Traders bet on more easing as Fed opts for half-point rate cutTraders increased their bets on future US interest-rate cuts after the Federal Reserve reduced its benchmark by half a point. The market no...
19 Sep, 2024, 09.05 AM IST
Funds circling India debt risk being tripped Up by red tapeChina's tax exemptions on bond investments set a precedent for India's sovereign debt market, likely attracting more foreign investors. The...
27 Jun, 2024, 09.07 AM IST
Powell has bond traders right where he wants them: Full of doubtIt’s a scenario — evident in part through split futures positioning — that gives the Fed chair and his colleagues leeway to quickly adjust ...
28 Aug, 2023, 08.17 AM IST
India is counting on debut green bond to cut financing costsA lower cost of borrowing would help Asia’s third-largest economy finance infrastructure and meet clean energy goals, while managing a reco...
14 Sep, 2022, 11.35 AM IST
Wall Street ends week positively; S&P 500, Dow hit record highsThe S&P 500 and the Dow Industrials recorded their fourth straight week of gains. The S&P 500 scored three closing highs this week, while t...
17 Apr, 2021, 10.25 AM IST
Investors resigned to Trump's China ban, with Biden seen changing littleTrump's executive order requires US investors to completely divest from the securities of 44 companies deemed to be linked to the Chinese m...
15 Jan, 2021, 12.37 PM IST
Debt relief for poor countries not as simple as it sounds: AnalystsG20 nations last week agreed to freeze bilateral govt loan repayments for poor nations until the end of the year .
21 Apr, 2020, 10.22 PM IST
Global banks hung on $1.5 billion of loansChunks of loans for at least five private equity deals are currently sitting on banks’ books.
28 Oct, 2019, 11.54 AM IST
Trump-Xi both get trade war wins with harder issues unresolvedFor now, markets anxious to see trade hostilities ease get a temporary respite.
02 Dec, 2018, 01.36 PM IST
In China, a valuable lesson for India’s small businesses?For China’s leadership -- gathering this week at the 19th Communist Party Congress -- cleaning the noxious skies and filthy rivers has beco...
16 Oct, 2017, 11.19 AM IST
China to put investors on contagion alertThe key metrics to watch now are the yuan’s exchange rate and cross-border capital flows.
10 May, 2017, 10.54 AM IST
China’s $9 trillion moral hazard is now too big to ignoreThe nation's main financial regulators are drafting new rules for asset-management products that aim to make clear the investments don't ha...
23 Feb, 2017, 08.10 AM IST
Gross loss was net gain for Pimco as fund outdoes peersInvestors who pulled an estimated $52.7 billion from the Pimco Total Return Fund this year may feel like freeway drivers who changed lanes.
31 Dec, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Bond market is bracing for the worst and loading up on cashBond investors are bracing for the worst. The Federal Reserve has signalled that interest rates will most likely rise this year.
23 Jun, 2015, 02.10 PM IST
Pimco uses in-house trading of funds to meet demands post Bill Gross' exitThe firm sold $18 billion of Total Return's assets to other Pimco funds and accounts between October and March,to meet more than $100 billi...
12 Jun, 2015, 12.23 PM IST
- Libor, now set by smaller group of banks, losing status as a world benchmark
The dominance of a smaller group shows the measure is failing to accurately reflect the true health of the financial system and borrowing c...
09 Oct, 2012, 11.03 AM IST
- Scorecard: Boeing, Canon, Roche, UPS
Boeing, the world’s second-biggest commercial-airplane maker, said fourth-quarter earnings rose 4.5% as the company boosted production to d...
31 Jan, 2008, 03.53 AM IST