Bloomberg Rollo Roscow has maxed out his holdings of Sberbank PJSC, the Russian lender that has surged as much 119 percent from late January. If he had his way, he’d probably buy more. The advance in the London-traded stock comes after a 46 percent rally in 2015 and has been driven by a rebound in oil prices and a ...
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BEA shares dip after Elliott’s legal action
BLOOMBERG Bank of East Asia (BEA) Ltd. shares dropped the most in two weeks in Hong Kong after Elliott Management started legal action alleging that the family-run lender acted improperly when issuing stock, which it says diluted minority investors and entrenched management control. The stock sank as much as 2.8 percent on Tuesday, the biggest intraday slide since July ...
Read More »Eurozone bank sector improves: ECB survey
Frankfurt / AFP Europe’s financial sector is showing further signs of mending and banks are increasingly competing for custom by easing credit standards, a key European Central Bank survey showed on Tuesday. The ECB said its quarterly bank lending survey (BLS) showed banks are easing credit standards for loans to companies. However, this is an encouraging sign, since the ...
Read More »Santander doubles fintech bet with $200 million fund
Bloomberg Ana Botin, the chairman of Banco Santander SA, is doubling the lender’s bet on fintech. Spain’s biggest bank said that it was boosting its investment in Santander InnoVentures, its London-based financial technology fund, to $200 million from $100 million. The fund takes minority stakes in promising startups, aiming to incorporate innovative technology in its banking operations. “A deeper ...
Read More »Wells Fargo to buy new London headquarters for expansion
Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to purchase a new London headquarters in a move that will enable the US bank to increase its presence in the UK capital. The building, known as 33 Central, is due to be completed in the third quarter of 2017, according to a statement on Monday from the developer, HB Reavis Group. The ...
Read More »ECB to keep policy unchanged, experts predict
Bloomberg Just like Mark Carney, Mario Draghi can afford to wait a bit before adding more monetary stimulus. Economists in a survey predict the European Central Bank president will keep policy unchanged on Thursday but announce fresh measures before the end of the year. The meeting comes a week after the Bank of England, headed by Carney, opted not ...
Read More »Post-Brexit UK needs range of stimulus, says BOE’s Vlieghe
BLOOMBERG Gertjan Vlieghe, who was alone in voting for an interest-rate cut at the latest Bank of England meeting, said the UK needs a range of stimulus to combat the impact of its decision to quit the European Union. “The precise implications for the economy are uncertain, although the general direction of travel is likely to be lower growth ...
Read More »Firmer evidence needed for Aug rate cut: UK central bank
BLOOMBERG Bank of England policy maker Martin Weale said he needs to see more evidence of the impact of the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union before supporting additional stimulus at the central bank’s August meeting. BOE officials surprised markets and a majority of economists last week when they kept their key interest rate unchanged, and suggested they ...
Read More »PBOC sees ‘liquidity trap’ as companies hoard cash
Bloomberg A senior official at China’s central bank said companies may be falling into a ‘liquidity trap’ and that the government still has room for to expand the fiscal deficit. Signs of a liquidity trap, economist-speak for when central bank cash injections into the economy fail to spur growth as monetary policy loses potency, are showing in businesses and ...
Read More »Developing Asian economies to grow 5.6 percent: ADB
MANILA / AP The Asian Development Bank said on Monday it had cut its 2016 growth projection for developing economies in Asia and the Pacific to 5.6 percent, down from its earlier forecast of 5.7 percent, but added that the economies’ performance will remain solid and help offset softness from the US economy and near-term market shocks from Britain’s ...
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