Author: Jeremy Chia

This week, The Information reported that Chinese tech conglomerate, Tencent Holdings Ltd (HKG: 0700), has made a killing from its investment portfolio. In 2020 alone, the tech giant made US$120 billion in unrealised gains from its minority stakes in about 100 publicly listed companies. That’s around six times as much as Tencent’s own...

Zoom Video Communications Inc (NASDAQ: ZM) has been on a roll this year. The video conferencing software provider has been one of the main benefactors of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the quarter ended 30 April 2020, Zoom’s revenue increased by a mind-boggling 169% from the corresponding period a year...