January, 2023

• 20 January

  US to send about 100 Stryker armored vehicles to Ukraine

  

  Bloomberg The Biden administration is planning to send about 100 Stryker armored vehicles in its next package of military aid to Ukraine worth about $2.5 billion. The US is poised to unveil the package as part of a broader announcement by western allies of new hardware for Ukraine that’s set for Friday, when defense ministers meet at Ramstein Air Base ...

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• 20 January

  India slams BBC documentary on 2002 riots in Modi’s Gujarat

  

    Bloomberg India dismissed as a “propaganda piece” a recently broadcast BBC documentary about the 2002 Gujarat riots and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in the violence in his home state. More than 1,000 people — mostly Muslims — were killed in sectarian violence across the state after a train carrying Hindu pilgrims was burned allegedly by a Muslim mob. ...

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• 20 January

  Taiwan premier resigns leaving Tsai with key cabinet decision

  

  Bloomberg Taiwan’s Premier Su Tseng-chang has tendered his resignation, leaving President Tsai Ing-wen to make a crucial appointment for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party as it seeks an unprecedented third straight term in power in next year’s presidential election. Su, Taiwan’s longest-serving premier since its first democratic elections in 1996, requested the president form a new Cabinet in a statement ...

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• 20 January

  Ardern resignation a loss to small club of women leaders

  Bloomberg The surprise resignation of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is a major loss to the small club of women leaders around the world. Though other women lead bigger countries, Ardern was one of the highest profile heads of government and a beacon for many feminists around the world. She became the youngest female government leader when she took ...

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• 20 January

  Credit Suisse to pay upfront cash bonuses to senior staff

  

    Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG will pay its senior bankers an upfront cash award again this year, as executives attempt to incentivise staff to stick with the troubled lender as it undergoes a broad restructuring. Managing directors and directors in most locations will be paid the cash component of their variable 2022 compensation straight away, according to an internal ...

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• 20 January

  StanChart trader sees yuan resuming gains

  

    Bloomberg China’s yuan is poised to resume its advance as the removal of Covid curbs supercharges economic recovery in 2023, according to a veteran trader at Standard Chartered Plc. “The yuan is more likely to go to 6.5 per dollar than to 7 within the next three to six months,” said Charles Feng, head of macro trading for Greater ...

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• 19 January

  BMO, CIBC may raise new equity to build firewalls

    Bloomberg Bank of Montreal (BMO) and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) may need to raise new equity over the medium term to build capital levels as the bank regulator bolsters its requirements, according to analyst Nigel D’Souza. BMO issued shares in December 2022 and there’s been talk of CIBC doing the same after Canada’s financial watchdog boosted the minimum ...

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• 19 January

  BofA freezes most hiring to control costs, guard against downturn

  

    Bloomberg Bank of America Corp (BofA) started telling executives to pause hiring except for the most vital positions, as it tries to keep a lid on costs and prepare for a possible economic downturn. The move is an escalation of the company’s decision late last year to slow hiring after fewer employees decided to leave of their own accord, ...

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• 19 January

  Norway’s central bank pauses rate hiking

    Bloomberg Norway’s central bank paused monetary tightening while signalling a likely quarter-point increase in borrowing costs in March is still needed to bring inflation under control. Norges Bank kept the key deposit rate on hold at 2.75% on Thursday, as forecast by the majority of economists in a Bloomberg survey. Governor Ida Wolden Bache said the benchmark “will most ...

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• 19 January

  Treasuries rise, stocks slide on global recession worries

  

    Bloomberg Treasuries rallied and equities declined as growing signs of a global economic slowdown raised investor concern that the start-of-the-year rally in risk assets may have gone too far. Contracts on the S&P 500 Index dropped 0.4% after the benchmark slumped the most in a month on Wednesday amid weaker-than-expected economic data. Nasdaq 100 futures also lost 0.4%. Europe’s ...

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