November, 2021

• 22 November

  VentureSouq launches $50 million fintech fund

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM GCC-based venture capital firm VentureSouq (VSQ) announced the launch of its Mena fintech fund, the region’s first sector specific fund focused on FinTech across the Middle East & North Africa (Mena) region and Pakistan. The $50 million VentureSouq fund invests in early-stage fintech and SaaS companies and focuses on key subsectors including payments infrastructure, alternative credit, …

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• 22 November

  Carbon hits new records after watchdog finds no market abuse

  

  Bloomberg The cost of pollution in the European Union (EU) rose to new highs after a report by the bloc’s market watchdog dismissed concerns by some governments over abuse and the role of speculative investors in emissions trading. Benchmark carbon permits rose as much as 1% percent to a record 69.77 euros a ton on ICE Endex, extending gains to …

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• 22 November

  Boeing buyers’ ire builds as 787 issues pass 13-month mark

  

  Bloomberg Frustration is mounting for customers waiting to take new Boeing Co 787 Dreamliners — planes caught in a regulatory and production quagmire that has halted all but a few deliveries since October 2020. The popular wide-body jets will be needed to carry travellers across oceans as borders sealed shut by the Covid-19 pandemic start to reopen. But airlines and …

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• 22 November

  Virgin Atlantic in talks for $540m fundraising

  

  Bloomberg Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd is in discussions with its shareholders about a 400 million-pound ($540 million) capital injection, according to a person familiar with the matter. Added funding would bolster Virgin Atlantic’s balance sheet as it looks to cash-in on pent-up demand for air travel as restrictions lift, said the person, who requested not being identified because the information …

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• 22 November

  Airbus seals second A350F sale with CMA CGM’s four-plane deal

  

  Bloomberg Airbus SE secured the second order for its coming A350 freighter, reaching an outline agreement with French shipping firm CMA CGM Group covering four of the wide-body twinjets. The memorandum of understanding is expected to be finalised over coming weeks, according to a statement. It follows a separate deal for seven A350Fs reached with leasing giant Air Lease Corp …

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• 21 November

  US airlines’ big debt may soon mean higher fares: Frontier CEO

  

  Bloomberg Large US airlines are carrying about $20 more debt per passenger than before the pandemic, according to the chief executive officer of Frontier Group Holdings Inc., who predicts the carriers will start addressing those obligations with higher fares. “How long can that last?” asked Barry Biffle, CEO of ultra-low-cost Frontier Airlines. “They either have to raise their leisure fares …

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• 21 November

  Foot Locker shares slump on supply-chain concerns

  Bloomberg Foot Locker Inc fell the most intraday in nine months after reporting sales that missed Wall Street’s expectations as a supply-chain crunch pressures the sneaker retailer ahead of the holiday shopping season. Comparable-store sales, a key retail metric, rose 2.2% last quarter, the company said. Analysts had been expecting a gain of 2.9%, according to the average of estimates …

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• 21 November

  Mystery $100m cash shows up at Wesco

  Bloomberg Wesco Aircraft Holdings Inc left bondholders scratching their heads when the struggling aerospace supplier added about $100 million of cash to its balance sheet, seemingly overnight and without much explanation. They’re trying to parse what happened after the company, which is backed by billionaire Tom Gores’ Platinum Equity, privately informed investors about a set of transactions that depleted and …

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• 21 November

  UBS, Deutsche set the course for next era with new heads

  

  Bloomberg Two of Europe’s banking giants picked the leaders who will help chart their next era as they named successors for the chairmen who steered them through a decade of restructuring. UBS Group nominated former Morgan Stanley President Colm Kelleher to succeed Axel Weber as chairman next year. A day earlier, Deutsche Bank AG proposed Dutch insurance veteran Alexander Wynaendts …

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• 21 November

  US banks told to report hacks within 36 hours

  

  Bloomberg Banks must report major cyberattacks to regulators within 36 hours if the incident is likely to disrupt their business, according to a new rule from US regulators. Any “computer security incident” that threatens a lender’s operations, services to customers or the stability of the financial system has to be disclosed to the bank’s primary government watchdog, according to a …

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