Chapter 1013 Finale①:2015
After Barron returned to London, he celebrated his 35th birthday.
On October 19, the day after his birthday, it had been three months since Alibaba went public.
However, based on the 90-day lock-up period, in fact, on October 17, the day before Barron’s birthday, the Alibaba shares held by DS Holdings (Cavendish Trust) were able to be sold publicly in the secondary market .
Of course, according to relevant regulations in the United States, major shareholders need to disclose the situation when reducing their holdings, which will naturally have a certain impact on the stock price.
Since Alibaba's listing, its stock price has generally been on an upward trend, and its current stock price is around US$105.
Because the 18th and 19th are weekends, on October 20, Alibaba announced that its major shareholder DS Holdings would lift its shareholding ban and would partially reduce its holdings.
In this regard, a spokesman for DS Holdings said that according to Alibaba’s instructions at the time of listing and their agreement with Alibaba’s management, they will complete the purchase of a total of approximately 292.98 million shares held by them within one year from now. Approximately 231.42 million Alibaba shares.
The purpose is to enable more investors to participate in investment in Alibaba, an e-commerce giant that is in a leading position in China and has great development potential.
And their reduction of holdings will follow the "slow move" principle, and it is expected that only less than 1% of the total share capital will be sold within the next 15 trading days.
Alibaba's stock price fell only slightly after these announcements, but quickly recovered its losses on the back of their excellent revenue performance.
Next, on November 14, driven by the news that Alibaba set a sales record of 57.1 billion yuan during the Double Eleven shopping carnival that just passed, Alibaba's stock price rose sharply.
During the trading session on the 14th, its stock price reached a peak of nearly $120!
On Monday, November 18, DS Holdings disclosed to the public that they had sold Alibaba shares accounting for 5% of the total share capital.
Until Christmas, DS Holdings had sold approximately 231.42 million shares of the total 292.98 million Alibaba shares they held and will no longer sell shares in the short term.
This time, DS Holdings sold a total of approximately 231.42 million Alibaba shares, with an average sales price of around US$112.45, and received a total of approximately US$26 billion.
"U.S. stocks will continue to rise next year as the economy recovers, so our funds will continue to be used to invest in the American stock market..."
Of course, in addition to this purpose, Barron is also preparing to use the income from these investments to enable DS Holdings to complete the overall acquisition of the BFT Fund in a few years.
In this way, they obtain the shares held by BFT funds, including Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo, and avoid a large capital gains tax.
In addition, the purchased funds can be exchanged for British pounds when the exchange rate of British pounds against the U.S. dollar is low, and returned to the British government.
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2015, March 20.
Kolo held its fourth general election since the establishment of the new government. Thomas Kabore, who finally led Kolo to achieve rapid development during the previous term, was successfully re-elected and will start his second term.
In the new government formed by Thomas Kabore, Hector Pate, the president of the United Bank for Africa who has just expired, was nominated as the Minister of Finance in Kolo; while the Minister of Foreign Affairs was appointed by Roman, the deputy director of the Kolo Development and Reform Research Center. ·House serves as...
According to statistics, in the new government of Thomas Kabore, there are five people who have served in the West African Group and related institutions.
On March 25, the Colo Corps announced that it would order 12 EF2000 (Typhoon) fighter jets from the British company BAE Systems, as well as a series of mounted missiles and weapons including Storm Shadow. The total order value will exceed 1 billion euros. . On April 2, the heads of the West African Free Trade Organization member states held a meeting in Bulita, the capital of Kolo, including Kolo, Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger. It was decided to form a joint anti-terrorism force to carry out joint attacks against anti-government armed forces and terrorists in the West African Free Trade Zone. They named this joint anti-terrorism operation "West Africa Peace Mission 2015".
In this anti-terrorism operation, the West African Joint Anti-Terrorism Force used a variety of drones extensively to conduct reconnaissance and air strikes against anti-government armed forces and terrorists. With their help, this operation was very successful. In the following two years, , the West African Joint Anti-Terrorism Force has basically eliminated unstable factors within the West African Free Trade Area.
And it has also made the West African Joint Anti-Terrorism Force the most combat-effective force in West Africa and even Africa.
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On May 7, Britain held a general election for the House of Commons. In the end, the Conservative Party led by Cameron was successfully re-elected. Cameron formed the Conservative Party's first majority government in 23 years.
The government formed by Cameron, except for some adjustments in individual positions, is basically still the same personnel as the cabinet after the adjustment in July last year, especially in the selection of important core members such as the Minister of Finance, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and the Secretary of the Interior. , and there are no changes.
After winning the general election, Cameron said that in accordance with his previous commitment, Britain would hold a referendum on leaving the European Union before 2017.
“It seems that the Brexit referendum is likely to be next year...”
"Yes, you have to be prepared."
"What do you mean?"
Facing Joe Harriman's doubts, Barron just smiled and said lightly:
"If the result of the referendum is that Britain leaves the EU, then Cameron will have no choice but to resign."
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"Is it really going to be like that? Maybe it will be like last year's Scottish independence referendum..."
But soon, Joe Harriman understood why Barron said that.
If there had been refugees from the Middle East entering Europe as illegal immigrants before this, then starting in 2015, the situation began to take a turn for the worse...
In the first half of 2015, a large number of refugees from the Middle East and North Africa entered Europe through the Mediterranean and the Balkans to seek asylum.
At the same time, because the negotiations between the EU and Turkey have not been able to reach an agreement, Turkey has allowed refugees to cross the border, and even its domestic "snakeheads" have used it to make money...
According to data from the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration, as of November 21, 2015, the total number of refugees and migrants traveling to Europe via the Mediterranean and overland routes has exceeded 1 million!
Especially after German Chancellor Merkel announced to open the border to refugees on September 4, 2015, this decision directly led to a large number of asylum seekers entering Germany from the Austrian border.
More than one million asylum seekers entered Germany between 2015 and 2016, leading to serious divisions in the EU's treatment of refugees.
Although the EU attempts to share the burden through the refugee allocation plan, Eastern and Western European countries have different opinions on this. Some countries such as Hungary even oppose forced allocation of refugees - and the British people are also opposed to accepting refugees.
Some European countries have taken measures to close borders and tighten refugee policies, resulting in a large number of refugees being trapped in border areas, triggering humanitarian crises and social conflicts.
The refugee crisis has put tremendous pressure on European society and economy, increased the economic burden on European countries, and triggered xenophobia and social instability. At the same time, the refugee problem has also exposed loopholes in the EU's internal system and mechanism for accepting refugees, which has a negative impact on European integration. The process of transformation poses a challenge.
That is to say, when the most serious refugee crisis faced by Europe after World War II began in 2015, Eurosceptic sentiment in the UK became extremely high.
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