US: Chinese Companies’ Route to Wall Street Faces SEC Scrutiny

Chinese companies trading on U.S. stock exchanges may face tighter scrutiny as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeks to update decades-old rules on foreign private issuers (FPIs), a move that could further test deteriorating China-U.S. relations.

The surge in foreign companies, particularly from China, leveraging offshore tax havens to list on U.S. exchanges has made it more difficult for American regulators to oversee them, as their FPI status gives them exemptions from the same disclosure requirements as their domestic counterparts.

 

25 April 2025

US: US bank regulators pull back guardrails on bank crypto activities

U.S. banking regulators announced on Thursday they were pulling back several documents that urge banks to show caution when dabbling in cryptocurrency and related activities.The Federal Reserve said

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4 April 2025

US: Almost all wealth is owned by top 50% of Americans. Tax cuts may deepen divide, experts say.

A recent snapshot of U.S. wealth from the Federal Reserve depicts a nation where the top 50% of households controls 97.5% of the country’s assets — a lopsided distribution that experts say could

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9 August 2024

US: US policy group proposes Bitcoin tax-free zone for digital economy growth

A new proposal is underway in the United States which aims to establish the country as a global leader in the digital economy through the creation of a Bitcoin tax-free Digital Economic Zone (DEZ).

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14 August 2025

UK: Metro Bank co-founder targets super-rich with new family offices bank

Anthony Thomson, co-founder of Metro Bank and Atom Bank, is launching a new venture aimed exclusively at the global super-rich. Family Offices Bank (FOB) will target ultra-high-net-worth individuals

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