Bloomberg Polish lenders with foreign-currency mortgages have to wait at least a month longer for a Supreme Court ruling that’s set to determine their exit strategy from the decade-long Swiss franc loan saga. The tribunal’s Civil Chamber adjourned its hearing, asking for opinions from a number of state institutions, including the central bank and the financial regulator. It was supposed ...
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Goldman Sachs on an unprecedented hiring spree in China
Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc has been on an unprecedented hiring spree in mainland China and Hong Kong in the first four months of the year as the Wall Street titan pushes further into the world’s second-largest economy. The bank is in the process of hiring 320 staff, including 70 to focus on investment banking coverage, said a person familiar ...
Read More »Nomura raises its profit target
Bloomberg Nomura Holdings Inc raised its pretax income target for the financial year ending March 2023 by 14%, with the bulk of growth expected to come from its wholesale division as it moves on from the implosion of Archegos Capital Management. Japan’s biggest brokerage expects pretax income at its retail, investment management and wholesale divisions to rise to 320 billion ...
Read More »World’s stock rout extends as Taiwan tightens virus curbs
Bloomberg Taiwan stocks slumped, extending their biggest rout in more than a year, as the government tightened restrictions on people and businesses to control its worst outbreak of the coronavirus. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Index closed the Monday session 3% lower, having slid as much as 4.2%, as authorities urged companies to allow staff to work from home or ...
Read More »China stocks gain as moderating recovery boosts liquidity hopes
Bloomberg China stocks appear to be staging a revival, notching their best two-day run since February on expectations that Beijing will likely maintain its policy support for an economic recovery that’s losing steam. The CSI 300 Index closed 1.5% higher, extending gains to 3.9%. The benchmark traded up to session highs following official monthly data showing that economic activity moderated ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi shares at record high amid escalating Mideast tension
Bloomberg Abu Dhabi’s main stock index rises to a record, even amid heightened tensions in the region, as the benchmark’s biggest member surged on hopes of foreign inflows. The ADX General Index climbed 3.5% at the close on Sunday, after earlier gaining as much as 3.8%, boosted by gains for First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the biggest lender in the ...
Read More »India’s oil demand shrinks further as virus crisis persists
Bloomberg India’s oil demand worsened in first half of May as large parts of the nation remained under local lockdowns to battle the world’s worst outbreak of Covid-19. Sales of road transport fuels during May 1-15 dropped by a fifth from previous month and about 28% from same period in 2019, according to people familiar with preliminary data from country’s ...
Read More »Cairn drags Air India to US court over tax spat with state
Bloomberg Cairn Energy Plc is dragging the unprofitable, state-owned carrier Air India Ltd to a US court to seek payment of an arbitration award from the South Asian nation as part of a long-running tax dispute, according to a filing. The energy company, which last year won an arbitration award for $1.2 billion plus interest, is asking a court in ...
Read More »Philippine Air in talks with aircraft lessors
Bloomberg Philippine Airlines Inc has been in talks with its aircraft lessors about reducing its fleet size and returning some planes as part of a restructuring process, President Gilbert Santa Maria said in an interview with CNN Philippines. The carrier is stepping up cargo operations and flying to new destinations, particularly to the Pacific region, to generate revenue, Santa Maria ...
Read More »EasyJet seeks successor to chairman John Barton
Bloomberg EasyJet Plc has hired headhunters to find a successor for its chairman, John Barton, with the aim of having a candidate in place by next year’s annual general meeting, Sky News reported, citing the company. The low-cost airline is working with Lygon Group to replace Barton, who’s preparing to step down. He’ll have served nine years in May 2022, ...
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