China’s Ping An Insurance is considering convertible bond sale worth up to $5 billion, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The bond sale could raise between $2 billion and $5 billion, according to one of the sources. A deal is expected in the next few weeks, the sources added. They could not be named discussing confidential information. In a Hong Kong Stock Exchange filing on […]
July 10 (Reuters) – BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA), opens new tab has entered into a comprehensive partnership agreement with Mistral AI, covering all its current and future commercial models, the French bank said on Tuesday. The deal, which expands a relationship that started in September, will see BNP Paribas implement Mistral AI’s large language models across multiple business […]
LONDON, July 9 (Reuters) – Anglo American (AAL.L), opens new tab has hired three banks for the sale of its steelmaking coal assets, which analysts value at as much as $5 billion and is part of a broader restructuring to fend off an approach from rival BHP (BHP.AX), opens new tab, two sources close to the matter said […]
July 8 (Reuters) – HSBC (HSBA.L), opens new tab has been fined HK$24 million ($3.07 million) for offering incentives to “unregistered intermediaries” to get clients to join its Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) scheme in 2020 and 2021, Hong Kong’s pension regulator said. The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) also said that it disqualified Yip Sze Ki, […]
TOKYO—Japan would love to strengthen the yen, with the currency’s value at a nearly 38-year low. And it owns one of the world’s biggest dollar stashes. Many analysts say Tokyo is getting ready to redirect some of those government-controlled dollars back into yen assets, a decision that could ripple through global financial markets, given the sums […]
LONDON, July 9 (Reuters) – As HSBC (HSBA.L), opens new tab prepares to name its third CEO in nine years, the bank is exploring financial incentives and reallocating key projects to retain those who miss out on the top job, two people with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters. Europe’s biggest bank could reassign its technology transformation […]
Devon Energy DVN -1.65%decrease; red down pointing triangle has agreed to acquire Grayson Mill Energy, a oil-and-gas producer in the Williston Basin, in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $5 billion. The Oklahoma City-based Devon said Monday that it would pay $3.25 billion in cash and $1.75 billion in stock to acquire Grayson Mill, which operates drilling rigs in […]
ST.PETERSBURG, July 3 (Reuters) – Russia’s central bank told businesses they should use “multiple choice solutions” including cryptocurrencies and other digital assets to facilitate payments with foreign partners to counter Western sanctions imposed over the Ukraine conflict. Russia’s booming trade with China, India, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and other countries which have not imposed […]
TAIPEI, July 7 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s central bank said on Sunday that it has no timetable for launching a digital currency, warning the process will be “huge and complex”, but it will hold public hearings on the matter next year to spread knowledge. Taiwan’s central bank has been working on a pilot for a government-run […]
ROME, July 5 (Reuters) – UniCredit (CRDI.MI), opens new tab is willing to consider M&A opportunities if financial conditions are right, but they are not a must, Chief Executive Andrea Orcel said in an interview published on Friday. “M&A is a possibility, not an compulsory choice,” Orcel told Italian regional newspaper La Sicilia. Italy’s second-largest bank has […]