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Jun 24, 20201 min read
WIRECARD THINKS ‘MISSING’ $2.1-B IN ITS BOOKS WAS A ‘FICTION’
Wirecard said on Monday that 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) it had booked in its accounts likely never existed, a black hole that threaten
The Financial District
Jun 24, 20201 min read
US HOME MORTGAGE DELINQUENCIES HIT HIGHEST LEVEL IN 9 YEARS
The number of US home mortgage delinquencies has surged to the highest level in nine years as the coronavirus pandemic continues to hit fami
The Financial District
Jun 24, 20202 min read
CENTRAL BANKS STILL HAVE TOOLS TO SAVE GLOBAL ECONOMY
ulia Horowitz of CNN Business has argued that central banks still have some tools in their shed to save the global economy from ruin.
The Financial District
Jun 22, 20202 min read
INFLATION DOG MAY FINALLY BARK AS INVESTORS SEEK NEW ASSETS
Gold, forests, property stocks, inflation-linked bonds - these are just some of the assets investors are pouring money into on the view that
The Financial District
Jun 21, 20202 min read
WB PUTS EMPHASIS ON HUMAN CAPITAL
The World Bank has emphasized the need for protecting human capital in this COVID-19 pandemic. Also, the WB said in a report it prepared for
The Financial District
Jun 20, 20202 min read
WIRECARD CEO QUITS OVER ‘LOST’ $2-B; 2 PH BANKS NIX LINKS TO FIRM
More than $2 billion has gone missing at one of Europe's most vaunted tech companies. If it's not found quickly, the digital payments firm m
The Financial District
Jun 20, 20201 min read
BANK OF ENGLAND PLUNKS IN £100-B TO GIN UP ECONOMY
The Bank of England is throwing more money at the British economy as the country tries to stave off its worst downturn in more than 300 year
The Financial District
Jun 20, 20201 min read
BDO, BPI ENSNARED IN WIRECARD MESS
A breaking story about the missing deposits amounting to $2.1 billion of Wirecard AG, a German IT payments firm, has ensnared two Philippin
The Financial District
Jun 19, 20201 min read
GOLDMAN SACHS SAYS RENEWABLES TO SURPASS OIL, GAS INVESTMENTS
Green-energy investing will account for 25% of all energy spending in 2021 and, for the first time ever, surpass spending on traditional fue
The Financial District
Jun 18, 20201 min read
FED BUYING JUNK BONDS, ETFs IN BID TO REVIVE US ECONOMY
The Federal Reserve is buying junk bonds and corporate debt ETFs as part of its campaign to revive the American economy, Matt Egan wrote for
The Financial District
Jun 17, 20201 min read
GERMAN COPS SEIZE BANK FILES IN PROBE OF LOAN TO ANGOLAN BILLIONAIRE
Police searched the headquarters of Germany’s state-owned export bank last month as part of a criminal probe sparked by the Luanda Leaks inv
The Financial District
Jun 17, 20201 min read
MORGAN STANLEY SUED BY ITS FORMER DIVERSITY CHIEF
Morgan Stanley's former head of diversity sued the investment bank for discrimination Tuesday, alleging she was repeatedly thwarted in effor
The Financial District
Jun 17, 20201 min read
WALL STREET CLOSES HIGHER ON POSITIVE RETAIL FIGURE FOR MAY
Wall Street advanced on Tuesday as the prospect of additional stimulus and a record jump in retail sales suggested the US economy could boun
The Financial District
Jun 17, 20201 min read
FED CHIEF WARNS LONG DOWNTURN WOULD BATTER US ECONOMY
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned Tuesday (Wednesday, June 17, 2020 in Manila) that the US economy faces a deep downturn with “s
The Financial District
Jun 17, 20201 min read
US BANK PROFITS DIVE 70% ON COVID-19 LOSS PROVISIONING
US bank profits fell by 69.6% to $18.5 billion in the first quarter of 2020 from the year prior as banks felt the economic impact of the nov
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Jun 14, 20201 min read
HOUSEHOLD, CORPORATE BALANCE SHEETS TO SUFFER HEAVILY: FED
The Federal Reserve expects household finances and business balance sheets to suffer “persistent fragilities” as a result of the shock to ec
The Financial District
Jun 14, 20201 min read
LEBANON TO INFUSE DOLLARS AS CURRENCY PLUNGE IGNITES PROTESTS
Hundreds protested for a second night over the Lebanese authorities' handling of a deepening economic crisis, despite the government pledgin
The Financial District
Jun 13, 20201 min read
US TREASURY CHIEF REFUSES TO DISCLOSE RECIPIENTS OF COVID-19 AID
Building ramparts of secrecy around a $600 billion-plus coronavirus aid program for small businesses, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has
The Financial District
Jun 11, 20202 min read
ECB PREPARES PLAN TO HANDLE BILLIONS OF UNPAID LOANS
European Central Bank (ECB) officials are drawing up a scheme to cope with potentially hundreds of billions of euros of unpaid loans in the
The Financial District
Jun 10, 20202 min read
AIIB LOAN BOOSTS COVID 19 RESPONSE FUND
The Philippines has signed an agreement with the Asian Infrastructure Development Bank (AIIB) committing the multilateral lender to extend a
The Financial District
Jun 9, 20201 min read
FINEX
The Financial Executives Institutes of the Philippines (FINEX) has just released a statement expressing its solidarity with other business o
The Financial District
Jun 9, 20201 min read
FED SAYS BEATING COVID-19 IS KEY BUT WOULDN’T KNOW IF EVERYTHING’S OK
With a full three months of responding to a global pandemic under their belt, US Federal Reserve officials have united around one point: Las
The Financial District
Jun 8, 20201 min read
SAUDI DIPS INTO ITS RESERVES TO ENGAGE IN STOCK-BUYING BINGE
Saudi Arabia dipped into its reserves, transferring US$40 billion in two months to the Public Investment Fund (PIF) to support its stock-buy
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Jun 5, 20201 min read
INVESTORS SWARM METROBANK BONDS
Investors swarmed Metrobank’s planned P10.5 billion bond offering resulting in the abbreviated offer period of just three days as the appeti
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