FTSE 100 opens lower after sell offs in Asia and the US. US Consumer confidence takes a battering with a fresh Eurozone reading out later. Trading set to stay tough for…
How the European Stability Mechanism can help Italy By Ignazio Angeloni There is a solid and relatively trouble-free way to help Italy and overcome the European Central Bank’s problem of…
Andrew Bailey discusses the UK economic landscape Hybrid | Tuesday 12 July18:00-19:00 London, 13:00-14:00 New York, 01:00-02:00 Singapore Join Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, in London to hear him…
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY HIGHLIGHTS June 28 2022 Global Markets Oil prices rally for a third day today with Brent crude futures hitting an almost two-week high of USD117.28/bbl earlier…
Financial institutions moving away from ‘green’ classifications By Emma McGarthy and Katerina Atkins The Network for Greening the Financial System’s latest report ‘Capturing risk differentials from climate-related risks’, explored potential…
2-year rates hit 3% for first time in 9 years (source: Moneyfacts) BLME is offering a 2-year fixed rate at 3% and a 5-year fixed rate at 3.25% Using the HL…
HFW is delighted to announce the publication of three distinct Ship Finance chapters of Getting the Deal Through, a leading Lexology publication, which provides guidance on law and regulation on…
The economic landscape Tuesday 12 July, Live broadcast Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, discusses how the impact of Covid-19 and the influence of longer-term structural forces will…
Fed will maintain tightening – but soft landing still possible By OMFIF The US Federal Reserve is likely to carry on with active monetary tightening to break 8%-plus inflation even…
24 June 2022 Higher end grocers weaker in early trade as the penny-pinching habits rise. Brent crude drops below $110 amid global recession fears. The pound hovers around $1.22 brushing…
The Danish Board of Business Development (Danmarks Erhvervsfremmebestyrelse) is granting up to DKK 88,8 million to a partnership between Topsoe, Denmark’s Technical University (DTU) and Aarhus University (AU). Topsoe is…
Good Morning Monaco Friday, June 24, 2022 Monaco bank chief promoted and movedHervé Ordioni has been appointed as CEO of international banking. He will join the group’s executive committee and will…
by Costas Frangeskides and Olubi Adejobi, Wordley Partnership Solicitors Sanction measures are a means by which a Country or coalition of Countries, for instance NATO, EU or UN, apply restrictive…
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY HIGHLIGHTS June 23 2022 Global Markets Addressing the Senate Banking Committee in the context of the Fed’s semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, Fed Chair Powell…
The UK’s DFI is entering into the Norwegian DFI’s Joint Venture with Scatec, a leading renewable energy solutions provider, to invest in hydropower projects across Africa in huge boost to continent’s…
Uncomfortable realities behind ECB’s dilemma over fragmentation and inflation By David Marsh The European Central Bank’s complex planning for an anti-fragmentation facility for euro area unity could backfire – by…
Wednesday 22 June 2022 – oceanis, a Hamburg-based finance platform which gives shipowners access to a pool of 45+ financiers through a single loan application, has closed US$ 200 million in financing…
FTSE 100 down 1.3%, with CAC 40 and DAX seeing steeper declines. Goldman Sachs warns the risk of a US recession has doubled. Brent crude prices fall 3% to $110…
Research reveals stark difference between Switzerland-based firms and UK rivals’ ability to obtain preferential green trade finance terms based on compliance with banks’ carbon-reduction and sustainability requirements …
Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown ‘’The latest temperature check of the UK economy shows the mercury rising again, with no end yet in sight to feverish price…
Inflation blame game By Julian Jacobs Amid declining real wages, accumulating household debt and the looming prospect of recession, the problem of inflation is now firmly in the arena of…
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY HIGHLIGHTS June 21 2022 Global Markets ECB’s President Lagarde affirmed a 25bps rate hike in July followed by further rate hikes in September and beyond, the magnitude…
ECB to design new anti-fragmentation instrument By Lewis McLellan The return of inflation and a backdrop of rising rates have led to a rapid widening of European government bond spreads.…
Global Public Investor 2022 launch Tuesday 5 July, Launch OMFIF’s Global Public Investor is a key reference point for financial institutions and provides a lens on approaches to investing in…
Bungled monetary policy raises stakes for issuers and investors By Philip Moore Inflation and geopolitics have become the primary concerns of global public investors, supplanting the winding-down of central bank…