Bloomberg Japan’s central bank joined the ranks of equities with puzzling surges in valuation led by retail investors on Monday, as its shares surged by their daily limit. The stock rises 18%, the most since 2005, to 33,000 yen a share. Even experienced investors are often surprised to learn that as well as being Japan’s lender of last resort and ...

Bloomberg US equity futures and global stocks rallied, while Treasuries stabilised in a sign of confidence after last week’s bond market turmoil. S&P 500 futures jumped and European stocks notched broad-based gains. Benchmark Treasury yields fluctuated around 1.40%, while Australia’s 10-year yield slid the most in a year after the central bank doubled down on bond purchases to pacify fixed-income ...

GAZA / WAM Many Palestinians have commended the UAE’s move to provide the coronavirus vaccine to the Gaza Strip, in light of the long-imposed blockade that hinder the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines into the Strip. In a statement to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Palestinian human rights activist Khalil Abu Shamala said that Gaza Strip is witnessing a deterioration in ...

Bloomberg From trading houses in Geneva to Wall Street banks, much of the oil world agrees that global markets could use some more barrels. The big question is whether Opec+ will provide enough of them. A crude glut that piled up during the pandemic is vanishing fast. Global inventories are plunging at the steepest rate in two decades, according to ...

ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, in his capacity as Chairman of the Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs, has issued a resolution to form the board of directors of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The board ...

ABU DHABI / WAM First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has approved the distribution of 74 percent cash dividends (AED 0.74 per share, implying total cash dividends of AED8.08 billion) for the financial year ended on December 31, 2020, after concluding its General Assembly Meeting (GAM) on Sunday. Registered owners of FAB shares as on March 10, 2021 (i.e. buyers on ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the award-winning International Financial Centre located in Abu Dhabi, announced on Sunday that it has enacted the Electronic Transactions Regulations 2021. The objective of these Regulations is to confirm that electronic signatures, contracts, records and documents are legally enforceable in ADGM as the traditional non-electronic (that is, physical) versions. The need ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC (ADCB) has signed an agreement to acquire a portfolio of approximately 1,000 mortgages from Abu Dhabi Finance PJSC (ADF). The transaction provides further growth for ADCB’s retail and SME businesses in line with the bank’s UAE-centric strategy and prudent risk management framework. ADF was established in 2008 as an Abu Dhabi-focused ...

ABU DHABI / WAM National Central Cooling Company (Tabreed) has announced the launch of four pilot projects, all part of Tabreed’s R&D funding commitment, which reinforces the company’s unwavering stewardship towards sustainability beyond just environmental benefits. Commenting on the announcement, Bader Saeed Al Lamki, Tabreed’s Chief Executive Officer, said, “Innovation, research and development is a very important pillar in our ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC (ADCB) has signed an agreement to acquire a portfolio of approximately 1,000 mortgages from Abu Dhabi Finance PJSC (ADF). The transaction provides further growth for ADCB’s retail and SME businesses in line with the bank’s UAE-centric strategy and prudent risk management framework. ADF was established in 2008 as an Abu Dhabi-focused ...