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Persistent concerns about when US monetary chiefs will act to cool an overheating post-pandemic economy had a calming effect on nervous investors
Canada’s biggest digital asset investment fund manager, 31Q Corporation, gets a dual listing for its crypto fund (AF) While financial...
Despite official clarifications, press statements, and pull-out promises from controversial projects, the $100-billion Adani group continues to see its shareholders’ confidence eroding.
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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Search company sought to balance its falling status in China’s tech pantheon by ploughing head-first into EV software. Everything looked......
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Canada’s biggest digital asset investment fund manager, 31Q Corporation, gets a dual listing for its crypto fund (AF) While financial......
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India’s RIL and Saudi Arabia’s public petroleum and natural gas company already have a close relationship and now, with those ties deepening, observers are speculating about what else is in the pipeline...
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Despite official clarifications, press statements, and pull-out promises from controversial projects, the $100-billion Adani group continues to see its shareholders’ confidence eroding....
Commodities News
The first auction of a batch of the state’s metal reserves will take place early next month with 100,000 tonnes of raw materials set to be released into the market as Beijing bids to haul back runaway commodity prices...
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Iron ore is the latest front in China’s commodities war21 Jun 2021
Iron ore falls as China renews its attempts to contain prices and combat speculative positions across commodity markets. (AF) Iron......
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So why is China opening up its treasure trove of metals?17 Jun 2021
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?...
ESG News
Global lender says it will also draw up progress reports and climate action plans for countries it provides loans to......
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G7 nations agree to boost climate finance, details missing13 Jun 2021
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...
ETFs News
STAR&CHINEXT 50 Index, which has doubled in value this year, will be tracked in a further maturity of China’s financial......
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Hong Kong broadens ETF range as US clamps down01 Jun 2021
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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