April, 2022

• 29 April

  Nomura posts $242m net profit in Q1 2022

  

    Bloomberg Nomura Holdings Inc posted a fourth straight quarter of profit as Japan’s largest brokerage booked gains from a stake sale in one of its affiliated companies, offsetting further provisions for a legal case in the US. Net income totalled 31 billion yen ($242 million) in the three months ended March 31, the firm said in a statement. Nomura ...

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• 29 April

  JPMorgan’s Southeast Asia ECM head quits

    Bloomberg Novan Amirudin, head of Southeast Asia equity capital markets at JPMorgan Chase & Co., is leaving after serving more than 15 years at the US bank, according to people familiar with the matter. Novan, who is also head of Malaysia investment banking at JPMorgan, tendered his resignation this week, said the people. He has started his gardening leave, ...

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• 29 April

  Bets of easing crackdown spur rise in China technology stocks

  

  Bloomberg Technology stocks led a broad rally in Chinese equities on Friday as the nation’s top leaders vowed to boost economic stimulus and as speculation grew about a possible easing of the continued crackdown on internet firms. The Hang Seng Tech Index jumped 10% in Hong Kong, the most since March 16, led by names like Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ...

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• 29 April

  Yen’s historic decline signals rewrite of global currency playbook

  

  Bloomberg The yen’s plunge to a 20-year low threatens to leave it significantly weaker for years to come, shaking up global money flows and undermining Japan’s efforts to get its fragile economy back on track. The speed of the decline — it’s slumped 11% against the dollar in seven weeks — has caught policy makers off guard and exposed divisions ...

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• 28 April

  KKR nearing deal for French solar, biomass power producer

  

    Bloomberg KKR & Co agreed to acquire French solar and biomass power producer Albioma SA in a deal valued at about 1.6 billion euros ($1.7 billion), in the latest sign of investor demand for renewable energy assets. The buyout firm offered 50 euros per Albioma share, plus a cash dividend of 84 cents, according to a statement, confirming an ...

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• 28 April

  Russia to cut gas to Poland, Bulgaria until demands met

  

  Bloomberg Russia halted gas flows to Poland and Bulgaria in a major escalation, and said it will keep supplies switched off until the two countries agree to Moscow’s demands to pay for the fuel in rubles. European gas prices surged 20% on Russia’s sudden move to turn its vast energy resources into a weapon against Ukraine’s allies. But prices later ...

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• 28 April

  Sainsbury’s warns of lower profit amid cost-of-living crisis

  

  Bloomberg J Sainsbury Plc said profit will fall this year as normal shopping habits return following the end of lockdowns and as shoppers feel squeezed by the higher cost of living. The supermarket chain forecast underlying profit before tax of 630 million pounds ($788 million) to 690 million pounds in the year through March, citing “significant external pressures and uncertainties.” ...

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• 28 April

  Airbus, Italy’s ITA Airways to work on flying taxis

  

    Bloomberg Airbus SE has agreed on a partnership with Italy’s ITA Airways that will see the two companies work together towards eventual deployment of the planemaker’s CityAirbus NextGen flying taxi in the country. A memorandum of understanding details cooperation in areas including recruitment of local partners, identification of markets and the creation of pilot projects, the companies said in ...

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• 28 April

  Air New Zealand plans to move head office to Auckland Airport

  

  Bloomberg Air New Zealand will move its head office to a new campus at Auckland Airport, vacating its central city site to reduce costs and get all staff at a single location. The airline has approved in-principle a project to centralise its Auckland workforce at a refurbished airport campus by 2024, it said. It will also proceed with construction of ...

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• 28 April

  Raytheon cuts 2022 sales forecast on Russia sanctions’ impact

  

    Bloomberg Aerospace and defense giant Raytheon Technologies Corp cut its 2022 sales forecast and warned of potential supplier constraints as it ends commercial ties with Russian customers and a titanium supplier. “We’re done in Russia. Full stop,” Raytheon’s Chief Executive Officer Greg Hayes said of the aerospace and defense conglomerate’s dealings with Russia in the wake of the nation’s ...

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