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Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Supun Walpola

Equity Analyst

Long-Short Analysis on Japan, Asia and the World

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<p>The best move for Ant currently seems to be to negotiate with the authorities to get the suspended IPO up and running as soon as possible. However, given the nature of the provisions of the newly proposed regulations on online lending, we believe that this alone might not be sufficient to make Ant attractive again in the eyes of investors. Ant will also need to find a way to fight off the incoming regulations if it wants to continue to leverage the Chinese consumer credit boom.</p>

The best move for Ant currently seems to be to negotiate with the authorities to get the suspended IPO up and running as soon as possible. However, given the nature of the provisions of the newly proposed regulations on online lending, we believe that this alone might not be sufficient to make Ant attractive again in the eyes of investors. Ant will also need to find a way to fight off the incoming regulations if it wants to continue to leverage the Chinese consumer credit boom.

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