Bloomberg Kenya’s Nairobi Securities Exchange expects its first main-market segment listing in more than three years to happen before end of December and boost activity on the bourse. The All-Share index of the market valued at 2.15 trillion shillings has dropped 17% since January, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. “We have one application right now that’s being processed,” ...

  Bloomberg Bank of Montreal (BMO) became another victim of the slowdown in capital markets last quarter, as a slump in equity and debt issuances reduced investment-banking fees. Capital-markets revenue fell 20% to $974 million in the fiscal third quarter, the Toronto-based company said in a statement on Tuesday. Overall profit missed analysts’ estimates. Bank of Montreal, which generates a ...

  Bloomberg Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) board is debating how closely to follow US interest rate rises, as members grapple with slowing growth and the fastest inflation in two decades. One of the five board members argued that Mexico’s interest rate increase had to match that of the US Federal Reserve to preserve the spread between rates in the two ...

  Bloomberg Bonds are sliding toward the first bear market in a generation, burning investors who erred in bets that central banks would pivot away from rapid interest-rate hikes. The Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index, which tracks total returns from investment-grade government and corporate bonds, is within a percentage point of falling 20% from its peak after another bout of selling ...

  Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG recommended investors to go underweight global equities following the Jackson Hole symposium, where central bankers doubled down on their bid to tame inflation through higher interest rates. The argument for an early dovish pivot by the Federal Reserve and other major central banks is now “clearly out of the window,” Michael Strobaek, global chief ...

Bloomberg Reliance Industries Ltd will invest 2 trillion rupees ($25 billion) to roll out its 5G services across India, its billionaire-chairman Mukesh Ambani said as he continues to expand and diversify his $220 billion empire. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., the telecom unit of the retail-to-refining conglomerate will deploy a “standalone 5G” version that doesn’t depend on the earlier 4G network ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Defence – represented by the Joint Operations Command – has begun operating an air bridge to transport humanitarian aid provided by the UAE to Pakistan. The relief aid includes shelter materials, humanitarian needs, food and medical parcels for those affected by torrential rains and floods, with the aim of contributing to supporting ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirati women have invested AED34.6 billion at the Abu Dhabi bourse since the beginning of the year until mid-August, figures by the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) have revealed. This represents a 74.7 percent growth over the corresponding period last year, when their trading value was around AED19.8 bn, ADX said in a statement marking ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the international financial centre in Abu Dhabi, and the Abu Dhabi Residents Office (ADRO), a sector of the Department of Economic Development – Abu Dhabi, have signed a partnership agreement to support the prosperity of ADGM’s international community, ensuring the seamless integration and continued stability of the diverse cultures in ...

  Dubai / WAM State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), the largest utility company in the world, has expanded its presence in the region by setting up in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (Measa) region. This is the first office the Chinese state-owned electric utility corporation has ...