New tech index is launched on Hong Kong stock market
A SHARE INDEX for Chinese technology giants, the Hang Seng Tech, has been launched on Hong Kong's stock market.
Companies on the list include internet...
Rogue trader’s abortive career ends with home detention order
A BRITISH stock market trader who caused a trillion-dollar crash on Wall Street in 2010 has been sentenced by an American court to a...
World Bank prices Sustainable Development Bonds for investors
THE WORLD Bank’s International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IRBD) recently priced two Sustainable Development Bonds – a $3bn, two-year bond maturing in April...
Investors give a huge $100m vote of confidence in Airbnb flotation
IN THE biggest US listing of 2020, Airbnb’s first day of public trading has secured a valuation of more than $100bn, with more than...
Rio Tinto Paying Dividends
Handsome pay-outs for mining shareholders as strong underlying earnings deliver record interims for investors…
By Darren Parkin
A SURGE in commodity prices and a rush in...
Today’s special? Walmart set to unload stake in Asda
WALMART, the world’s biggest retailer, may sell a majority stake in UK supermarket chain Asda.
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The Big Win: Singapore
The ‘Lion City’ is roaring again
By Tony Lennox
IN the heart of downtown Singapore, Raffles Hotel, a stately symbol of colonial splendour, sits in the...
Deutsche Bank cuts thousands of jobs to keep ‘doing what it...
New CEO Christian Sewing comes out swinging as troubled German lender struggles towards promised turnaround
DEUTSCHE Bank has announced it will cut more than 7,000...
‘Non-standard’ financial information more closely tied to share prices
Want to look into the future of a company? Research by Australia’s UTS (University of Technology Sydney) provides some pointers. LEILAH SCHUBERT reports.
MEASURES that...
Exploring the ways to trade surprise economic data
By GILES COGHLAN
MAY’S inflation data surprised the financial markets. Initially predicted to fall to 8.4 percent, the figures came in far hotter than expected...
