April, 2023

• 5 April

  Chinese naval surveillance ship docks in South African port

  

  BLOOMBERG A Chinese surveillance ship that can track rocket and spacecraft launches was docked at the eastern port of Durban, less than two months after South Africa drew the ire of Western nations by holding naval exercises with China and Russia. The presence of the Yuan Wang 5, which is now heading west according to data compiled by Bloomberg, has ...

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• 5 April

  Signature Bank insiders sold $100m in stock: WSJ

  

  BLOOMBERG Signature Bank insiders sold a total of more than $100 million of company stock in the past three years, after the company began attracting cryptocurrency clients, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has reported. Chairman Scott Shay, Chief Executive Officer Joseph DePaolo and Chief Operating Officer Eric Howell accounted for about half of the total, the newspaper said, citing its ...

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• 5 April

  Australia pauses rate hikes, waters down tightening bias

  

  BLOOMBERG Australia’s central bank (RBA) paused its almost yearlong tightening cycle, highlighting policy lags and a “substantial” slowdown in household spending while keeping the door open to further interest-rate increases. The currency and government bond yields slid after the Reserve Bank of Australia kept the cash rate unchanged at 3.6%, in line with a majority of economists and market expectations. ...

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• 5 April

  Stocks slide amid worries over inflation, economic growth

  

  BLOOMBERG Stocks and US index futures dropped as hawkish messages from the New Zealand and Australian central banks signalled a prolonged fight against inflation and revived concerns about an economic slowdown. Contracts on the S&P 500 Index slipped 0.2% and Europe’s Stoxx 600 declined for a third day. Gold traded near a 13-month high, while Treasury yields rose. Nvidia Corp ...

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• 5 April

  Trading volatility is new reality for bond investors

  

  BLOOMBERG Jarred by daily double-digit moves in Treasury yields, bond investors are bracing for at least another year of rocky trading, abandoning hopes that in 2023 the market would return to normality. That’s forcing them to ditch their old playbooks designed during calmer and more predictable times and look for flexible and nimble investments to ride the most-turbulent market since ...

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• 5 April

  President of UAE  receives phone call from Israeli PM

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a phone call from Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, during which they discussed bilateral relations and ways to enhance them in a manner that serves common interests. His Highness affirmed the UAE’s ongoing commitment to bilateral relations with Israel, describing its cooperation as a ...

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• 5 April

  Sheikh Abdullah, Kosovo PM discuss bilateral ties

  

  PRISTINA / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has met with Albin Kurti, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo. During the meeting, which took place in Pristina, Kosovo, Sheikh Abdullah conveyed the greetings of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his wishes for further progress ...

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• 5 April

  Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports secures $2b corporate facility with 13 banks

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM AD Ports Group on Tuesday announced the signing of a General Corporate Facility agreement with a syndicate of 13 regional and international banks. The multi-currency facility, equivalent to around $2 billion, includes three tranches amounting to EUR 600 million, $620 million, and AED2,863 million with a tenure of up to 2.5 years. The demand for the ...

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• 5 April

  ERC organises group iftar for cancer patients in Latakia

  

  LATAKIA / WAM As part of Operation Gallant Knight 2 launched by the Ministry of Defence, the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) organised a group iftar for several cancer patients and their families in Latakia Governorate, Syria, in cooperation with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the Farah Association for Supporting Children with Cancer. The initiative aims to provide moral and ...

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• 5 April

  Opec fund contributes $40m to Uzbek wind farms

  

  VIENNA / WAM The Opec Fund for International Development (Opec Fund) has entered into two separate loan agreements worth $20 million each with Acwa Power. The funds will be used to support the construction and operation of two wind power plants — the 500 MW Dzhankeldy wind farm and the 500 MW Bash wind power plant, located in the Bukhara ...

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