Bloomberg Emerging-market currencies offer some of the best value as an eight-year run of dollar strength is “close to the end,†according to Pacific Investment Management Co (Pimco). “We like to be long a number of those,†Gene Frieda, a Pimco strategist in London, said. Slowing US growth will finally put a dent in the greenback, while counterparts in the ...
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Airbus edges back into front with Paris orders for A321XLR
Bloomberg Airbus SE muscled its way to the front again on the third day of the Paris Air Show, adding orders for its newest plane after US rival Boeing Co stole the spotlight with a mega-deal for its grounded 737 Max. The new A321XLR now has seven customers lined up after Qantas Airways Ltd and US-based Indigo Partners LLC signed ...
Read More »KKR nears deal to exit from $2b helicopter firm
Bloomberg KKR & Co is nearing a deal to exit part of its stake in Weststar Aviation Services Sdn, Southeast Asia’s biggest provider of helicopters for the offshore energy industry, people with knowledge of the matter said. The private equity firm is in advanced talks to sell a portion of its 40 percent Weststar holding to the company’s controlling shareholder, ...
Read More »AOT surges on higher fees
Bloomberg Airports of Thailand (AOT), the world’s biggest airport operator by market value, surged the most in six years in Bangkok trading after announcing higher-than-expected concession fees for duty free shops and commercial areas at four of the Southeast Asian nation’s international airports. The state-controlled company will receive 20 percent of sales, with a minimum guarantee of 15.4 billion baht ...
Read More »Air New Zealand CEO quits after six years
Bloomberg Air New Zealand Ltd Chief Executive Officer Christopher Luxon resigned after more than six years in the role, as he raised the possibility of a new career in politics. Luxon, 48, will step down from day-to-day leadership of the airline on September 25, the company said. An international search for his replacement is underway and a new CEO is ...
Read More »Steinhoff’s path to recovery not enough as shares tumble
Bloomberg Steinhoff International Holdings NV reduced its loss by 70 percent in the fiscal year ended in September. The step towards a recovery wasn’t enough to stop its shares from falling. The net loss was 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) during the period, down from 4 billion euros in the previous year. The owner of Conforama in France and Mattress ...
Read More »Iberdrola to invest $112mn in Ireland renewables projects
Bloomberg Iberdrola SA will invest 100 million euros ($112 million) in renewable energy and storage projects in Ireland by 2025 as it starts to offer customers power in the country for the first time. The Spanish utility said it’s offering consumers in the Republic of Ireland 100 percent clean electricity tariffs as it enters the market with plans to provide ...
Read More »Draghi’s new stimulus plan may include rate cuts, asset buying
Bloomberg Mario Draghi is set on pushing the limits of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) firepower right up until he leaves office. With little more than four months to go in his job, the ECB president has all but pledged new stimulus for Europe’s flagging economy that may include both interest-rate cuts and asset purchases. Adding potency to that statement ...
Read More »Banks postpone assets move as Brexit looms
Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Standard Chartered Plc are among global firms postponing the transfer of several billion euros of capital outside the UK despite regulatory pressure to complete the move. Other lenders including Citigroup Inc. have only shifted part of the assets they were initially planning to relocate due to the delays in Brexit, people familiar with the ...
Read More »Morocco holds key rate despite nation’s dim economic outlook
Bloomberg Morocco’s central bank held its benchmark rate steady, refusing to budge even as the country’s economic prospects took a turn for worse. The decision, which Bank Al-Maghrib said was link-ed to bullish inflation projections and monetary conditions, came even as government pres-ses ahead with measures that will inject billions of dirhams into the economy — steps that also are ...
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