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Spooked traders reacting to Fed warnings over imminent interest rate hikes pulled down markets across the Asia-Pacific but many analysts remain optimistic about the post-pandemic recovery
The ride-hailing firm is looking to raise up to $10 billion in the US offering that would value the firm at close to $100 billion – and it doesn’t appear to have been put off by Beijing’s tech firms crackdown
STAR&CHINEXT 50 Index, which has doubled in value this year, will be tracked in a further maturity of China’s financial...
Bonds News
Chinese officials are reportedly pressing China Huarong Asset Management Co to sell non-core assets, but also considering offering a guarantee......
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Dollar pile spurs China Development Bank $2bn bond issue02 Jun 2021
While the bond is relatively small compared with the $1 trillion held in onshore dollar deposits, analysts say the sale is aimed at impacting market expectations for the yuan which has surged to three-year highs...
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Why sovereign investors have power to influence govt climate action06 Apr 2021
(ATF) In the shadow of equity markets, the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in......
Capital Markets News
US banking giant’s finance chief says a slowdown in institutional businesses and higher expenses would affect the group’s bottom line......
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Indian regulator running to catch the SPAC bus15 Jun 2021
With Asian bourses from Tokyo to Singapore amending their rules to allow the listing of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs),......
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US-China tensions and internet outage boost Treasury buying09 Jun 2021
Tensions between the US and China and concern about an internet outage boosted safe-haven buying of Treasuries, taking the benchmark......
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Crypto traders say Beijing’s closure orders have forced mine owners to dump their currency onto an oversensitive market depressing prices ...
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Control over ‘the message’ on the internet is going to be a key factor in Asia’s growing influence. But its two largest markets, China and India, have two very different ways of achieving that. But in the second of a two-part series, Asia Financial’s Indrajit Basu looks at how democratic India seems just as sensitive to online criticism as its large authoritarian neighbour. New Delhi says it’s protecting the public and cracking down on fake news, the tech giants don’t believe them …...
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Spooked traders reacting to Fed warnings over imminent interest rate hikes pulled down markets across the Asia-Pacific but many analysts remain optimistic about the post-pandemic recovery...
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New poll reinforces other recent surveys that suggest opposition to Tokyo 2020 is softening slightly, just over a month before......
Commodities News
Beijing plans to sell off quantities of its preciously-guarded hoards of copper, aluminium and zinc in a bid to cool down the commodities market which has seen raw materials prices soar in the last year. This rarely happens, so why now?...
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China to forge ahead with metal sell-offs in bid to calm prices16 Jun 2021
With factory gate inflation rising at its fastest annual pace in over 12 years last month – due in the main to sky-high commodity prices – Beijing has decided it’s time to act and offer some of its supplies to stabilise the market...
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China factory gate prices rise at fastest pace in 13 years09 Jun 2021
Factory gate prices in China rise at their fastest pace in 13 years, adding to pressure on Beijing’s leaders as......
ESG News
Protecting our planet is the most important thing we as leaders can do for our people G7 leaders agreed on......
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Record demand for green deposits, loans and access to capital markets07 Jun 2021
Asia's ESG bond issuances hit an unprecedented $69 billion this year outpacing those issued in the United States for the first time in two years...
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Norway fund drops Israel companies over West Bank crisis24 May 2021
Norwegian central bank move follows warning to Japan’s Kirin Holdings over possible exclusion due to beverage giant’s business ties to Myanmar’s military...
ETFs News
Asian finance hub expands with cross-listing as SEC disappoints fund managers eager to cash in on cryptocurrencies (AF) The Hong......
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Was 1.5% the number that shattered the global risk rally?27 Feb 2021
(ATF) This week, the rise in US bond yields triggered a market hiccup and reversed stock......
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Treasury yield surge hits technology stocks, Asian shares set to follow25 Feb 2021
(ATF) The benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield drove above 1.6% to hit its highest level in over a......
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