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Global banks sink in AsiaPac first-half ECM rankings; fees down 33 percent
June 30th, 2016
Global banks tumbled in league table rankings for equity capital market (ECM) deals in Asia Pacific in the first half of 2016, as share offerings outside China that they typically rely on dried up, preliminary Thomson Reuters data showed. ...
Global law firm Baker & McKenzie announced 85 partnership promotions
June 29th, 2016
Combining this year’s promotions and new lateral talent, the Firm added 150 partners. Premier global law firm Baker & McKenzie announces election of 85 new partners. This latest investment in the Firm’s expertise grows the total number of partners ...
Asian Stocks Rise With Oil as Pound’s Rebound Stalls; Yen Gains
June 29th, 2016
Gold rises as industrial metals decline; oil back above $48 BOJ’s Kuroda says funds can be added to market as needed The relief rally endured, with Asian stocks rising in tandem with European equity index futures and oil amid ...
Most Asia markets end higher as region weathers a global rout after Brexit vote
June 28th, 2016
Most Asian markets closed higher on Tuesday, managing to hold up better than global peers amid a rout that wiped out as much as $3 trillion of market capitalization, according to data from S&P Global, in the wake of the ...
Multinational law firm expands across Italy with four new offices and 21 partners
June 23rd, 2016
Tie-up sees firm gain four new offices and 21 partners across Milan, Rome, Venice and Turin. European law firm Fieldfisher has agreed a merger with Italian law firm Studio Associato Servizi Professionali Integrati (SASPI). The merger, structured as a ...
Asian Stocks Advance Before Fed as Pound Halts Slide; Oil Sinks
June 15th, 2016
Yuan hovers near five-year low after MSCI’s China ruling Japanese bond yields drop to new records as copper gains Asian shares rose, rebounding from the steepest selloff in global stocks since January, as currency markets stabilized ahead of the ...
Surging yen sends Nikkei tumbling 3.1 percent ahead of BOJ meeting
June 13th, 2016
Asian markets ended sharply lower Monday, ahead of central bank meetings in the U.S. and Japan this week and amid jitters over the upcoming referendum on whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union. Japan’s Nikkei 225 tumbled 582.18 points, ...
China opens its huge 8.4 trillion payment cards market to foreign firms
June 10th, 2016
China will allow foreign payment card companies to operate in the country under rules issued on Tuesday, potentially giving groups like Visa Inc (V.N) and MasterCard (MA.N) access to its 55-trillion-yuan ($8.4 trillion) card payment market. Visa and MasterCard, ...
Why the bitcoin has become China’s new darling
June 8th, 2016
Speculation over yuan devaluation and the mainland’s anti-corruption drive have contributed to the currency’s growing popularity Bitcoin has become the new darling of mainland punters amid a slumbering stock market, heightened expectations of the yuan’s devaluation and even the ...
Asian Stocks Rise With Won on China Trade Data; Oil Above $50
June 8th, 2016
Chinese imports rose in yuan terms for first time since 2014 Shanghai, Hong Kong shares pare losses as kiwi strengthens Asian stocks recovered from earlier losses and South Korea’s won extended gains as Chinese trade figures added to evidence the ...
