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Bloomberg Nexi SpA shares fell in Milan trading after the initial public offering of the payments-service company raised 2.01 billion euros ($2.27 billion), making it the biggest listing in Europe so far this year. Nexi declined 5.5 percent to 8.50 euros. A mix of existing and new shares in the Milan-based company were sold to more than 340 investors from ...

Bloomberg Poland plans to overhaul its pension system in a way that ends uncertainty over the future of assets managed by privately-held pension funds and helps the government avoid widening the budget deficit. Polish stocks fell and government bonds rose. The government proposed transferring all of the 162 billion zloty ($43 billion) of assets in the privately-managed part of the ...

Bloomberg Investor confidence in Germany’s growth outlook improved for the sixth consecutive month, underpinning hope for an economic rebound later this year. A gauge measuring prospects for the next half year rose to 3.1 in April, beating an estimate for a gain to 0.5. The positive reading means optimists are outnumbering pessimists among survey participants for the first time since ...

Bloomberg And then there were two. Hulu LLC, an online-streaming venture backed by the biggest companies in entertainment, bought out AT&T Inc.’s 9.5 percent stake in a deal worth about $1.43 billion. The accord, which values the whole entity at $15 billion, leaves the business with just a pair of owners: Walt Disney Co., which has majority control, and Comcast ...

Bloomberg Investors scouting for the best way to trade the Brexit delay should just look across the UK border — at Ireland’s bonds. The securities are seen as offering the right mix of safety and returns as the deferral of Britain’s exit from the European Union dispels anxiety over the most contentious Brexit issue — that of the Irish border. ...

DUBAI / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai and its legacy are expected to contribute AED122.6 billion ($33.4 billion) of gross value added (GVA) to the UAE’s economy from 2013 to 2031, according to the EY report, ‘The economic impact of Expo 2020 Dubai’. The report states that Expo 2020 is also expected to support up to 905,200 full-time equivalent, FTE, job-years ...

RED SEA COAST / WAM The UAE on Monday commissioned a new fishing slipway in Al Heima area, in Yemen’s Red Sea Coast, bringing to 22 the number of fishing facilities revamped by country to ease the suffering of the Yemeni people. The solar-powered facility caters to needs of over 10,000 people in Al Heima area and its adjacent districts. ...

DHAHRAN / WAM The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings on Monday announced that they have reached an agreement for Saudi Aramco’s subsidiary, Aramco Overseas Company BV (AOC), to purchase a 17 percent stake in South Korea’s Hyundai Oilbank, a subsidiary of Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings. The investment is valued at approximately $1.25 billion. AOC’s ...

Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has announced a new deal with Amadeus to transform its global load control system. The partnership will be launched worldwide to support Etihad Airways’ ongoing mission to improve operational capabilities and efficiencies. Etihad Airways will use Amadeus Altéa Departure Control Flight Management to improve productivity with increased automation and integration, ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Beautyworld Middle East 2019, region’s largest international trade fair for beauty products, hair, fragrances, and wellbeing opened in Dubai on Monday, featuring 1,790 exhibitors from 66 countries. Running until April 17 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, the 24th edition of the annual three-day event was opened by His Excellency Eng. Dawood Abdulrahman Al ...