Bloomberg Rakuten Group Inc has chosen Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Daiwa Securities Group Inc as lead managers for its banking unit’s initial public offering, people familiar with the matter said, as the online retailer chases fintech growth to counter mounting losses. Rakuten is preparing to list its banking unit with a valuation of around 300 billion yen ($2.1 ...

  Bloomberg Bank of America Corp expects initial public offerings in India will regain their recent momentum as soon as in the first quarter of next year, bolstered by the underlying strength of the market. “I think IPOs have taken a breather but it will be probably three to six months away from coming back,” Debasish Purohit, co-head of India ...

  Bloomberg Chubb Ltd is in advanced talks to form an insurance partnership with Hang Seng Bank Ltd, a Hong Kong-based lender majority owned by HSBC Holdings Plc, according to people familiar with the matter. The parties are hammering out the details of a transaction that could be agreed over the coming weeks, the people said, asking not to be ...

Bloomberg Markets were muted on Wednesday with investors mostly staying on the sidelines before another expected rate hike from the Federal Reserve. Treasuries and the dollar gained on haven flows after Russian President Vladimir Putin stepped up his war against Ukraine. US equity futures pointed to a recovery from the slide in the S&P 500 on anxiety policy makers are ...

  Bloomberg India’s capital market regulator has increased vigil over new age fintech companies amid exponential growth in that sector and pledged to tighten scrutiny of their business models after some large initial public offerings left retail investors with significant losses. “In past we have been little late to the party but now it is our intention to narrow that ...

  Bloomberg Cryptocurrency investors waited with bated breath for a Federal Reserve policy decision that likely holds the key to whether Bitcoin can avert a drop to levels last seen when the pandemic was raging globally. The largest token was little changed at $19,000 as of 11:44 a.m. in Singapore on Wednesday, while other major coins like Ether, Solana and ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC) announced that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew at constant prices by 3.9 percent, and at current prices by 18.8 percent in 2021. The centre’s data issued on Tuesday showed that GDP at constant prices increased to AED1.499 trillion in 2021 from AED1.442 trillion in 2020 while ...

  RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM Abu Dhabi National Hotels (ADNH), a listed company at Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange operating hotels, catering, tours and transportation, has acquired a prime plot on Al Marjan Island to develop a AED 1 billion luxury Resort with 1,000 rooms, spread over 1 million square feet overlooking the Arabian Gulf. The investment highlights the appeal ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory message to President Bidya Devi Bhandari of Nepal on the occasion of her country’s Constitution Day anniversary. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, also sent similar messages to President Bhandari.

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Investments, an investment company listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM), has launched an AED 1 billion Danah Bay project, a mixed-use beachfront destination on Al Marjan Island, Ras Al Khaimah. Spanning approximately 90,000 square meters, the project includes luxury townhouses and villas, residential waterfront apartments, an upper scale 4-star hotel resort and community retail. ...