November, 2021

• 28 November

  Airlines sink most since 2020 on new variant fears, travel bans

  

  Bloomberg Airline shares tumbled the most since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, as an emerging virus variant prompted travel restrictions and fears of crimped demand for flights. The UK has halted arrivals from South Africa and several neighbouring countries for two days and limit access mainly to its own nationals from November 28 onward, with a mandatory 10-day …

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• 28 November

  Gap cuts outlook over supply-chain woes

  Bloomberg Gap Inc lowered its projection for 2021 sales and profit as supply-chain bottlenecks led to lost sales and higher expenses. The shares fell in late trading. Gap now sees revenue growing about 20% for the full year — down from its previous projection of a 30% gain. Analysts had projected revenue to be 28% higher this year, according to …

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• 28 November

  Morgan Stanley to repay Hong Kong staff up to $5,100 for quarantine

  

  Bloomberg Morgan Stanley is offering to reimburse its Hong Kong employees as much as HK$40,000 ($5,100) to compensate for quarantine costs brought on by the financial hub’s zero-Covid strategy. The one-time reimbursement will be available to all Hong Kong permanent employees when they return from a personal trip to visit immediate family members, including spouses, domestic partners, children, parents and …

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• 28 November

  Bank M&A in US set to slow from fastest pace since 2007

  

  Bloomberg US banks, which have been combining at levels not seen since before the global financial crisis, are now facing the near-term hurdles of stalled approvals and the mounting opposition from Democrats in Washington. All of that is unlikely to keep the string of deals from ultimately continuing, according to analysts. Regional lenders “may tap the brakes” in their merger-and-acquisition …

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• 28 November

  Czechs are ready to keep raising rates despite virus

  Bloomberg The Czech central bank expects only a limited economic fallout from the worsening pandemic and remains prepared for more interest-rate increases to curb surging inflation, according to one of its vice governors. The country “has learned to live with Covid” and potential lockdown measures are unlikely to significantly hurt consumption and investments, Marek Mora said in a video posted …

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• 28 November

  Singapore central bank weighs action over DBS service glitch

  

  Bloomberg Singapore’s central bank said it will consider supervisory actions after DBS Group Holdings Ltd. suffered one of the worst digital disruptions for Southeast Asia’s biggest lender in the past decade. “This is a serious disruption and MAS expects DBS to conduct a thorough investigation to identify the root causes and implement the necessary remedial measures,” Marcus Lim, assistant managing …

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• 28 November

  Sweden’s Riksbank to start hiking interest rates in 2024

  

  Bloomberg The Riksbank expects to start hiking interest rates in 2024, the first sign from the Swedish central bank that it sees an end in sight to its ultra-loose monetary policy. While policy makers kept their benchmark unchanged, they also signalled for the first time that they see a case to move higher within three years. Previously they said the …

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• 28 November

  Zambia surprises with second rate hike this year

  Bloomberg Zambia’s central bank in a surprise move raised its benchmark interest rate for the second time this year to try contain inflation that’s still nearly triple the targeted rate. The monetary policy committee lifted the gauge to 9% from 8.5%, Governor Denny Kalyalya told reporters. It was Kalyalya’s first rate decision since being reappointed to the post in September. …

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• 28 November

  BofA bearish on markets, sees ‘rates shock’ coming in 2022

  

  Bloomberg Bank of America Corp (BofA) strategists are bearish on markets next year and urged investors to focus on preserving cash as faster inflation and higher interest rates upend the trajectory of global asset prices. In a note to clients, strategists led by Michael Hartnett listed macro trade recommendations, including long positions on volatility gauges, oil, energy, the US dollar, …

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• 28 November

  China regains favour of investors who consider India overvalued

  

  Bloomberg In a change of tone over the world’s two biggest emerging markets, global investors overseeing billions of dollars are slowly starting to favour China versus India — reversing a year-long trend that’s pushed stocks in opposite directions. BlackRock Inc. has upgraded Chinese stocks as policy hurdles ease, saying “the time to position in China is now,” while trimming its …

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