Didi cybersecurity probe blindsides shareholders days after debut
Chinese regulators have gained a reputation for aggressive action, but even hardened investors were shocked by the announcement of a probe into ride-hailing firm Didi (DIDI.N) just two days after its $4.4 billion New York stock market debut.
World shares cling near record highs
World stocks clung close to record highs on Monday as worries about the Delta variant of COVID-19 offset positive sentiment from surging euro zone business activity and a welcome U.S. jobs report.
Factbox: The challenges facing Amazon’s new CEO, Andy Jassy
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) on Monday got a new chief executive: Andy Jassy, the mastermind behind its lucrative cloud computing division, who succeeds company founder Jeff Bezos.
Chinese regulators suggested Didi delay its U.S IPO – WSJ
China’s cybersecurity watchdog suggested Didi Global Inc (DIDI.N) delay its initial public offering and urged it to review its network security, weeks before the Chinese ride-hailing giant went public, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
NFT sales volume surges to $2.5 bln in 2021 first half
The market for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) surged to new highs in the second quarter, with $2.5 billion in sales so far this year, up from just $13.7 million in the first half of 2020, marketplace data showed.
Global equity funds see third successive weekly inflows- Lipper
July 2 (Reuters) – Global investors were net buyers of equity funds for a third successive week in the week to June 30. However, a resurgence of coronavirus cases in Asia and concerns over high inflation levels and their impact on monetary policy capped inflows. According to Refinitiv Lipper data, global equity funds received inflows […]
Fed, ECB minutes and all eyes on China inflation
Minutes of the June meetings of the U.S. Fed and the ECB, plus the latest inflation data from China – here’s a rapid tour of next week’s top economic events and themes to be covered by Reuters bureaus.
Analysis: Latam central banks look past COVID as inflation phantoms loom
Latin America’s central banks have become more hawkish as the region’s inflationary ghosts rattle their chains, with a recent pivot by the U.S. Federal Reserve further boosting market expectations of tighter monetary policies.
ECB could require climate risk disclosure for asset purchases – De Cos
The European Central Bank may consider imposing climate risk disclosure conditions in its criteria for buying corporate bonds and accepting collateral for lending, policymaker Pablo Hernandez de Cos said on Friday.
EXCLUSIVE Chile wins Euroclear access for corporate bond market
Chile has sealed a long-awaited deal with Europe’s biggest securities settlement house Euroclear to include the country’s corporate bonds on the firm’s international investor platform
