August, 2021

• 11 August

  India’s NSE to start trading in US stocks

  

  Bloomberg India’s National Stock Exchange of India Ltd said it will start trading in select US stocks through its wholly-owned subsidiary, NSE IFSC. “The offering will be in the form of unsponsored depository receipts,” the National Stock Exchange said in a statement. “NSE IFSC will announce the operational details shortly and will launch the product at the earliest possible time.” ...

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• 11 August

  Singapore PM Lee plans to fine-tune foreign worker policies

  

  Bloomberg Singapore will recalibrate its foreign worker policies to strike a balance between accepting overseas workers and addressing the economic and social concerns of its citizens, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. The government is aware such anxieties over the foreign worker population have worsened because of uncertainties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and authorities are addressing them, Lee said ...

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• 10 August

  Afghan leader sees peace talks as dead, braces for civil war

  

  Bloomberg Afghan President Ashraf Ghani views peace talks with the Taliban as dead, and is looking to both arm civilians and cooperate with warlords to prevent the militant group from overrunning his administration in Kabul. Since the weekend the Taliban has captured the capitals of five northern provinces and one in the west, where they met little resistance from the ...

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• 10 August

  China’s central bank outlook fuels calls for policy easing

  

  Bloomberg China’s central bank fanned expectations of further monetary policy easing, saying in its latest quarterly report that inflation pressures are “controllable,” while highlighting risks to the economic growth outlook. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) largely reiterated its stance of stable policy, pledging to make it more forward-looking and effective, while maintaining ample liquidity. The surge in producer inflation ...

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• 10 August

  Circle wants to become chartered crypto bank amid US crackdown

  

  Bloomberg Circle Internet Financial, the second-biggest stablecoin issuer, is looking to give US regulators even more oversight of its cryptocurrency business as executives at Tether, its larger rival, are said to be facing a criminal probe by US prosecutors. Circle has set a goal of becoming the first full-service US federally-chartered crypto bank as the skyrocketing value of cryptocurrencies has ...

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• 10 August

  HSBC lures $9.3 billion in private banking inflows

  

  Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc attracted $9.3 billion in net new money for its private banking business in Asia during the first half, with client assets rising 25% from a year ago. Its Asia wealth balances — which include its Premier & Jade deposits and global private banking client assets — reached a record of about $810 billion, accounting for nearly ...

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• 10 August

  JPMorgan boosts pay for more staff as talent battle deepens

  

  Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co raised the stakes in Wall Street’s intensifying battle for talent, expanding a previously announced pay increase to a broader range of staff as rivals across the industry pay up to hold on to their lowest-level analysts. Junior sales, trading and research analysts across JPMorgan’s corporate and investment-banking unit are now in line for raises, a ...

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• 10 August

  Jefferies to offer $110,000 pay for junior bankers

  Bloomberg Jefferies Financial Group Inc is boosting the salaries of its first-year analysts in the US by more than a quarter, the latest bank to bump pay as they seek to stem defections amid intense workloads. The Wall Street firm will now pay its junior bankers $110,000, up from $85,000 previously, according to a person familiar with the matter. Second-year ...

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• 10 August

  Outgunned crypto lobbyists falter in bid to fix broad tax rules

  Bloomberg Cryptocurrency lobbyists were caught ill-equipped in one of the first legislative battles for their nascent industry, despite a Herculean push that impressed Washington insiders with its intensity. The industry failed to win a change to crypto tax reporting rules in the infrastructure bill, leaving intact language for broad oversight of virtual currencies in the legislation that’s poised to pass ...

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• 10 August

  Wells Fargo names Steven Black chairman

  

  Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co said Charles Noski stepped down as chairman and is being replaced by board member and former JPMorgan Chase & Co Vice Chairman Steven Black. Noski, 68, a director for more than two years and chairman since March 2020, will remain on the board until his retirement on September 30 to help with the transition, the ...

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