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Investors Eye IPO Access as Hong Kong Stock Link Turns 10
  • November 17, 2024

Investors Eye IPO Access as Hong Kong Stock Link Turns 10

(Bloomberg) -- A decade after China opened up its exchanges to a broad swath of international investors through a trading link with Hong Kong, investors are craving deeper access.Most Read from BloombergIn Cleveland, a Forgotten Streetcar Bridge Gets a Long-Awaited LiftAmtrak Wins $300 Million to Fix Its Unreliable NJ-to-NYC ServiceA Bug’s Eye View of Mexico City’s Modernist ArchitectureNYC Congestion Pricing Plan With $9 Toll to Start in JanuaryZimbabwe City of 700,000 at Risk of Running Dry by

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Options Traders Unwind Bullish US Stock Wagers on Rate Concerns
  • November 17, 2024

Options Traders Unwind Bullish US Stock Wagers on Rate Concerns

(Bloomberg) -- Some of the bullish trades put on in the days around the US presidential election are being unwound as the prospect of slower interest-rate cuts have helped halt the stock rally. Most Read from BloombergIn Cleveland, a Forgotten Streetcar Bridge Gets a Long-Awaited LiftAmtrak Wins $300 Million to Fix Its Unreliable NJ-to-NYC ServiceA Bug’s Eye View of Mexico City’s Modernist ArchitectureNYC Congestion Pricing Plan With $9 Toll to Start in JanuaryZimbabwe City of 700,000 at Risk of

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Nomura’s Trading Clients Return After Market Manipulation Probe
  • November 17, 2024

Nomura’s Trading Clients Return After Market Manipulation Probe

(Bloomberg) -- Some clients of Nomura Holdings Inc. are restarting business with the Japanese brokerage after it took steps to address concerns arising from a regulatory probe into market manipulation, according to people with knowledge of the matter.Most Read from BloombergIn Cleveland, a Forgotten Streetcar Bridge Gets a Long-Awaited LiftAmtrak Wins $300 Million to Fix Its Unreliable NJ-to-NYC ServiceA Bug’s Eye View of Mexico City’s Modernist ArchitectureNYC Congestion Pricing Plan With $9 To

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Morgan Stanley, Goldman Turn More Cautious on China Stocks
  • November 17, 2024

Morgan Stanley, Goldman Turn More Cautious on China Stocks

(Bloomberg) -- Wall Street brokerages have turned more cautious on Chinese stocks as persistent deflationary pressures and geopolitical tensions cloud the outlook for earnings in the world’s second-largest equity market.Most Read from BloombergIn Cleveland, a Forgotten Streetcar Bridge Gets a Long-Awaited LiftAmtrak Wins $300 Million to Fix Its Unreliable NJ-to-NYC ServiceA Bug’s Eye View of Mexico City’s Modernist ArchitectureNYC Congestion Pricing Plan With $9 Toll to Start in JanuaryZimbabwe

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Philippines Starts Interest Rate Swaps to Deepen Bond Market
  • November 17, 2024

Philippines Starts Interest Rate Swaps to Deepen Bond Market

(Bloomberg) -- The Philippines kicked off on Monday a new interest rate swap market to boost bond trading and liquidity as part of reforms to develop its capital market. Most Read from BloombergIn Cleveland, a Forgotten Streetcar Bridge Gets a Long-Awaited LiftAmtrak Wins $300 Million to Fix Its Unreliable NJ-to-NYC ServiceA Bug’s Eye View of Mexico City’s Modernist ArchitectureNYC Congestion Pricing Plan With $9 Toll to Start in JanuaryZimbabwe City of 700,000 at Risk of Running Dry by Year-End

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Five Key Charts to Watch in Global Commodity Markets This Week
  • November 17, 2024

Five Key Charts to Watch in Global Commodity Markets This Week

(Bloomberg) -- Holdings in exchange-traded funds backed by gold are taking a beating following Donald Trump’s US election win. The global appetite for more chicken is giving poultry producers a lift. And as the United Nations’ COP29 climate summit enters its second week, European data shows we’re losing the fight to limit global warming.Most Read from BloombergIn Cleveland, a Forgotten Streetcar Bridge Gets a Long-Awaited LiftAmtrak Wins $300 Million to Fix Its Unreliable NJ-to-NYC ServiceA Bug’

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Philippines launches interest rate swaps market to boost bond liquidity
  • November 17, 2024

Philippines launches interest rate swaps market to boost bond liquidity

The Philippine central bank announced the launch on Monday of an interest rate swaps market anchored to a newly established benchmark rate to enhance bond market trading and liquidity. The start of IRS transactions follows the recognition by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association of the benchmark - the overnight reference rate (ORR) - which the Bankers Association of the Philippines helped establish. IRS, a fixture of developed fixed-income markets, lets parties manage rate risk or bet on the direction of borrowing costs by exchanging fixed and floating interest rate streams.

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