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Bloomberg Singapore’s financial-services sector, which accounts for 4.5% of total employment, may see more job losses during the second half of the year as the country goes through its worst recession ever, the central bank warned on Wednesday. Banks, insurers and other financial institutions held up well during the first six months when the sector created about 1,500 jobs and …

Bloomberg Barclays Plc is moving some top bankers to its new sustainability teams as it seeks to gain a larger foothold in providing financing and advice for activities that help mitigate climate change. Justin Peagram, previously a managing director in the natural-resources group, will now focus on sustainable energy and other emerging-growth areas as part of the sustainable and impact-banking …

Bloomberg New Zealand’s central bank expanded its quantitative easing program and said it’s open to cutting interest rates into negative territory as a new coronavirus outbreak threatens the economic recovery. The Reserve Bank increased its Large Scale Asset Purchase program to as much as NZ$100 billion from NZ$60 billion, and extended it until June 2022, according to a statement on …

Bloomberg ABN Amro Bank NV will cut its investment bank by about a third and shut down lending outside of Europe as the Dutch bank tries to turn around business hit hard by the market chaos caused by the coronavirus crisis. ABN Amro will stop providing corporate finance outside Europe and exit trade and commodity financing altogether, the Dutch bank …

Bloomberg Goldman Sachs strategists raised their profit estimates for S&P 500 after a record number of companies beat analyst expectations. Strategists at the bank led by David Kostin lifted their 2020 EPS estimates to $130 from $115, expecting an overall 21% profit contraction versus last year’s levels. The second-quarter results also re-affirmed the team’s confidence in their 2021 EPS estimate …

Bloomberg US equity futures advanced and stocks edged higher in Europe as bank shares rallied and bond yields climbed globally. Gold rebounded after finding support below $1,900 an ounce. Advances in ABN Amro Bank NV and HSBC Holdings Plc offset drops in tech and real estate shares on the Stoxx Europe 600 Index. The pound held Tuesday’s drop versus the …

Bloomberg Tesla Inc. is splitting its elevated shares in a 5-for-1 exchange, a move timed to make the stock less expensive for individual investors after the company become the world’s most valuable automaker. Its shares surged on the news in aftermarket trading. Each shareholder of record on August 21 will receive a dividend of four additional shares of common stock …

Bloomberg Indian equities declined, halting their longest run of gains in three weeks, as economic growth concerns resurfaced amid a steady increase in new infections. The S&P BSE Sensex falls 0.4% to 38,244.45 as of 9:40 am in Mumbai, after rising for four straight sessions. The NSE Nifty 50 Index also declined by a similar magnitude. The nation’s factory output …

Beijing / WAM The UAE Ambassador to China has said that both the UAE and China have been making headway in technological innovation and achievements. “This is a seismic age for technology, from the apps we use on our phones and new ways of working to high technology itself,” Dr Ali Obaid Al Dhaheri wrote in an Op-Ed in the …

Bloomberg Tongwei Solar, a unit of Tongwei Co, raised multicrystalline solar cell prices by 11% to 0.6 yuan per watt, according to a notice on its website. The company, the world’s leading cell producer, also increased prices for three types of monocrystalline cells by 0.08 yuan per watt each, about a 9% increase. The hike is the second in less …