Mandelson promotes UK in China September 6, 2009 Business secretary Lord Mandelson is currently leading a delegation of UK businessmen to China to forge better business relations between the two countries on a range of issues, particularly on low carbon economic development. Mandelson will meet with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and other senior government ministers and business organisations on the trip. “China is [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 2, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES OCH-ZIFF SET TO EARN PERFORMANCE FEES AGAINOch-Ziff, one of the largest hedge fund managers in the world, is set to start earning performance fees again across its $21.7bn (£13.3bn) of funds. The flagship Och-Ziff master fund is up 17.6 per cent this year, meaning it has almost completely recovered from losses incurred in [...]
BANKERS AND MINERS ARE IN DEMAND September 2, 2009 ALEXANDRE HOUPERTHEAD OF LISTED PRODUCTS UK, SG CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANKING LIKE all investors, those who use covered warrants will be starting to think about how to position themselves for a potential global upturn. Two sectors in particular have been at the forefront of the market’s summer rally: banking and mining. Given how low banking [...]
Aussie looking vulnerable as investors fear Chinese bubble September 1, 2009 SINCE equity markets began to rally in March, traders have been riding the wave of the strong Australian dollar. Since then, going long on the currency has been a no-brainer for foreign exchange traders across the world. Those who entered positions back then will have benefited from the 39 per cent rise in Australian dollar [...]
WORLD FEARS NEW CHINESE TIGHTENING September 1, 2009 BORIS SCHLOSSBERGDIRECTOR OF CURRENCY RESEARCH, GFT ALTHOUGH this week’s global calendar is packed with key economic data, the most important event for the currency markets may take place when the G20 meets in Pittsburgh to discuss its agenda. As I have written in this column before, China remains the key to the recovery trade as [...]
MAYBE THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT WILL GET August 31, 2009 TAKING A VIEW Trading OutlookBRIAN DOLANCHIEF CURRENCY STRATEGIST, FOREX.COM AS SUMMER draws to a close, indications are increasing that the risk rebound has run its course and that markets are likely entering a more difficult phase of the global stabilisation/recovery story. On the technical side, in stocks, bearish divergences between price and momentum abound in [...]
CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS August 31, 2009 PricewaterhouseCoopersThe accountancy giant has appointed Nick Secrett to its pensions capital management team, which was launched at the end of last year and is headed up by partner Chris Massey. “Secrett has a wealth of capital markets expertise and will work with our clients to model and control their pension financing and investment risks,” said [...]
USshares slide on China stock sell-off August 31, 2009 US stocks fell yesterday as concerns about the global economy’s health weighed on Wall Street following a sell-off in Chinese equities. Energy shares led the decline after the sharp drop in China’s main stock index, while oil slipped below $70 a barrel on increased worries about global energy demand. Shares of Chevron tumbled 1.1 percent [...]
Rio profits plunge but optimism holds August 20, 2009 RIO TINTO, the world’s second-largest miner, yesterday blamed the collapse in metal prices for plummeting pre-tax profits, but was cautiously confident about the future. London and Sydney-listed Rio reported first-half pre-tax profit was 56 per cent lower than the same period in 2008, at $4.3bn (£2.6bn). But the miner said that it had eased its [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 20, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES UNIVERSAL MUSIC LICENSES SINATRA RIGHTSUniversal Music has secured the international rights to 38 albums recorded by Frank Sinatra, heralding an acceleration of plans to commercialise the entertainer’s estate on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the release of My Way. GAP PROFITS SLIP IN SECOND QUARTERGap, the US specialty clothing retailer, said [...]