Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Development bank climate finance spending hit $66 billion in 2020 - report
LONDON (Reuters) - Spending on climate finance by eight of the world's major multilateral development banks rose to $66 billion in 2020 from $61.6 billion in 2019, with the majority committed to poore...
Jun 30, 2021
After $4.4 billion New York IPO, founders of China's Didi eye global growth
By Julie Zhu and Yilei Sun HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - From working at a foot massage company to setting up China's biggest ride-hailing firm, Will Wei Cheng has navigated several hurdles on the pat...
Jun 30, 2021
Column: Transatlantic stock switch tempts at midyear yet again
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - A year ago, investment circles were abuzz about an eastward leap across the Atlantic. But that stock market trade has yet to bear fruit - undermining advice to do it y...
Jun 30, 2021
Singapore's sovereign fund invests $1 billion in Grifols's U.S. unit
MADRID (Reuters) - Singapore's wealth fund GIC agreed to invest around 1 billion dollars in Biomat, a U.S.-based plasma collection company owned by Grifols, thus becoming a strategic investor in the S...
Jun 30, 2021
Cambodia activists say conservation group a frequent government target
By Kay Johnson Bangkok (Reuters) - The founder of a Cambodian conservation group that saw three of its activists jailed this month says the government is taking aim at them for their work exposing cor...
Jun 30, 2021
Global watchdogs float remedies to cure money market fund stress
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Global financial regulators proposed options ranging from capital buffers to charges to avoid a repeat of central banks having to rescue the $8.8 trillion money market ...
Jun 30, 2021
German unemployment drops further in June as recovery gains speed
BERLIN (Reuters) - German unemployment fell further in June as more workers joined the labour market in light of a strong recovery in Europe's largest economy helped by falling coronavirus infections ...
Jun 30, 2021
Taiwan tells U.S. it hopes to 'gradually' move towards free trade deal
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's chief trade negotiator John Deng told the United States on Wednesday that he hopes the two can "gradually" move towards a free trade agreement as they began long-delayed ta...
Jun 30, 2021
Barclays moves investment bank into its London headquarters
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain' Barclays will move its staff from across Canary Wharf into its headquarters in the London financial district, the bank said on Wednesday. The lender will move its corporate...
Jun 30, 2021
HK media group Next Digital to stop operating from July 1 - memo
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong media group Next Digital, owned by jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai, will cease operating from July 1, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. The memo, shared by two of ...
Jun 30, 2021
