Bloomberg Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc is nearing a deal for Westpac Banking Corp’s life insurance unit that could value the business at about $1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Dai-ichi Life is in exclusive talks with Australia’s second-largest bank and an announcement could come as soon as this month, the people said, asking not to be ...

Bloomberg July was a brutal month for the Philippine peso and there appears to be little respite on the horizon. After capping its steepest monthly decline in over three years, the currency could extend losses due to a worsening virus outbreak and the risk of a sovereign rating downgrade. It may drop towards 51 per dollar, a level last reached ...

Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Credit Suisse Group AG are joining rivals in bumping pay for junior bankers, following uproar earlier in the year over the work-till-you-drop culture exposed by the pandemic. Goldman Sachs will now pay first-year analysts at least $110,000 up from $85,000, according to people familiar with the matter. Their second-year counterparts will get $125,000 up ...

Bloomberg Banking Circle, a financial technology startup, is seeking to raise new funding at a valuation of around $5.9 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The company, led by Anders la Cour and Laust Bertelsen, is working with advisers to solicit interest from investors for a roughly $500 million funding round, the people said, asking not to ...

Bloomberg Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA’s bondholders are expected to be shielded from any losses in the event of a takeover by UniCredit SpA, according to people familiar with the matter. UniCredit and the Italian Treasury are looking at options to protect holders of Paschi debt from losses if the deal is finalised, including the possibility for Italy’s ...

Bloomberg Stocks in Europe extended a record advance on Tuesday as positive earnings from some of the region’s biggest companies helped offset fresh concerns about China’s clampdown on the gaming and technology sector. Energy shares led a modest gain in the Stoxx Europe 600 index after BP Plc followed its Big Oil peers by increasing dividends and share buyback, while ...

Bloomberg Chinese automobile-chip maker stocks tumbled after the government launched a probe into possible price manipulation, putting a brake on share surges buoyed by a global semiconductor shortage that’s approaching the 12-month mark. Chip developers GigaDevice Semiconductor (Beijing) Inc, Wuxi NCE Power Co. and Hangzhou Lion Electronics Co plunged by their 10% daily trading limit in Shanghai on Tuesday after ...

Bloomberg Overseas investors have loaded up on Chinese stocks by the longest stretch since late April, following a rout last week that pushed the country’s benchmark index to its lowest in almost nine months. Foreigners bought a net 21.5 billion yuan ($3.3 billion) over the past five trading sessions via trading links with Shanghai and Shenzhen, according to Bloomberg-compiled data. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Mubadala Investment Company, an Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investor, announced that it will be the title sponsor for the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) for the fourth consecutive time. Taking place under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, the fourth edition of the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM BDT Capital Partners (BDT), Mubadala Investment Company and its asset management subsidiary, Mubadala Capital (together “Mubadala”), on Monday announced the transaction close of the acquisition of Culligan International (Culligan), the global leader in sustainable water solutions and services. BDT Capital Partners, LLC (BDT), affiliated with BDT & Co, LLC, a merchant bank that provides closely held ...