October, 2016

• 2 October

  Arrium faces $30.6mn steelworks hit

  

    Bloomberg Australian steel and iron ore producer Arrium Ltd. may face costs of as much as A$40 million ($30.6 million) following storms that caused blackouts and forced BHP Billiton Ltd. to halt its Olympic Dam copper operation. Arrium’s steelworks in the south-coast town of Whyalla and the mining of iron ore to feed the mill have been halted since ...

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• 2 October

  Indians disclose $10bn in hidden wealth

  

    New Delhi / AFP Indians have declared almost $10 billion in hidden wealth under a government amnesty on tax evasion, as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s moves to crack down on huge piles of black money. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the four-month scheme that closed on Friday had resulted in 64,275 declarations of previously undisclosed assets and ...

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• 2 October

  Yuan joins IMF reserves in first revision since 1999

  

    Bloomberg The yuan took on the mantle of a global reserve currency Saturday, a milestone that is seen breathing life into China’s bond markets by prompting estimated inflows of as much as $1 trillion over the next five years. The currency’s entry into the International Monetary Fund’s Special Drawing Rights — alongside the dollar, euro, pound and the yen ...

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• 2 October

  China factory gauge stable at post-2014 high

  

    Bloomberg China’s official factory gauge steadied at the highest level in almost two years while services picked up, suggesting that the economy’s stabilization continued last month and reducing prospects for additional policy easing. The data add to evidence of improvement as government fiscal support and a soaring property market help underpin growth. Fresh signs of stability may lead policy ...

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• 2 October

  Thousands protest steel plant over Vietnam fish deaths

    Hanoi / AFP Thousands of Vietnamese protesters surrounded a Taiwanese steel plant on Sunday, some scaling walls and holding signs demanding its closure, as anger flares against the firm for dumping toxic waste into the ocean killing tonnes of fish. Huge crowds on motorbike and foot gathered at the Formosa plant in central Ha Tinh province, with some holding ...

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• 2 October

  Lloyds Bank faces $2.1bn charge on pension, PPI

  

    Bloomberg Lloyds Banking Group Plc, Britain’s largest mortgage lender, may take a 1.6 billion-pound ($2.1 billion) charge in third-quarter earnings to cover a pension deficit and customer compensation, according to analysts. The London-based bank may set aside 800 million pounds to cover its pension fund liabilities and a similar amount for customers who were wrongly sold payment protection insurance, ...

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• 2 October

  Moneta slumps most as GE sells $390mn stake

  

    AFP Moneta Money Bank AS fell the most in three months after General Electric Co. sold almost a quarter stake in the Czech lender at a discount to the market price. Traded volume surged to more than 20 times the three-month daily average as the stock tumbled 4.6 percent to 76.60 koruna at end of trading in Prague, valuing ...

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• 2 October

  RBS resurrects NatWest Markets

  

    Bloomberg Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc said it would resurrect the NatWest Markets brand for its investment bank as part of its plan to meet rules designed to prevent a repeat of its 45.5 billion-pound ($59 billion) taxpayer-funded bailout during a financial crisis. RBS will return to the name used by the former NatWest Plc securities unit during ...

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• 2 October

  India approves one year extension to SBI head

    Bloomberg India decided to extend Arundhati Bhattacharya’s tenure by one year as the chairman of the country’s largest bank, a finance ministry official said, a move that will allow her to oversee completion of the merger with six smaller banks. Bhattacharya, 60, who was to retire this month, will continue as the chief of the State Bank of India ...

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• 2 October

  PBOC pulls most funds since July

    Bloomberg China’s central bank conducted its biggest weekly cash withdrawals since July, amid speculation it is seeking to ease bubbles in assets including bonds and property. The People’s Bank of China drained a net 420.1 billion yuan ($63 billion) from the financial system as maturing reverse-repurchase agreements exceeded new issuance. The nation’s benchmark money-market rate surged to a 14-month ...

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