April 12 Reuters Londons FTSE 100 fell on Monday, dragged lower by heavyweight banking and mining stocks, while shares of shopping centre operator Hammerson gained on plans to shore up its finances. The bluechip index slipped 0.2 after recording its best weekly performance since earlyJanuary on Friday. The wider banks index slid 0.8, with HSBC […]

TOKYO, April 12 Reuters Japanese government bond yields rose on Monday, tracking similar move in Treasuries after higherthanexpected producer prices data for March signalled higher inflation, while demand for domestic bond auctions seen last week capped decline in prices. The 10year JGB yield rose 0.5 basis point to 0.105 and the 20year JGB yield rose […]

LONDON, April 12 Reuters The pound rose on Monday as some UK lockdown measures were eased, recovering some of last weeks losses, but analysts cautioned that the boost to sterling from being ahead in the vaccine race could be shortlived as other countries catch up. Englands shops, pubs, gyms and hairdressers reopened after three months […]

Arguments for out-of-state alternatives to higher-tax New York and California debt are becoming clearer, with several factors contributing to historically high valuations in many areas of the municipal market.

Covid-19 has undoubtedly accelerated the adoption of ESG in Asia; but will the changes of the last year accelerate the adoption of higher sustainability standards in Malaysia and the rest of ASEAN?

Asset managers in the U.K. likely need to accelerate diversity efforts, in our view, with slow progress made so far.

European stocks eased from alltime highs on Monday as investors held off from making big bets ahead of the earnings season, while British retailers reopened as the economy emerges from a strict winter lockdown. The panEuropean STOXX 600 index fell 0.4 after closing at a record high on Friday, with banks, commodity and retail sectors […]

TOKYO, April 12 Reuters Japanese shares ended lower on Monday, dragged down by sharp losses in Yaskawa Electric after the industry bellwethers earnings outlook failed to meet the markets expectations, prompting a selloff in other tech stocks. Nikkei average fell 0.77 to close at 29,538.73. It has been in a holding pattern after hitting a […]

HANOI, April 12 Reuters Industrial metals prices fell on Monday on fears of a pullback in top consumer China after its premier stressed the need to strengthen control of commodity prices that have hurt businesses. The mosttraded June nickel contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was down 3.8 at 122,050 yuan 18,629.61 a tonne by […]

Rates as of 0500 GMT Market Recap Only small changes in FX rates Friday this morning. GBP continued what seems like its inexorable decline, the fifth day out of six that its been lower when I opened my spreadsheet in the morning. Nothing new here that I can discern just people trimming their long positions, […]