Bitauto’s Privatisation Spread Risk/Reward
On 13 September 2019, Bitauto Holdings Ltd Adr (BITA US) announced a non-binding privatisation proposal from Tencent Holdings (700 HK) and Hammer...
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Baidu Investments - Weak Disclosure and a Cautionary Tale - Inteqres ESG Bite
We continue our series looking at the accounting for investments in Chinese internet companies by focusing on Baidu. Baidu has a similar liking to...
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JD.COM Accounting for Investments - Black Holes and Invisible Elephants- Inteqres ESG Bite
Following on from our analysis of Tencent and Alibaba's accounting for investments, we turn our attention to JD.com. We are concerned about the...
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(Mostly) Asia M&A: November 2019 Roundup
For the month of November, 21 new deals were discussed on Smartkarma with an overall announced deal size of ~US$75bn, helped in large part by...
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Could Tencent Bid for NIO to Revive Growth? A Deep-Dive into Potential M&A Targets.
After Tencent's bid for Bitauto (BITA US) /Yixin Group (2858 HK), we believe Tencent may be in the market to buy back stakes in underperforming...
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