Fast and furious first half of 2021 keeps financial markets at full throttle
After the unprecedented pandemic-driven swings in global financial markets last year 2021 was never going to be dull, and so it has proved.
EXCLUSIVE Crypto billionaire Novogratz leads funding for virtual real estate firm
Galaxy Interactive, the venture capital division of billionaire crypto investor Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital, has taken a lead investor role in virtual real estate developer Republic Realm, its managing director said.
After $4.4 bln New York IPO, founders of China’s Didi eye global growth
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 path to taking Didi Global Inc (DIDI.N) public in a $4.4-billion New York float.
Five market trends investors are eyeing halfway through 2021
Investors have enjoyed a rewarding ride in the first half of 2021, as unprecedented economic stimulus, stellar earnings growth and a reopening U.S. economy powered the S&P 500 to record highs and a 14% year-to-date gain, putting the index on track for a first-half performance rivaled only once in over two decades.
EXCLUSIVE Scandal-hit Credit Suisse considers creating single private bank -sources
Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) is considering centralising the management of its bankers to the world’s wealthy, replacing a regional structure, three sources said, as part of efforts to fast-track an overhaul after a series of scandals.
UBS joins peers to track how lending affects environment, jobs
A group of banks, including UBS (UBSG.S) and Singapore’s DBS (DBSM.SI), on Wednesday announced plans to create a new way of measuring the environmental and social impact of their financing.
Orange to launch experimental 5G network amid telecom rush to the cloud
Orange (ORAN.PA) said on Wednesday it will launch an experimental 5G network using a cloud-based open platform and artificial intelligence in July, as the telecom industry rushes to shift services onto the cloud in a bid to cut costs and modernise.
What inflation? Pandemic leaves emerging Asia’s consumer recovery behind
Asia’s once fast-growing economies are struggling with weak domestic demand that is keeping a lid on inflation in contrast to some developed markets, heightening the chance many central banks will forgo interest rate hikes this year.
EXCLUSIVE ChemChina seeking $10 bln in Syngenta IPO, likely world’s biggest float of 2021
ChemChina is aiming to raise around $10 billion from a Shanghai IPO for Swiss agrichemical giant Syngenta Group, in what is set to be the world’s largest flotation this year, sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
HK tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Next Digital to stop operating from July 1 -memo
Hong Kong media group Next Digital (0282.HK), owned by jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai, will cease operating from July 1 after the company’s assets were frozen as part of a national security investigation, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.
