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China rolls over $157b policy loans before economic data

Bloomberg A reduction in China’s reserve requirement ratio looks increasingly unlikely after the authorities rolled over all policy loans coming due and data surprised on the upside, suggesting that bonds will have little room to gain. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) injected 1 trillion yuan ($157 billion) through its medium-term lending facility on Monday, matching the record amount maturing …

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UBS Asian money managers exit amid fund loses

Bloomberg Two UBS Group AG portfolio managers are leaving after a $3 billion fund got caught up in China’s high-yield bond meltdown. Singapore-based Jiayi Yew and China-based Brian Lou will depart the bank in January, a UBS spokesperson confirmed. Both report to Ross Dilkes, the lead manager of the Asian High Yield fund who is also leaving the firm after …

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Stocks mixed as risks shadow China’s steadier growth

Bloomberg Asian stocks were mixed on Monday amid data showing steadier economic growth in China as well as ongoing challenges in the nation’s troubled property sector. Treasuries were steady and the dollar slipped. Shares fluctuated in Hong Kong and dipped in China, where traders weighed stronger-than-expected retail sales and industrial output, central bank liquidity support and a drop in home …

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ECB may aid rich if rates rise before QE ends

Bloomberg The European Central Bank (ECB) would risk exacerbating inequality if it were to raise interest rates before ceasing asset purchases, according to Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel. Such a scenario is one example of how considerations of the broader impact of monetary policy should feature in decision-making, Schnabel told a conference organised by the US Federal Reserve. She highlighted …

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Morgan Stanley says, stay away from US stocks, bonds in 2022

Bloomberg Stay away from US stocks and bonds next year, and seek out better returns in Europe and Japan. That’s the advice of Morgan Stanley’s strategy team, which sees fading monetary support and high valuations holding back American assets in 2022, even as growth improves and inflation moderates. Fundamentals are more attractive in Europe and Japan, where central bankers will …

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COP26 seals breakthrough climate deal after compromises

Bloomberg Negotiators from almost 200 countries clinched a deal that seeks to keep the most ambitious goal of the Paris Agreement alive, breaking new ground in the fight against climate change but punting the hardest decisions into the future. After two weeks of often fraught United Nations COP26 talks, delegates agreed to reduce the use of coal, end “inefficient” fossil-fuel …

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Air Asia X’s debt restructuring receives support from creditors

Bloomberg AirAsia X Bhd’s debt-restructuring proposal received more than 95% support from creditors in meetings as the debt-laden budget carrier tries to stay afloat. The airline received full support from two classes of creditors on its proposed debt restructuring and 97.6% from the third group, it said in separate statements to the Malaysian stock exchange. AirAsia X needed at least …

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Boeing signals optimism on fixing 787, 737 Max issues

Bloomberg Boeing Co is on the verge of surmounting issues that have held back deliveries of its two most important aircraft, the 787 and the 737 Max, an executive said. The planemaker is “getting close” to restarting deliveries of the 787, Ihssane Mounir, senior vice president of commercial sales and marketing, said in Dubai ahead of an air show on …

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Cathay says tighter crew curbs may hit supplies into Hong Kong

Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd expressed concern about a possible move by Hong Kong to rein in quarantine exemptions for aircrew operating cargo flights, saying it could reduce the number of available employees and disrupt the supply of goods moving in and out of the financial hub. The airline, Asia’s biggest cargo carrier, has been operating a full freighter schedule …

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