China bars mainland investment banks from promoting SPAC deals in Hong Kong

China bars mainland investment banks from promoting SPAC deals in Hong Kong

REUTERS/Bobby Yip

China’s securities regulator has barred the country’s investment banks it regulates from acting as promoters of blank-cheque firms in Hong Kong, three people with knowledge of the matter said, cutting off a potentially lucrative business.

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