February, 2023

• 20 February

  North Korea fires more ballistic missiles as Kim warns US

    Bloomberg North Korea fired a barrage of suspected ballistic missiles and issued a warning to the US over joint military exercises, less than two days after Pyongyang launched a long-range rocket designed to hit the American mainland. South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff said North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles between 7 and 7:11 a.m. on Monday from ...

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• 20 February

  Chinese banks hold rates as analysts bet easing to come

  

  Bloomberg Chinese lenders followed the central bank by keeping their benchmark lending rates unchanged on Monday, with analysts expecting possible reductions in coming months to support the economic recovery. The one-year loan prime rate was held at 3.65% for a sixth consecutive month, in line with the forecasts from all 13 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The five-year rate, a reference ...

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• 20 February

  StanChart to hire up to 500 staff in Hong Kong

  

    Bloomberg Standard Chartered Plc plans to hire 300 to 500 staff in Hong Kong this year, in anticipation of an increase in wealth management and lending as the city reopened its borders to mainland China. The lender expects “double-digit” growth in wealth management income and “single-digit” loan growth, according to a spokeswoman. The lender’s headcount in Hong Kong has ...

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• 20 February

  BofA Securities joins Citigroup in turning bullish on Indian rupee

  

  Bloomberg Bofa Securities Inc. is predicting more gains for the Indian rupee in the near term, joining Citigroup Inc., as the narrowest trade deficit in a year augurs well for the nation’s external finances. “The recent correction in rupee valuation and near-term improvement in current-account and capital flows tilt the risk-reward in favour of rupee appreciation,” Abhay Gupta, a strategist ...

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• 20 February

  Bank of Baroda willing to keep lending to Adani group: CEO

  

    Bloomberg One of India’s biggest state-backed lenders is willing to consider lending additional money to the beleaguered Adani group including for a project to remodel a slum that is among the world’s largest. Bank of Baroda will extend loans to the conglomerate if it meets the lender’s underwriting standards, said Sanjiv Chadha, chief executive officer and managing director, adding ...

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• 20 February

  Deutsche Bank’s regulators criticise its internal probe

    Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG’s top supervisors are critical of how the lender handled an internal investigation into mis-selling of derivatives, raising questions about its findings. The European Central Bank (ECB) and German regulator BaFin have told Germany’s largest bank that the probe, known as Project Teal, took too long and wasn’t wide enough in their view, according to people ...

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• 20 February

  BOJ watchers flag outside risk of March surprise to help Ueda

  

    Bloomberg Bank of Japan (BOJ) watchers are flagging the outside risk that Governor Haruhiko Kuroda may surprise international markets one last time next month with adjustments to smooth the transition process for his nominated successor Kazuo Ueda. The central bank’s yield curve control program already presents a complicated challenge for Ueda. As soon as he takes the BOJ’s helm, ...

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• 20 February

  CIBC to pay $770mn to settle Cerberus lawsuit

    Bloomberg Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) agreed to pay Cerberus Capital Management LP $770 million to settle a lawsuit with origins in the 2008 financial crisis. The settlement amount is $85 million less than CIBC had set aside in a pretax provision in its fiscal first quarter to cover damages and prejudgment interest after a court ruled against ...

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• 20 February

  Adani stock bearing the brunt of rout has lost 76% in value

  

    Bloomberg Adani Group companies have seen more than $135 billion of equity market value wiped out since the explosive Hindenburg Research report, but none is hit as bad as Adani Total Gas Ltd. The stock has lost more than three quarters of its value since the short seller report was published on January 24. Yet, it is the second-most ...

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• 20 February

  Stocks wobble as China bets fade; dollar stalls

  

    Bloomberg Global stocks trimmed gains and US equity-index futures dropped on concern the Federal Reserve will keep borrowing costs higher for longer. Optimism over China’s economic recovery that drove a rally in Asia fizzled in European hours. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index erased an advance, falling for a second day. The Shanghai Composite Index earlier climbed the most since ...

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