October, 2018

• 17 October

  Stocks fall as confidence fades; dollar advances

  

  Bloomberg US stocks fell as the week’s second big serving of corporate earnings did much less to reassure bulls than the previous day’s almost uniformly strong reports. The dollar and Treasuries rose. The S&P 500 Index slid back below 2,800, heading for a second loss in three days. IBM’s disappointing results dragged the Dow Jones Industrial Average lower by more ...

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• 17 October

  Dark deals jump on softer MiFID rules

  

  Bloomberg Europe’s dark pools are filling up with equities again as some trading bans imposed under the MiFID II rules get lifted. About 8 percent of all equities trading took place on private stock markets known as dark venues in the past month, after regulators ended suspensions on nearly half of the previously affected stocks, according to a Bloomberg calculation ...

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• 17 October

  Nordea money flows questioned as Browder seeks Nordic probes

  

  Bloomberg Nordea Bank Abp, Scandinavia’s biggest lender, now risks being dragged into a money laundering scandal that has rocked the Nordic and Baltic region. Bill Browder, the UK-based investor tracking dirty money flows out of Russia, has filed complaints with Nordic prosecutors alleging he can pinpoint 365 Nordea accounts in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway that received $175 million from ...

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• 17 October

  Danske Bank forced to renew CEO search after regulator rejects pick

  

  Bloomberg Danske Bank A/S’s top pick for a new chief executive officer was rejected by the Nordic nation’s financial regulator, adding to turmoil at the lender that is mired in a money laundering scandal. The Copenhagen-based bank on Wednesday withdrew its application to the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority to name 40-year-old Jacob Aarup-Andersen, the head of its wealth management, as ...

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• 17 October

  ECB bank watchdog race intensifies

  

  Bloomberg Sharon Donnery is getting closer to becoming the euro zone’s top bank supervisor as she and her two competitors ready for scrutiny by lawmakers and the European Central Bank. The deputy governor of Ireland’s central bank can count on the support of a bloc of ECB policy makers from northern nations when the Governing Council holds a secret ballot ...

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• 17 October

  Goldman bankers give CEO surprise gain in first month

  Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s dealmakers celebrated one of their own rising to the top of the firm by delivering an unexpected boost to his first month. Wall Street’s top advisory franchise delivered in a quarter when most of its competitors were beset by a slowdown in completed merger transactions and underwhelming debt-underwriting activity. Goldman Sachs’s investment-banking group posted a ...

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• 17 October

  Morgan Stanley’s big share rally finds analyst love

  

  Bloomberg Morgan Stanley is a clear winner, posting its biggest share rally since February 2017, after reporting third-quarter results earlier, garnering near-universal approval from Wall Street analysts picking through its report. Goldman Sachs Group’s stock is gaining too, but just the most since September 19, while its earnings are getting more of a cold eye. Morgan Stanley is scoring the ...

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• 17 October

  United boosts profit view on travel demand

  

  Bloomberg United Continental Holdings Inc. boosted its 2018 profit outlook for the third time this year, overcoming higher oil prices as strong travel demand buoys a financial turnaround at the No. 3 US airline. Earnings will climb to at least $8 a share this year, United said in a statement, having previously predicted as little as $7.25. The carrier improved ...

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• 17 October

  Flybe drops most since 2011

  

  Bloomberg Rising oil prices that have already wiped out two European airlines since September have claimed another victim: Britain’s biggest carrier on domestic routes lost more than one-third of its value on Wednesday as an escalating fuel bill coincides with weaker demand. Shares of Flybe Group Plc dropped as much as 38 percent as the Exeter, England-based company said “softening” ...

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• 17 October

  Asos surges as online clothing retailer beats summer heat

  

  Bloomberg Asos Plc has posted stronger-than-estimated pretax profit as Britain’s largest online-only fashion retailer posted double-digit sa-les growth while some of its rivals in retail struggle with volatile weather and digital-first competition. The shares rose as much as 12 percent in London, the most in more than three years. Retailers like Asos that produce and sell their own labels continue ...

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