The $2.8 billion fine is less severe than some investors feared and is based on only 4% of the company's 2019 domestic sales, far less than the maximum 10% allowed under Chinese law
Jack Ma's firm to fold all financial operations into holdco
It's a sign of how odd China's crackdown on the power of big tech has been compared with the rest of the world
The penalty is equivalent to 4% of Alibaba's domestic sales in 2019, China's State Administration for Market Regulation said in a statement on Saturday
Regulators are said to be considering forcing the firm to overhaul its promising fintech division in a similar fashion to Jack Ma's Ant Group Co
Beijing has moved to stifle Hong Kong's democracy motion over the previous 12 months
The number is far short of the $315 billion Ant touted for what was set to be the world's largest IPO
Taking its war against billionaire Jack Ma's empire to a new level, the Chinese government has reportedly asked his conglomerate Alibaba to dispose of its media assets
The move underscores two intertwined challenges facing Ant, four months after Chinese authorities torpedoed its $35 billion initial public offering
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Ma's recent woes were triggered by an Oct. 23 speech in which he blasted China's regulatory system
It's the first known Ma sighting since the former English teacher joined a live-streamed video chat with rural educators on January 20
The four-tranche offer received more than $38 billion in orders at the peak, according to people with knowledge of the matter
Ant's restructuring plan, which Reuters reported on Wednesday, could ease billionaire founder Jack Ma's regulatory woes
Ma's fintech giant will become a financial holding company
An announcement about the restructuring, which will result in the company being subject to capital requirements similar to those for banks, could come before the start of China's Lunar New Year holida
It also announced a bond sale worth as much as $5 billion though sources have said plans for the fundraising were in the works before the regulatory clampdown
Net income attributable to shareholders rose 52 per cent to 79 billion yuan
Ma, lionised at home for creating some of his country's largest corporations, didn't make the cut in a Shanghai Securities News front-page commentary lauding the leading lights of technology
The results come as China clamps down on company founder Jack Ma's business empire, having forced the suspension of a $37 billion IPO for financial affiliate Ant Group