The British pound moved to its highest level since November after The Sun reported that Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party has privately decided to back Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal on a conditional basis […]
China added gold to its foreign reserves last month for the first time in two years, a sign that (combined with a continued paring in U.S. Treasurys) points to continuing work to cut dependence on […]
Around 80 investors in failed lender Xinhehui protested outside the Hangzhou headquarters of a Meidu Energy Corp. on January 22th 2019. The investors voiced their fury to put pressure on the company to pay off […]
Chinese companies use a tactic where bond issuers are indirectly buying their own bond offerings, according to Bloomberg. The idea is to inflate issuance sizes, creating the image of greater access to capital than might […]
As widely expected, the Bank of Japan held interest rates steady, though the move showed a long-awaited exit from loose monetary policy may be a ways off yet. It kept short-term rates at -0.1% with […]
China is expected to top the U.S. as the world’s largest retail market in 2019. Retail sales in China are forecast to grow 7.5 percent to $5.6 trillion in 2019. Meanwhile, U.S. retail sales are […]
Several of Europe’s private equity firms are racing to become the first $100 billion PE firm. Fundraising is booming, and a lot of large players are closing in on $100 billion in assets under management […]
According to Pitchbook data, we see that Venture Capitalists are gaining more access to the industrial markets. Indeed, in 2018 mostly $6 billion were invested into startups within the industrial, engineering & construction, power, energy, mining […]
Existing-home sales in the US declined 6.4% in December from November, reaching the lowest level in three years, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. The median selling price increased 2.9% from […]
US banks will continue consolidating, says Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan. In an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he outlined the historical reasons the merger-and-acquisition process has been […]
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