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Cheap yuan catapults China to second-biggest trade funding currency

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Cheap yuan catapults China to second-biggest trade funding currency

SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Global companies are making a beeline for China’s debt markets, issuing record amounts of yuan-denominated bonds and borrowing heavily from mainland banks, capitalising on rock-bottom yuan interest rates as funding costs elsewhere jump. Companies and banks are raising record amounts of cash through yuan bonds issued in mainland China and … Read more

Stocks, bonds in euphoric mood, but dollar takes a beating

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Stocks, bonds in euphoric mood, but dollar takes a beating

[1/2]A TV presenter gets ready for the daily reporting from the floor of the German share price index DAX at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Staff/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Asian stock markets : Oil prices near four-month low after steep sell off Bonds rally as softer U.S. data hardens rate … Read more

Environmental groups urge funding halt for TotalEnergies’ Mozambique project

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Environmental groups urge funding halt for TotalEnergies’ Mozambique project

TotalEnergies signs are seen at a petrol station in Nice, France, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights CAPE TOWN, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Banks and other financiers should withdraw their support of TotalEnergies’ (TTEF.PA) $20 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Mozambique, environmental lobby groups urged in a letter sent to … Read more

Exclusive: Three Fed governors tell US senator there is room to reduce balance sheet

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Exclusive: Three Fed governors tell US senator there is room to reduce balance sheet

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson speaks at a conference of the National Association for Business Economics in Dallas, Texas, U.S., October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ann Saphir/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights NEW YORK, Nov 16 (Reuters) – The three newest Federal Reserve governors, including Vice Chair Philip Jefferson, have told a U.S. senator it’s unclear how … Read more

Asia stocks jump as US inflation recedes, China data surprises

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Asia stocks jump as US inflation recedes, China data surprises

A woman walks past a man examining an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei average and stock quotations outside a brokerage, in Tokyo, Japan, March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights U.S. October CPI flat vs 0.1% rise expected Fed funds futures price in rate cuts by May JGBs surge as Japan economy contracts SINGAPORE, … Read more

Morning Bid: Murky US inflation picture

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Morning Bid: Murky US inflation picture

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly before the closing bell as the market takes a significant dip in New York, U.S., February 25, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan If investors were wondering … Read more

IPO laggards’ race to the bottom misses the target

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IPO laggards’ race to the bottom misses the target

A view shows the Milan stock exchange building, as stocks slid in the first hours of trading after fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank could trigger a broader financial crisis, in Milan, Italy, March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Claudia Greco Acquire Licensing Rights MILAN, Nov 10 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Italy is scrambling to make its … Read more

Santander’s Botin plans push in US corporate banking for renewables, auto lending

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Santander’s Botin plans push in US corporate banking for renewables, auto lending

Ana Patricia Botin, chairwoman of the Spanish bank Santander, speaks during the annual results presentation at the company’s headquarters in Boadilla del Monte, outside Madrid, Spain, February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura Acquire Licensing Rights NEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) – Banco Santander Executive Chair Ana Botin plans to deepen the lender’s corporate banking presence … Read more

For global banks, India could soon be worth it

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For global banks, India could soon be worth it

A man walks out of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai, India, January 3 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas Acquire Licensing Rights BENGALURU, Nov 7 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Global banks’ CEOs have descended on Hong Kong for a financial leaders summit hosted by the city’s monetary authority but investment bankers based in the hub are … Read more