquisition Spac

There are hard and easy ways to gauge sentiment; both now reveal more bulls in the market ahead.
Opinion & Features
COMMENTARY

Gauging sentiment is crucial, and there are hard and easy ways to do it

Lionsgate had last year agreed to spinoff its studio in a deal valued at about US$4.6 billion, including debt, to create a new public firm for its film and television assets, which include about 18,000 titles.
Capital Markets & Currencies

Lionsgate Studio raises PIPE amount to US$225 million ahead of closing SPAC deal

Palihapitiya says SPAC slowdown separated 'wheat from chaff'
Banking & Finance

Palihapitiya says SPAC slowdown separated 'wheat from chaff'

Avepoint chief executive Jiang Tianyi believes that a Spac offers more certainty around the amount of capital raised for the company, but more can be done to improve the Spac framework.
Capital Markets & Currencies

Spacs still have a place for fast-growing startups: AvePoint CEO 

A Spac's cash management, expense fee and number of shareholders can affect its redemption price, say analysts.
Companies & Markets
BT EXPLAINS

BT Explains: Why do Singapore-listed Spacs have vastly different redemption prices? 

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