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RBA is all-but certain to cut key rate, money markets show

Bloomberg Australia’s central bank is all-but certain to cut interest rates on Tuesday, money markets show, after a key manufacturing gauge in top trading partner China slumped. Traders are pricing in a 25 basis-point cut by Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe and his board as a done deal and see a slight chance of a 50 basis-point reduction. At the ...

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Barclays activist opposes CEO’s nomination to the board

Bloomberg Barclays Plc’s board should remove its boss Jes Staley from the board of directors following the disclosure of his ties with deceased financier and offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to its top shareholder. Edward Bramson’s Sherborne Investors Management LP said in a letter on Monday it “strongly recommends” the board led by Chairman Nigel Higgins “rescind their unanimous recommendation to ...

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Chinese biotech censured for false claim on Gilead’s drug

Bloomberg A Chinese biotech company which claimed to be able to manufacture an experimental drug from Gilead Sciences Inc with the potential to treat the novel coronavirus, was censured for disclosing inaccurate information. The Shanghai Stock Exchange said in an statement that BrightGene Bio-Medical Technology Co has not gained approval from China’s drug regulator to make the drug known as ...

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