December, 2019

• 11 December

  India’s Jet Airways’ creditors agree to delay revamp plan

  

  Bloomberg Creditors of Jet Airways India Ltd. have agreed to extend the deadline for submission of a resolution plan for the grounded Indian airline’s 146 billion rupees ($2.1 billion) of debt as the sole bidder for the company balks at making a binding offer, said a person familiar with the matter. The deadline for submission of a resolution plan for …

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• 11 December

  Ted Baker bosses quit in blow to embattled fashion chain

  

  Bloomberg Ted Baker Plc’s top management quit and the UK fashion chain suspended its dividend, triggering a plunge in the shares to the lowest since 2003. The power vacuum leaves Ted Baker floundering as it tries to contain the fallout from allegations against its founder, Ray Kelvin, and the overstatement of unsold goods. The shares fell as much as 36% …

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• 11 December

  Boeing 737 Max was plagued with production problems

  

  Bloomberg A former Boeing Co. manager who raised concerns about poor-quality production of the 737 Max will testify before a House committee investigating safety issues raised by two fatal crashes involving the plane. Ed Pierson warned senior Boeing colleagues in 2018 about what he said were overworked employees and repeated quality issues in building the newest model of 737s. Pierson …

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• 11 December

  SAA may get 5% of money owed by Zimbabwe

  Bloomberg South African Airways (SAA), national airline that’s entered a form of bankruptcy protection, may only be offered 5% of the $60 million that its owed by Zimbabwe in funds from ticket sales and hasn’t been able to extract from the country. The central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee plans to “reject the majority of debts” owed to institutions, a move …

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• 10 December

  China expects US postponing December 15 tariff deadline

  

  Bloomberg Chinese officials expect the US will delay a threatened tariff increase set for Sunday as both sides focus on de-escalating tensions by cutting import taxes currently in place rather than removing specific products from the target list, according to people familiar with the matter. Beijing sees removal of the December 15 threat enabling talks to continue on the unfinished …

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• 10 December

  Saudi government invested $2.3 billion in Aramco IPO

  

  Bloomberg Saudi government institutions invested almost $2.3 billion into the initial public offering (IPO) of Saudi Aramco, a transaction that was intended to find new sources of funding for the kingdom’s economic diversification plan. The government sold two thirds of the shares offered in the company to institutional investors, of which 13.2% came from Saudi government institutions, according to a …

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• 10 December

  Sheikh Mohammed attends 40th GCC Summit in Riyadh

  

  Riyadh / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, arrived in Riyadh Tuesday afternoon to participate in the 40th Gulf Cooperation Council Summit, which kicked off under the chairmanship of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Leaders and representatives …

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• 10 December

  Powell steers for economic soft landing thwarted twice

  

  Bloomberg Maybe the third time Jerome Powell will get lucky. The Federal Reserve chairman looked close to pulling off a soft landing of the ebbing US economy twice this year — at the start of May and the end of July. Each time though he saw his plans blown off course via an escalation of trade tensions by president Donald …

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• 10 December

  Deutsche Bank vows to avoid capital raise as ECB cuts burden

  

  Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Christian Sewing vowed that the bank will execute one of the largest restructurings in its history without the need for extra shareholder funds as he seeks to build credibility with investors. The lender’s common equity Tier 1 ratio — a key metric of financial strength — will be above 13% throughout the …

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• 10 December

  Morgan Stanley fined $22mn by France

  

  Bloomberg Morgan Stanley was fined 20 million euros ($22.1 million) by French regulators after the bank’s London desk was accused of using “pump and dump” tactics to manipulate sovereign bond prices. The enforcement committee of the Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF) said the bank manipulated the prices of 14 French government bonds and 8 Belgian bonds in June 2015. The …

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