April, 2018

• 24 April

  M&A in clean-energy loving Germany could sully green bonds

  

  Bloomberg Angela Merkel’s clean-energy push may turn out to be less ‘green’ than expected for bondholders caught up in the upheaval of Germany’s energy industry. In the latest redrawing of the power map as the nation moves away from nuclear and fossil fuels, EON SE will take over Innogy SE from rival RWE AG, along with 850 million euros ($1 …

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• 24 April

  Banks’ push for Libor substitute gains pace on ‘Sonia’ new version

  

  Bloomberg Tarred by a fixing scandal that struck at the height of the financial crisis, bankers and investors for years have been grappling with finding a replacement for the Libor benchmark used to set borrowing rates on trillions of loans and derivatives. Now the Bank of England has finally unveiled a key part. On Tuesday, the BOE for the first …

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• 24 April

  Euro bulls feel fatigue as signs of slowing economic growth cloud ECB path

  

  Bloomberg Some euro bulls are wondering if the party is over, for now. The outlook for the past year’s best-performing major currency is being clouded by skepticism the European Central Bank will be able to tighten policy as early as previously thought, given signs of slowing economic growth. OppenheimerFunds Inc.’s multi-asset money manager Alessio de Longis is moving toward a …

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• 24 April

  Deutsche Bank mulls cuts to US cash equities

  

  Bloomberg Barely two weeks into the job, Deutsche Bank AG’s Chief Executive Officer Christian Sewing is considering a retreat that could mark the end of the bank’s two-decade quest to compete with Wall Street. Sewing is weighing extensive cuts to the lender’s cash equities business in the US and may announce details as part of a wider restructuring of its …

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• 24 April

  Banks told by EU to solve their $134 trillion Brexit headache

  

  Bloomberg The European Union spurned UK calls for a legislative fix to the threat posed by Brexit to trillions of dollars of financial contracts, telling banks and insurers to solve the problem themselves. Valdis Dombrovskis, the EU’s financial-services policy chief, said the private sector must take the lead in ensuring that existing contracts can continue and not be disrupted when …

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• 24 April

  UBS’s freshly-combined global wealth management disappoints

  

  Bloomberg UBS Group AG’s freshly-combined wealth management unit didn’t get off to the best start. The business, which accounts for about half UBS’s pre-tax profits, posted first-quarter earnings that missed analyst estimates. That disappointment and lower-than-expected asset management results eclipsed a star performance at the investment bank, sending the shares down the most in three months. Chief Executive Officer Sergio …

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• 24 April

  Rolls-Royce considers China venture for new wide-body jet

  

  Bloomberg Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc is in talks with Aero Engine Corporation of China on a possible partnership that would see the companies jointly supply engines for a new wide-body aircraft planned by China and Russia, according to people familiar with the matter. The two companies met earlier this year on whether to cooperate on the turbine for the CR929 wide-body, …

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• 24 April

  Southwest plans more NYC, Washington flights as Alaska Air retreats

  

  Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co. plans to expand service from New York City and Washington this year after completing a deal to lease slots from Alaska Air Group Inc. at maxed out airports. Southwest will be able to add six round-trip flights at New York’s LaGuardia Airport and four at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The 10-year lease begins in October …

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• 24 April

  Activist Jana takes Pinnacle Foods stake, explores a sale

  Bloomberg Jana Partners, the activist fund run by Barry Rosenstein, disclosed a stake in Pinnacle Foods Inc. and is urging the packaged food manufacturer to explore a sale or another transactions in the frozen food space. The New York-based hedge fund and its partners own 9.5 percent of the food manufacturing company, according to a regulatory filing. Jana said in …

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• 24 April

  United CEO skips bonus, chairman to step aside

  

  Bloomberg United Continental Holdings Inc.’s top executive is giving up his bonus and its chairman is stepping aside. Chief Executive Officer Oscar Munoz asked the board not to award him the payout for 2017, the airline said in a regulatory filing. Chairman Robert Milton, a former Air Canada CEO, will be replaced with another independent board chief. Laurence Simmons, a …

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