Bloomberg Indian investment bankers are set for their best year ever, collecting almost 26 billion rupees ($347 million) in fees from local initial public offerings (IPOs) that have reached an all-time high in 2021. A little over 110 companies ranging from online grocers to food delivery and beauty start-ups listed their shares in Mumbai this year, raising almost $18 …

  Bloomberg The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is on course to buy the smallest amount of local equity this year since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office, a far cry from last year’s record haul during the height of pandemic. The BOJ purchased a total of 873.4 billion yen ($7.6 billion) in exchange-traded funds through December 27, according to …

  Bloomberg China boosted its injection of short-term cash into the banking system to the highest in two months, as demand for liquidity climbed before year-end. Government bonds gained. The People’s Bank of China added 200 billion yuan ($31 billion) of cash into the financial system through seven-day reverse repurchase agreements, more than offsetting the 10 billion yuan coming due. …