A corporate culture that has long favored quiet chats over splashy headlines is being shaken up as activist funds are targeting other Australian firms and as BHP Billiton fends off the attention of Elliott Management. In an effort to improve returns, and in order to pressure corporate boards criticized as clubby and conservative, activist investors…
According to Luc Frieden, who has held several portfolios within the Luxembourg cabinet over the past few decades, U.K. financial services firms will definitely not be able to carry on business as normal within the European Union (EU) after it leaves the bloc. “We need a strong partnership with the United Kingdom, it’s our neighbor…
As volatility climbs following a record-setting surge in the price, bitcoin was put on pace for its worst week since January 2015 after the digital currency sank as much as 19 percent. In intraday trading, the cryptocurrency has retreated to as low as $2,076.16 after flirting with $3,000 on Monday. There have bene fall in…
The creation of a separate business for its equity, debt and leveraged capital markets operations, are among the plans that Deutsche Bank AG is making to create a completely new structure for its corporate and investment banking division, the bank announced recently. Appointed as co-heads of the bank’s newly-combined investment banking and trading units earlier…
In order to better shield sensitive technologies seen as vital to U.S. national security, current and former U.S. officials told the media that the United States appears poised to heighten scrutiny of Chinese investment in Silicon Valley. The fields like artificial intelligence and machine learning have increasingly attracted Chinese capital in recent years and therefore…
Libya’s crude output could soar as its state oil company moved toward resolving a dispute. But putting at risk political reconciliation between the nation’s rival factions and a tentative rebound in its oil production is the regional crisis over Qatar has spilled over into Libya. In a step forward in a dispute that was shutting…
Ahead of an anticipated interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve, while short-dated U.S. bond yields briefly hit multi-week highs, world stock markets rose as technology shares recovered from a recent sell-off. Record closing highs was set by the S&P 500, Dow industrials and Russell 2000. The spotlight was put on areas of the stock…
While Westminster comes to terms with a hung parliament, Britain was plunged deep into political uncertainty after last week’s inconclusive General Election. It is therefore important to understand the impact on investors over the coming months because of this. “Clearly the pound is a little bit weaker, I think it’s going to bounce around for…
After bitcoin hit all-time highs, as appetite for digital assets continues to grow, ethereum prices also surged to record levels. According to data from industry website Coinmarketcap, the cryptocurrency was trading at around $407.10 in early Monday morning trading. Since Jan. 1, when ethereum was trading at $7.98, this is a record level which marks a…
It had been months that Varuni T.V., a business professor in India, had her eye on. And Finally, her dream device, a black iPhone 5S, a model Apple Inc. released in 2013, was finally bought by her at the end of May by the 34-year-old. “It doesn’t bother me that it is several generations old,” says Varuni,…
