Ant Group’s Long March

Eyes turned to Jack Ma, Alibaba founder and the largest stakeholder in Ant Group, after the Shanghai Stock Exchange announced it would postpone the group’s mega-IPO.
*Credit: Greg Beadle/World Economic Forum, Creative Commons*

The Chinese fintech conglomerate Ant Group, known for its digital payments and other online financial services, has just been stopped in its tracks, after Chinese regulators suspended its simultaneous public listing, originally scheduled for November 5, on the Hong Kong and Shanghai Stock Exchanges. The suspension is possibly in response to a recent speech by Jack Ma, Ant’s controlling shareholder, who was critical of financial regulations that he believes show insufficient understanding and s

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