A high-profile project to link the Shanghai and London stock exchanges has been thrown into question this week. But the financial pipeline’s extremely limited scope makes its future far less important than it might seem. Several news outlets including The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that new listings through the Shanghai-London Stock Connect had been halted by Beijing, possibly on political grounds. On Friday, China’s securities regulator said the scheme was operating as normal.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 03, 2020 11:15 UTC