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Hong Kong rout threatens $15bn derivatives held by Koreans

The latest tumble in Hong Kong stocks puts at risk of losses the around $15 billion of complicated structured products linked to that market that have mostly been sold to retail investors in South Korea. As of September, $14.8 billion of equities-linked securities products, or ELS, tied to Hang Seng China Enterprises Index had yet to mature, according to the …

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Technology giants weigh on US futures; Treasuries gain

US equity futures fall as megacap technology shares slumped in pre-market trading, marring a three-day rally on Wall Street and raising new doubts over whether this year’s $5.5 trillion selloff is nearing a bottom. Contracts on the Nasdaq 100 fell more than 1% after disappointing quarterly updates from Microsoft Corp., Google parent Alphabet Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. S&P 500 …

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Flair Airlines in talks to merge with former Boeing CEO’s SPAC

Flair Airlines Ltd, a low-cost Canadian airline, is in talks to go public through a merger with New Vista Acquisition Corp., a blank check-firm backed by a former Boeing Co. chief executive officer. New Vista may seek to raise additional financing to support a transaction. The special purpose acquisition company is led by Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing’s CEO from 2015 to …

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