September, 2019

• 10 September

  UK can’t fix Brexit until it drafts a constitution

  

  Democracy, Winston Churchill once famously said, was the worst way to run a country “apart from all the others that have ever been tried.” Unfortunately, he did not make clear what kind of democracy he favoured. Britain’s dreadful Brexit impasse has divided the country into roughly equal camps, both convinced democracy has been traduced. And they both have a point. ...

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• 10 September

  M&S’s relegation isn’t such a bad look, really

  

  Marks & Spencer Group Plc (M&S) showed off its key looks for the autumn winter season this week. It is aiming to woo shoppers with 1970s-inspired prints, jewel toned blouses and tailored coats. But the high street stalwart has gone out of fashion with investors. Its shares are set to fall out of the FTSE 100 index for the first ...

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• 10 September

  Grounding the 737 Max eases turbulence for airlines

  

  The grounding of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max after a pair of accidents killed 346 people might seem an unmitigated disaster for the world’s airline industry. Look at flight data, though, and you can glimpse a grim benefit supporting carriers’ bottom lines. To see why, it’s worth remembering just how crucial the 737 and its arch-rival, the Airbus SE A320, are. ...

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• 10 September

  US stock futures drift as Treasuries hold steady

  

  Bloomberg US equity futures drifted while European shares fell and Asian stocks were mixed as investors marked time before key central bank meetings in the coming days. The dollar strengthened. Contracts on the three main US indexes signalled they’ll open with modest declines. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index dropped a second day, led by financial services and health-care shares. The ...

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• 10 September

  Bigger is better for Europe stocks: SocGen

  

  Bloomberg Small is decidedly not beautiful for European equities, according to Societe Generale (SocGen) SA. Investors should short the Euro Stoxx Small Index while going long on the blue-chip Euro Stoxx 50 Index, given the prospect of greater “liquidity-driven shocks” ahead for markets, SocGen strategists said. European equity funds have registered almost nonstop outflows this year, a trend that isn’t ...

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• 10 September

  Chinese investors stop HK stocks buying spree

  Bloomberg Chinese investors have paused in their pursuit of Hong Kong stocks. They sold a net HK$175 million ($22 million) of the city’s shares on Tuesday, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That followed purchases of $10.2 billion over the previous 37 sessions, the longest streak since late 2017. Mainland traders had been attracted by cheap valuations as the benchmark ...

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• 10 September

  Deutsche Bank CFO weakens revenue goal after 2 months

  

  Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG Chief Financial Officer James von Moltke softened the lender’s mid-term revenue target just two months after setting it. The company now expects revenue of 24 billion euros ($26.6 billion) to 25 billion euros in 2022, von Moltke said at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference in New York. That compares with a goal of about 25 ...

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• 10 September

  Barclays keeps $2b in insurance costs

  

  Bloomberg Barclays Plc is putting aside an estimated 1.6 billion pounds ($2 billion) more after a rush in last-minute payment protection insurance claims, threatening t he lender’s promise to return more money to shareholders. The bank said a “significantly higher volume of PPI-related claims” ahead of the regulatory deadline led to the provision of between 1.2 billion pounds and 1.6 ...

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• 10 September

  Ex-chief Brexit negotiator to join Goldman Sachs

  Bloomberg Few geopolitical events have distracted global banks more than the endless twists and turns of Brexit. Now, Goldman Sachs Group Inc is hiring a former public servant steeped in the UK’s attempts to sever itself from the European Union. Olly Robbins, who was former Prime Minister Theresa May’s chief Brexit negotiator, plans to join the US bank as a ...

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• 10 September

  Facebook sees Libra tied to US dollar, euro, yen but maybe not China’s yuan

  

  Bloomberg Facebook Inc told US senators that the initial basket of currencies that will back its Libra cryptocurrency will likely include the US dollar, euro, yen, British pound and Singapore dollar. The list responds to concerns from Virginia Democratic Senator Mark Warner that China may push the Libra Association to include the yuan in the so-called stable coin, which Facebook ...

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