DUBAI / WAM Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) hosted a workshop to explore how to inspire the private sector to find creative solutions to challenges facing local industries and transform them into opportunities as part of the Dubai Future Fellowship Programme. The programme, which was launched by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman …

BLOOMBERG Speculation that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will make some kind of policy move this month continues to build with the weak yen, higher bond yields and stronger-than-expected inflation fueling the market chatter. A report by the Nikkei business daily helped feed the growing expectations of possible BOJ policy action at its board meeting ending on October 31. The …

BLOOMBERG The yen briefly weakened beyond 150 against the dollar again as the wide yield gap between Japan and the US continues to weigh on this year’s worst-performing major currency. It touched 150.11 per the greenback in early Asian trading on Monday before quickly recovering amid weight from options-related dollar selling and suggestions of algorithmic transactions. It was little changed …