November 2019
Equities Positive on Trade Optimism & Chinese Rate Easing Cues, Further Trade Deal Headlines Awaited
Key Chinese rate cut & comments from China on constructive trade talks, amid lack of macro data updates, drive the market.
Asian Equities Higher, Gold at Three Day Lows
Gold trades slightly lower at 1,465, as the short term momentum is bearish now after the price trades below the 50 and 100-day moving average.
Denis Beau: Financial inclusion in the digital age – how to make a difference?
Financial Inclusion Panel talk by Mr Denis Beau, Governor of the Bank of France, at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2019, Singapore, 13 November 2019.
DMCC Registers Record Number of New Companies in October in Boost to Dubai Economy
DMCC announced today that it registered 202 new companies in the month of October – the highest figure in a single month for nearly two years.
CitiGroup Appoints New Co-Heads for Asia Equity Capital Markets Division
Multinational banking giant Citi Group recently revealed in an announcement that it has appointed new heads for leading its Asia equity capital markets.
FINRA Reports from its Buildathon
FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, recently held its Buildathon: a sort of Hackathon, with three invited guests.
Asian Equities Rebound, Bitcoin Continues South
Larry Kudlow reported that China and the US are close to a trade deal as China lifted a ban on poultry imports from the US that began back in 2015.
Norges Bank is issuing a new 1000-krone banknote
The new 1000-krone banknote will be put into circulation on 14 November 2019. The launch marks the completion of the new banknote series.
Consultation on Financial Market Infrastructure Regulatory Reforms
CFR has today released a consultation paper seeking comments on proposed financial market infrastructure regulatory reforms.
Equities & Forex Pairs Crumble In Global Market on Trade Deal & Data Woes, US PPI in Focus
The global market is seeing major equities and forex pairs decline sharply today over cues from fading trade deal optimism and disappointing macro data.
FMA Apologises for Privacy Breach
The FMA today apologised for a privacy breach that meant complaints documents sent to the regulator between 2015 and 2017.
Also filing this week: Rick Steves, Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.