July, 2021

• 4 July

  Global carriers gear up again to bridge Atlantic divide

  

  Bloomberg The lucrative North Atlantic flight corridor that links European tourism and business meccas like Paris and London with the US has been starved for traffic for the past 18 months, depriving some of the world’s biggest airlines of revenue from their most profitable journeys. Now carriers including Emirates, United Airlines Holdings Inc and British Airways are gearing up again, ...

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• 4 July

  Ryanair CEO sees capacity doubling

  Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Leary said the Irish carrier could almost double its passenger capacity through the rest of the summer as the European Union reopens for travel. Europe’s biggest discount airline expects to attract up to 9 million passengers in July and August compared with 5 million in June and just 1.7 million in May, ...

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• 4 July

  Citigroup says flexible work gives it edge over US rivals

  

  Bloomberg Citigroup Inc joined rivals including UBS Group AG in touting its flexible work policies as a tool that will offer a competitive edge in recruiting and retaining top staff. The lender’s employees will have the option of working from home at least part time, investment banking co-head Manolo Falco said at a virtual press briefing. That will set the ...

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• 4 July

  Morgan Stanley promotes several US technology bankers

  

  Bloomberg Morgan Stanley has promoted several technology investment bankers to be the next generation of leadership at one of the investment bank’s most important franchises. The New York-based firm has named Dave Chen co-head of global technology investment banking, alongside current co-heads Michael Grimes and Drew Guevara, according to a memo reviewed by Bloomberg News. A representative for Morgan Stanley ...

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• 4 July

  UBS in talks to settle Belgian probe over client tax dodging

  

  Bloomberg UBS AG is in talks with Belgian authorities to resolve an investigation into allegations it helped wealthy clients dodge taxes, local prosecutors said. Confirmation of the talks comes after newspaper L’Echo reported that the lender has agreed to pay almost 50 million euros ($60 million) to settle the case and avoid a public trial, citing sources it didn’t name. ...

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• 4 July

  Bank of Japan cuts some bond purchase targets

  

  Bloomberg The Bank of Japan (BOJ) cut bond purchases for the next three months while shifting to a quarterly-buying plan to offer more certainty to markets. The quarterly plan showed a reduction of at least 25 billion yen ($226 million) in purchases of each of the one-to-three, five-to-10 years and 10-to-25 year buckets. Previously, it had only released monthly purchase ...

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• 4 July

  Goldman seeks $4bn for its newest infrastructure fund

  Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc is seeking to raise $4 billion for its latest infrastructure fund, dubbed West Street Global Infrastructure Partners IV. The firm, which has held discussions with potential investors such as pensions funds, is aiming to hold a first close on the vehicle as soon as the third quarter, one of the people said. New York-based Goldman ...

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• 4 July

  Former Credit Suisse banker joins wealth firm Azura

  Bloomberg Azura, a wealth manager focused on billionaire entrepreneurs, is opening an office in Switzerland. Former Credit Suisse Group AG banker Frederic Turrettini joins the firm as a partner to oversee its Geneva office, adding to existing locations in London, Monaco and Singapore, according to a statement. Azura also recruited Robert Agnew — a former managing director at Barclays Plc’s ...

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• 4 July

  Deutsche suffers Hong Kong IPO setback from staffing gap

  

  Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG will be unable to sponsor initial public offerings (IPOs) in Hong Kong as the German lender failed to replace the staff needed by regulators in one of the world’s biggest markets for share sales. The bank has hired replacements who will start in a matter of weeks and will be able to resume its sponsor roles ...

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• 4 July

  Eighty-year-old Japan’s firm may be key to next-gen chips

  

  Bloomberg One Japanese company that got its start making grinding wheels for machinery more than 80 years ago believes it holds the key to helping manufacturers create ever slimmer and more powerful semiconductors to power next-generation mobile phones and advanced computers. Disco Corp’s machines can grind a silicon wafer down to a near-transparent thinness and cut the tip of a ...

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