June, 2021

• 8 June

  Digital currency bank reserves a possible big shift if offered: BOE

  

  Bloomberg A big portion of consumer deposits at retail banks could shift to digital currencies if governments start offering them, the Bank of England (BOE) indicated in a discussion paper about the issue. The UK central bank modeled the impact of introducing digital forms of money on the retail banking sector and in one scenario considered what would happen if ...

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• 8 June

  India’s foreign exchange reserves to help tide global spillovers: RBI

  

  Bloomberg India’s foreign exchange reserves have by all indications crossed $600 billion, central bank chief Shaktikanta Das said, a huge buffer that will help insulate Asia’s third-largest economy from global spillovers and volatile external flows. Earlier this year, the country’s foreign-exchange reserves briefly surpassed Russia’s to become the world’s fourth-largest, as the Reserve Bank of India continued to hoard dollars ...

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• 8 June

  Citi starts hiring spree for financial advisers

  

  Bloomberg Citigroup Inc has begun hiring financial advisers as the lender looks to expand its wealth-management offerings around the globe. The firm is structuring compensation for the newly hired advisers in a way that gives Citigroup shareholders more power than wealth managers themselves, Chief Executive Officer Jane Fraser said during a virtual investor conference. Generally, the wealth-management industry has been ...

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• 8 June

  Zimbabwe to ban firms from FX auctions

  Bloomberg Zimbabwe has threatened to ban traders from the country’s foreign-exchange (FX) auction platform for exploiting the gap between black-market and official currency prices. Authorities are dealing with an underground phenomenon that has the potential to “totally destabilise the Zimbabwean economy,” Deputy Finance Minister Clemence Chiduwa said in an op-ed in the state-run Sunday Mail newspaper. Companies and individuals could face ...

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• 8 June

  BofA puts more capital into sales, trading teams: CEO

  

  Bloomberg Bank of America Corp (BofA) Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan said the bank will put more capital into its sales and trading teams, after it took advantage of wild swings in the stock market during the pandemic. “On the sales and trading side, our team’s done a fantastic job,” Moynihan said at an Alliance Bernstein conference. “We’re putting more ...

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• 7 June

  US futures fall with inflation, corporate tax plan in view

  

  Bloomberg The US equity-index futures dropped with Treasuries as investors weighed inflation risks and the impact of a minimum corporate tax on technology firms. The dollar ticked up. Futures on the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 declined, while European stocks fluctuated between gains and losses. The 10-year rate added two basis points after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said a slightly ...

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• 7 June

  Taper-tantrum woes fuel hunt for foolproof emerging markets

  

  Bloomberg The debate about when the Federal Reserve will start scaling back bond purchases is driving some investors to emerging-market assets less exposed to a potential surge in US yields. William Blair Investment Management and Fidelity International are bulking up on high-yield or frontier bonds that are less sensitive to US interest rates. Meantime, Bank of America Corp is recommending ...

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• 7 June

  UAE citizens, residents can travel to 19 countries quarantine-free

  

  DUBAI / WAM With Spain welcoming fully vaccinated international visitors starting from Monday, UAE travellers planning their summer getaways can now choose from over 30 cities in 19 countries across the Emirates network that have opened their doors for tourism and business. From July, Emirates will operate over 280 weekly flights from Dubai to cities in Europe, the US, Middle ...

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• 7 June

  Empower saves electricity worth AED3.4bn in 2020

  

  DUBAI / WAM Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) has saved more than 1,312 megawatts of electricity last year, which represents a total value of AED3.4 billion and marked a record number of fresh water savings, which amounted to more than 349 million imperial gallons by the end of 2020. The company reaffirmed its full commitment to support the UAE’s ...

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• 7 June

  UAE condemns Houthi attempt to target Saudi’s Khamis Mushait

  ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE has strongly condemned Iran-backed Houthi terrorist militias’ systematic attempts to attack civilians and civilian objects in Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia, with an explosive drone, which was intercepted by the Coalition Forces. In a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC), the UAE reiterated that these systematic terror attacks by ...

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