BLOOMBERG South Korea will avoid capitalising on China’s ban on a US chipmaker, seeing the move by Beijing as an attempt to drive a wedge between Seoul and Washington, according to a person familiar with the situation. The South Korean government won’t encourage its memory-chip firms to grab market share in China lost by Micron Technology Inc, which has been ...

BLOOMBERG  Morgan Stanley is letting go of at least six managing directors, including some key China bankers, as part of broader job cuts in Asia where dealmaking has been stymied by growing China-US tensions and tepid economic growth. Clarence Kwok, who’s focussed on mergers and acquisitions in China, Julia Xiao in corporate finance, and Tony Yin on the technology coverage ...

BLOOMBERG  The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will gradually build a case for a major overhaul of its stimulus framework in the second-half of next year, using the results of a review to support its move, according to Bloomberg Economics (BE). Governor Kazuo Ueda is aware that the current yield curve control stimulus framework is unsustainable, as it distorts prices, lacks ...