The EU struck a deal on Tuesday to implement internationally-agreed banking reforms intended to avert a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. The European Commission first proposed the banking law in October 2021 but there has been a greater focus on banks following the collapse of lenders in the United States triggered market turbulence earlier … Read more
The collapse of 3 major banks in the US within a span of 2 months indicates that the crisis in the financial sector is deeper than one probably imagined. Valuation guru Aswath Damodaran believes there are more dominos waiting to fall in the US banking business, with banks that have grown the most in the … Read more
Deal activities declined 35 per cent to USD 9.7 billion across 332 transactions in the first quarter of 2023 due to an overall decline in deal activities as the fear of a global recession has gained more traction amid the continuing war on Ukraine, according to an industry report. Of the total deals, M&As constituted … Read more
CNN — When customers at Silicon Valley Bank rushed to withdraw billions of dollars last month, venture capitalist Arlan Hamilton stepped in to help some of the founders of color who panicked about losing access to payroll funds. As a Black woman with nearly 10 years of business experience, Hamilton knew the options for those … Read more
Economists at Goldman Sachs no longer expect the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in June, according to a research note published on Wednesday following data that showed consumer prices cooled faster than expected in March. Goldman Sachs had previously expected consecutive rate hikes at the Fed‘s May and June meetings. Economists led by … Read more
In the 2023 stock market, when one group of companies falls out of favor, another has usually been ready to take its place. The latest winner is firms with the riskiest credit, poised for their best week since January versus their sturdier-balance-sheet counterparts. The outperformance is happening as credit-market stress eases, helping push the S&P … Read more
Regulators are singling out a trade on Deutsche Bank AG’s credit default swaps that they suspect fuelled a global selloff on Friday. It was a roughly ₹5 million ($5.4 million) bet on swaps tied to the German bank’s junior debt, according to people familiar with the matter, who said regulators have spoken to market participants … Read more
NEW YORK: First Citizens will acquire much of Silicon Valley Bank, the tech-focused financial institution that collapsed this month, setting off a chain reaction that caused a second bank to fail and tested faith in the global banking sector. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and other regulators had already taken extraordinary steps to head off … Read more
Gold prices edged down on Monday as a steady U.S. dollar made bullion less affordable for overseas buyers, while authorities attempted to assuage investor fears over a potential liquidity crisis in the global banking sector. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was down 0.1% at $1,975.76 per ounce, as of 0104 GMT. U.S. gold futures fell 0.3% … Read more
Notwithstanding the impact of Russia’s war with Ukraine, the UK and India are heading towards an era of positive engagement in trade and business relations, with steps underway to promote mutual investments in both the nations, British Deputy High Commissioner in charge of Kerala and Karnataka Chandru Iyer said. Iyer who is also UK’s Deputy … Read more