The Turkish lira slumped toward a record low versus the dollar after President Tayyip Erdogan stunned investors over the weekend by replacing the hawkish central bank governor with a critic of high interest rates. The yen rose against the euro and the antipodean currencies on speculation that Japanese individual investors who have been buying the […]

TOKYO, March 22 Reuters Carmakers led declines in Japanese shares on Monday after a fire at semiconductor supplier Renesas Electronics plant fanned worries about more chip supply shortfalls hitting vehicle production. The Nikkei continued to underperform the broader market, after the Bank of Japan on Friday decided to exclude Nikkeilinked exchange traded funds ETFs from […]

SYDNEY, March 22 Reuters The Australian and New Zealand dollars weakened against the greenback on Monday as a plunge in the Turkish lira bit into investor appetite for risk as a week of losses for oil and iron ore also hit the commoditiessensitive currencies. The Aussie was down 0.46 at a foursession low of 0.7708 […]

More wealthy investors want to invest in companies with at least 25% female membership in the boardroom.

TOKYO, March 19 Reuters Japanese government bond futures fell on Friday and most yields rose after the Bank of Japan agreed to allow benchmark yields to fluctuate in a slightly wider trading band. The yield on 10year government bonds will be allowed to move 25 basis points above or below zero, Japans central bank said […]

The European Central Bank could decide around midyear whether to proceed with a digital euro but the formal launch of the currency may still be around five years away, ECB board member Fabio Panetta said on Friday. If the process gets the go ahead this year, there will a twoyear investigation phase and a two […]

Rates as of 0500 GMT Market Recap The two central bank meetings over the last 24 hours were not the main thing pushing the FX market. The Bank of England was as featureless as I had expected. The votes were unanimous to keep both rates and bond purchases unchanged. The minutes highlighted the improvement in […]

Shares in Telecom Italia fell as much as 5 on Friday on growing uncertainty over Italys plans for a single superfast broadband network. Rome has been trying to create a national network by merging Open Fiber, a small broadband firm owned by state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti CDP and utility Enel, with the landline […]

March 19 Reuters Emerging market stocks were set for their worst session in two weeks on Friday, hurt by rising U.S. bond yields and souring SinoU.S. talks, while investors also awaited the Russian central banks monetary policy stance due later in the day. Russia is expected to stand pat on rates, but prepare markets for […]

Options traders and currency forecasters are betting India’s rupee bonds will hold up better than during the last taper tantrum in 2013.