Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Julia Leung to become first female head of Hong Kong securities watchdog
By Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Hong Kong government has named Julia Leung as new head of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), becoming the first female chief of the territory's securit...
Dec 15, 2022
J.P.Morgan hikes China's 2023 economic growth estimate
(Reuters) - Analysts at J.P.Morgan on Thursday raised their 2023 growth forecast for China's gross domestic product by 30 basis points to 4.3% as the world's second largest economy reopens from tight ...
Dec 15, 2022
Factbox-Details of Indonesia's new financial sector law
By Stefanno Sulaiman (Reuters) - Indonesia's parliament on Thursday approved a financial law revising more than a dozen existing regulations, including an addition to the central bank's mandate to sup...
Dec 15, 2022
Swiss National Bank hints at further rate hikes ahead
By John Revill and Michael Shields BERN (Reuters) - Swiss National Bank Chairman Thomas Jordan said it was too early to "sound the all-clear" on high inflation after the central bank hiked interest ra...
Dec 15, 2022
Australia's ANZ shareholders vote to amend corporate holding structure
(Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand Banking Group said on Thursday its shareholders voted to establish a new holding company to separate its banking and non-banking businesses into two different gro...
Dec 15, 2022
Foreigners offload Chinese bonds for 10th straight month in Nov
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Foreign holdings of yuan-denominated bonds traded on China's interbank market stood at 3.33 trillion yuan ($477.31 billion) at end-October, down from 3.38 trillion yuan a month ea...
Dec 15, 2022
Philippine central bank to back wealth fund after raising transparency concerns
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine central bank on Thursday said it was backing the creation of a sovereign wealth fund being pushed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, after having earlier raised concer...
Dec 15, 2022
Amid crypto turmoil, Hong Kong debuts first crypto futures ETFs
By Georgina Lee HONG KONG (Reuters) - Two exchange traded funds (ETF) that track U.S.-listed cryptocurrency futures have raised a combined $73.6 million ahead of their debut on the Hong Kong stock exc...
Dec 15, 2022
Fitch affirms China ratings at 'A+'
(Reuters) - Fitch Ratings affirmed China's ratings at 'A+' with a stable outlook on Thursday. Fitch forecasted China's economy to grow by 4.1% in 2023, up from 2.8% in 2022, the statement added. (Repo...
Dec 15, 2022
Fifa, UEFA rules breach/do not breach EU competition rules, EU court adviser says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Soccer bodies UEFA and FIFA's rules giving them the right to block clubs from joining a breakaway league and penalise players who do so are compatible with EU antitrust laws, an a...
Dec 15, 2022
