April, 2016

• 11 April

  Rosneft surpasses Gazprom as Russia’s valuable firm

  Bloomberg Rosneft OJSC became Russia’s most valuable company as its market capitalization exceeded that of natural gas exporter Gazprom PJSC for the first time since its shares began trading in 2006. Rosneft shares rose 4.8 percent in London by 12:02 p.m., boosting the value of Russia’s largest oil producer to $52 billion. Gazprom gained 0.3 percent, raising its market capitalization ...

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• 11 April

  UK tells EU to block three-O2 deal ahead of Brexit vote

  

  Bloomberg Britain’s antitrust watchdog urged the European Union to block CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.’s plan to create the country’s biggest mobile phone operator, wading into a row two months ahead of a U.K. vote on its future in Europe. The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, which failed to wrest the deal review from the European Commission, said that what Hutchison ...

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• 11 April

  Fed’s inflation push finally has bond traders wanting to believe

  

  Bloomberg When it comes to inflation, bond traders are finally starting to listen to the Federal Reserve. After trying, and failing, to convince investors the steep drop-off in inflation in the past year was just a short-term blip, the Fed is now winning them over. Since mid-February, the outlook for consumer-price gains has soared from post-crisis lows as oil rebounds ...

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• 11 April

  Argentina agrees $253mn more in default settlement

  

  NEW YORK / Reuters Argentina settled with additional creditors holding defaulted sovereign bonds for $253 million, Daniel Pollack, the court-appointed mediator in the long-running case, said. The agreements in principle reached late last week with several groups of creditors bring the aggregate amount of settled claims to approximately $8 billion, the statement said. “In my capacity as Special Master, with ...

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• 11 April

  Reports crude oil rally dead premature as inventories drop

  

  Bloomberg Hedge funds betting that oil’s rally was over missed an 11 percent gain after U.S. crude inventories unexpectedly fell. Short positions in West Texas Intermediate crude jumped 35 percent in the week ended April 5, according to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The next day, the government reported a 4.94 million-barrel drop in U.S. oil inventories, the first ...

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• 11 April

  Mexican government sees gold, silver production down in 2016

  Reuters Mexico expects gold and silver production this year to drop while copper output will be flat as low prices continue to weigh on the sector, the government’s top mining official said in an interview. Mario Cantu, the economy ministry’s general mining coordinator, said gold output this year is estimated to reach about 120,000 kilograms, or down nearly 4 percent ...

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• 11 April

  Canada farmland prices seen rising at slower rate in 2016

  Reuters The average price of farmland in Canada, the world’s largest canola grower and one of the biggest wheat exporters, will rise at a slower pace in 2016 amid a downturn in commodity prices. Growers should prepare for a “possible easing” of farmland values after prices in many key regions rose at a slower rate in 2015, Farm Credit Canada, ...

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• 11 April

  Brazil’s BM&FBovespa seeks loan for Cetip deal

  Reuters Brazil’s BM&FBovespa SA is arranging loan financing to fund its 12.9 billion reais ($3.6 billion) takeover of rival Cetip SA Mercados Organizados as both companies agreed to form a giant financial exchange with a presence from Mexico to Chile. BM&FBovespa Chief Executive Officer Edemir Pinto, who will run the combined entity, declined to elaborate on the loan. Shares of ...

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• 11 April

  Why a Trump presidency would be bad for Asia

  

  Khang Vu SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS As the race to the White House is heating up, Asian countries are paying close attention to the candidates’ foreign policy platforms. For the last few weeks, international headlines have focused on Donald Trump’s vision of a nuclearized Northeast Asia and his proposal to withdraw U.S. troops from South Korea and Japan if the ...

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• 11 April

  Saudi, Egypt economic coop crucial for region

  The five-day visit of the Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, to Egypt is seen as Riyadh’s political and economic support for Cairo to overcome current economic and political challenges. It also reflects the regional role of the two countries: Saudi Arabia, which is the top Arab economy, and Egypt, the ...

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