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Hyundai Heavy to get bank’s sanction to raise US$2.2 bn

  Bloomberg Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, the world’s biggest shipbuilder, received an initial approval from its creditor KEB Hana Bank to raise 2.6 trillion won ($2.2 billion) selling assets, according to a person familiar with the plan. The shipbuilder plans to sell stakes in other companies and real estate projects, the person said, asking not to be identified as the ...

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Fed embarks upon quantitative easing

  Lagos / AFP Investors won’t necessarily be surprised if the Federal Reserve embarks upon another edition of quantitative easing when the next US recession hits. What would come as a shock is if the central bank decided to purchase assets before exhausting its more traditional form of accommodation: rate cuts. But that approach might be just what the doctor ...

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Fed honchos pine for wage gains

  Bloomberg Federal Reserve officials spent 2015 pining for a pickup in US wage gains. For the heads of the district banks, anecdotal evidence existed in their own paychecks. Fed presidents saw a 4 percent average salary increase last year, following a 6.6 percent bump in 2014, according to the central bank’s annual report released. Those gains follow a pay ...

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