By Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Having raised interest rates at the fastest pace on record to tame inflation, the world’s top central banks are openly contemplating an early end to their[...]
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March 24, 2023
Japan’s consumer inflation off 41-year high but cost pressure persists
By Takahiko Wada and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core consumer inflation slowed in February but an index stripping away energy costs hit a four-decade high, data showed on Frida[...]
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Australia market major backs plan to break ASX monopoly on post-trade functions
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – A top Australian share trading technology firm backed a government proposal to break stock market operator ASX Ltd’s effective monopoly over clearing and s[...]
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Fed pause before European peers to lift Treasuries, European stocks
By Yoruk Bahceli and Naomi Rovnick (Reuters) -As markets bet banking turmoil will prompt the Federal Reserve to pause rate hikes before Europe, U.S. bonds and European equities are tipped to win from[...]
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Wealth managers ramp up staff in Hong Kong to chase Chinese demand
By Summer Zhen HONG KONG (Reuters) – Wealth management firms are expanding operations aggressively in Hong Kong to meet pent-up demand from rich Chinese individuals looking to invest more money[...]
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StanChart CEO says AT1 bond wipeout has profound impact
By Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) -Standard Chartered Chief Executive Bill Winters said on Friday Credit Suisse AG’s $17 billion Additional Tier 1 bonds wipeout had “profound” implica[...]
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Exclusive-ValueAct seeks to oust four directors of Seven & i
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) -ValueAct Capital informed Seven & i Holdings on Friday it would lobby to remove four directors from the Japanese convenience store operator’s 14-member boar[...]
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Marketmind: Banks queue round the block at Fed discount window
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole It’s been a slow day in Asian markets, no doubt with everyone tired and emotional after another rough week. Japan’s f[...]
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Exclusive-India says ‘time has come’ for Airbus, Boeing to set up jet assembly plants
By Tim Hepher and Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Plane giants Airbus and Boeing face mounting pressure to set up jetliner plants in India, after the country’s civil aviation minister tol[...]
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