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The ruling limits a president's ability to reshape the Fed board quickly, which bears on the inflation credibility of US monetary policy and on the extra yield investors require on long-term Treasuries. Bond markets…
Higher policy rates widen deposit and lending margins at euro-area banks such as BNP Paribas, Santander, UniCredit and ING, but raise funding costs for leveraged sectors including real estate, utilities and…
The bid reshapes Italian banking consolidation: MPS, Banco BPM and Unipol are directly involved, while UniCredit and BPER would face a much larger domestic rival. Because MPS controls Mediobanca, which holds a stake in…
Semi-liquid private credit funds sold to wealthy individuals are a major growth channel for listed alternative asset managers such as Blackstone, Apollo, Ares, Blue Owl and KKR, so gated withdrawals and weaker inflows…
A chair who wants less forward guidance adds uncertainty to the rate path at a time of energy-driven inflation, and that feeds into Treasury yields and the cost of capital for banks, mortgage lenders, homebuilders and…
If adopted, the rule would cut compliance and audit work, mainly for small and mid-cap issuers, which a former SEC corporation finance chief quoted in the report sees as the first to opt in. Less frequent mandated…
The jump reflects the oil and gas shock that followed the outbreak of war involving Iran at the end of February, and it took headline inflation well above the ECB's 2% target, setting the stage for the bank's first…
The split showed policymakers torn between a soft labour market and energy-driven inflation, with three voters already resisting any signal of easing. Banks' lending margins, mortgage-sensitive homebuilders and real…
A near-empty new-issue calendar cuts primary-market fees for London Stock Exchange Group and for the equity capital markets businesses of banks and brokers, and weakens London's pitch as a listing venue just as rivals…