May, 2020

• 18 May

  Bidders shortlisted for Virgin Australia

  Bloomberg The administrators of Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd have shortlisted a small number of bidders for the airline after receiving more interest than they anticipated. Deloitte spent the weekend reviewing indicative offers for the carrier from interested investors and has narrowed the field to a small number of well-funded parties with strong aviation credentials, according to a statement on Monday. …

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• 18 May

  European stocks climb with US futures; oil, gold advance

  

  Bloomberg Stocks climbed in Europe alongside US equity futures on Monday as investors found reason for encouragement in signs businesses are reopening across major economies and after shares sank last week. Crude oil advanced. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index rose on gains in mining and travel shares, including airlines IAG SA and Ryanair Holdings Plc. S&P 500 contracts increased after …

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• 18 May

  Rupee declines with India stocks as rescue package falls flat

  

  Bloomberg India’s rupee declined the most in two weeks, and stocks fell as investors were unimpressed by the government’s economic stimulus package. The rupee weakened as much as 0.5% in the third day of declines. The S&P BSE Sensex of stocks slid 2.8% at 2:50 pm in Mumbai, while the NSE Nifty 50 Index slipped by a similar magnitude. Both …

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• 18 May

  Nigeria opens money tap as oil revenue runs dry

  

  Bloomberg The government of Nigeria, whose revenue could be slashed by more than half this year due to the oil-price slump, finalised plans for a revised budget that keeps spending almost intact, and that will mean more borrowing. Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed got approval from the West African’s nation’s cabinet to go ahead with the new budget that cuts expenditure …

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• 17 May

  US shale oil production sees cuts happening way too fast

  

  Bloomberg In brokering the end to the global oil-price war last month, the Trump administration assured leaders that America’s shale patch would throttle back production. But few expected that the cuts would run this deep — and happen so quickly. Drillers are laying down rigs and shutting in wells at a frantic pace in response to the plunge in oil …

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• 17 May

  Mexico grants powers for public utility

  

  Bloomberg Mexico has fast-tracked measures granting more authority to the state utility at the expense of clean energy companies, ignoring regulator and industry concerns over the economic and environmental impacts of the new measures. The proposal by the Energy Ministry was approved and published in Mexico’s official gazette. It comes after the National Commission for Regulatory Improvement, known as Conamer, …

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• 17 May

  HSBC and Citi speed up digital push to ward off Asian upstarts

  

  Bloomberg Banks in Asia’s financial hubs such as HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc. are finding that the disruption from the coronavirus outbreak is helping them push back on a threat from a new breed of virtual upstarts. With branches shut, customers social distancing and fearful of tainted cash, the brick-and-mortar giants are seeing a surge in demand for digital …

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• 17 May

  Wells Fargo loses $220bn in market value under Fed cap

  

  Bloomberg Don’t let anyone tell you regulators haven’t punished Wells Fargo & Co. — or at least its shareholders. The scandal-ridden bank has lost $220 billion in stock-market value since the Federal Reserve imposed an unprecedented cap on the firm’s assets in early 2018, crimping its ability to add customers and loans. The constraints are biting harder this year as …

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• 17 May

  Japan banks see bad-loan costs at decade-high $10b

  

  Bloomberg Japan’s top banks forecast the biggest bad-loan costs since the aftermath of the global financial crisis, joining other global lenders in bracing for the fallout from coronavirus pandemic. Total credit costs at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. and Mizuho Financial Group Inc. will almost double to $10.3 billion in the year ending March 2021, …

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• 17 May

  BOE examining negative rates

  

  Bloomberg The Bank of England (BOE) is examining unconventional monetary policy measures more urgently amid the economic slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to its Chief Economist Andrew Haldane. The central bank is reviewing a number of policies — including negative interest rates and expanding the scope of the bank’s asset-purchase plan to include riskier securities — as it …

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