October, 2018

• 29 October

  US regional banks to get rules relief

  

  Bloomberg Big regional US banks such as US Bancorp, Capital One Financial Corp. and PNC Financial Services Group Inc. are about to get more relief from regulators appointed by President Donald Trump. The Federal Reserve and other agencies — responding to legislation that’s meant to soften rules for smaller lenders — are set to propose this week that a series ...

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• 29 October

  Germany’s oldest bank taps deal makers for wealth management

  

  Bloomberg Germany’s oldest lender is lender trying some new ideas. Hamburg-based Joh Berenberg Gossler & Company KG will abandon its dual-leadership structure in German wealth management, the unit’s new sole head Dirk Wehmhoener told Bloomberg in an interview. In order to increase assets under management, he intends to interlink wealth management more closely with investment banking. Acquisitions, however, are not ...

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• 29 October

  Broken promise on India shadow lender shakes investor confidence

  

  Bloomberg Indian lenders are being punished for their exposure to a shadow lender as the government fails to make good on its promise to halt defaults by the distressed financier. IndusInd Bank Ltd has lost more than $1.9 billion of market value since it announced quarterly earnings as net income growth missed expectations and provisions for doubtful loans shot up. ...

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• 29 October

  ‘Brand-new’ Lion Air Boeing 737 crashes with 189 on board in sea

  

  Bloomberg A Boeing Co. 737 Max jet, operated by Indonesia’s Lion Air, crashed in the Java Sea with 189 people on board, making it the model’s first accident and potentially the worst commercial aviation disaster in three years. Flight JT610, an almost brand new 737 Max 8, took off from the capital Jakarta at 6:20 am local time on Monday ...

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• 29 October

  HNA’s plans to sell fleet of private jets

  

  Bloomberg HNA Group Co. is in talks to sell a fleet of private jets, including a $70,000-an-hour retrofitted Boeing 787 and some planes reserved for its leaders, as the debt-laden Chinese conglomerate continues to grapple with liquidity challenges, according to people familiar with the matter. HNA is offering to sell dozens of private jets operated by subsidiary Deer Jet Co. ...

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• 29 October

  Firm once sued for data breach to assist Cathay

  

  Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. has enlisted a company that was itself once caught up in a hacking scandal to help deal with the fallout of a data breach that affected more than 9 million passengers. Asia’s biggest international carrier is offering customers hit by the hack — which saw passport details to emails illegally accessed — the option to ...

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• 29 October

  Walmart warehouse chain gets high-tech

  Bloomberg Warehouse clubs, purveyors of off-price denim and massive tubs of mayonnaise, aren’t usually on the cutting edge of retail. Walmart Inc.’s Sam’s Club wants to prove otherwise. The retailer is opening a test store in Dallas called Sam’s Club Now, where shoppers will make all their purchases on their smartphones, which they’ll also use to build shopping lists and ...

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• 29 October

  Amazon tumbles on disappointing forecast for holiday revenue

  

  Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc. issued a disappointing revenue and profit forecast for the busy holiday quarter, suggesting sales growth is slowing for the e-commerce giant while higher pay for warehouse workers could hurt the bottom line. Revenue will be $66.5 billion to $72.5 billion in the current period, the Seattle-based company said in a statement, falling short of analysts’ average estimate ...

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• 28 October

  UAE leads global Islamic economy

  

  DUBAI / WAM The UAE has been ranked first globally in five Islamic economic sectors, according to the latest results of the “Global Islamic Economy Report 2018-2019.” The Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC) on Sunday published the results of the report, titled “An Inclusive Ethical Economy.” The sixth report in the series was commissioned by DIEDC and produced by ...

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• 28 October

  Agthia’s nine-month profit hits AED159mn

  Emirates Business Agthia Group PJSC, one of the UAE’s leading food and beverages companies, reported a net profit of AED 159 million during the first nine months of 2018, representing a 9% like-for-like increase compared to the same period last year. The group also reported AED 1.49 billion net revenues while gross profit margin reached a record-high 34.7 percent because ...

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