WORLD
‘I don’t like China:’ What JD Vance has said about Beijing
Vance has suggested the US military should drop everything and focus on Beijing, called for broad tariffs on Chinese imports and introduced legislation that would restrict the Asian nation’s access to the American financial system.
WORLD
Trumponomics 2.0 will awaken bond vigilantes: Jonathan Levin
After a weekend assassination attempt that has galvanized support for the former president, yields on longer-term Treasury securities rose a bit more than shorter-term ones on Monday, a subtle sign that the Trump inflation threat is on the market’s radar.
WORLD
Nomura reshuffles Asia investment bank team, cuts jobs in slump
Patrick Kwan, head of investment banking for Asia excluding Japan, is leaving the firm after more than two years in the role, according to an internal memo confirmed by a company spokesperson.
BUSINESS
Indian bonds in demand as global stock investors seek collateral
This development is appealing to overseas investors, as they can now earn interest on their bond holdings, unlike with traditional cash or cash-equivalent margin postings
BUSINESS
Traders add to bets on three Fed rate cuts in 2024
Fed Chair Jerome Powell in a public appearance Monday reiterated that recent data have given the central bank confidence that inflation is on a path back toward its 2% goal, possibly paving the way for rate cuts, but that he wouldn’t send signals on any particular meeting.
WORLD
Ivory Coast deploys malaria shot developed by Serum Institute and Oxford University
The vaccine was recommended in 2023 by the World Health Organization for use in Africa for children under five years old, the age group there that bears the brunt of a disease that kills more than 600,000 people per year.
WORLD
Trump taps Vance as running mate, picking populist protege
Vance is 39, nearly four decades younger than Trump, 78, marking a potential generational shift for the party and offering a fresh voice to Republican efforts to bolster their appeal to the White working-class voters .
WORLD
Trump’s Vance pick widens rift with GOP’s foreign policy old guard
It’s far too early to know how much Trump would listen to Vance’s counsel if they win in November. But if he does, the US will take an even more skeptical view toward Ukraine than Trump has expressed so far.
INDIA
'China ready but I want India to do it': Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on key $1 billion river project
China and India both want to execute the Teesta River Comprehensive Management and Restoration — a Dhaka-led initiative to better manage the river’s waters — as the two nation vie for influence in neighboring Bangladesh.
MARKETS
Foreign banks are snapping up short-term Indian bonds, Bank of America says
Foreign banks bought nearly 600 billion rupees ($7.2 billion) in all maturities since the start of June even as state-run banks and mutual funds sold, according to Clearing Corp. of India data. CCIL doesn’t break down the data by maturity.
BUSINESS
Bain Capital-backed 360 ONE plans a bet on EM-focused fund by Ruchir Sharma
Bain Capital-backed 360 ONE WAM Ltd. will raise cash from domestic clients for a feeder fund for the emerging markets-focused EM Revival Master Fund managed by Sharma’s Breakout Capital, according to the firm’s co-founder Karan Bhagat.
BUSINESS
Airbus expects China, India to drive jet sales in next decades
The company anticipates the world will have 48,230 aircraft in 2043, compared with 24,240 planes at the start of this year, according to Airbus’s annual Global Market Forecast.
WORLD
'Donald Trump wins big’ meme stock surges in China
Shares of a Chinese company whose local-language name sounds like Trump Wins Big soared Monday.Wisesoft Co., a software maker whose Chinese name Chuan Da Zhi Sheng implies victory for Donald Trump in Mandarin, rose by the maximum 10% daily limit in Shenzhen.
WORLD
Global markets ramp up the ‘Donald Trump trade’ after rally attack
The series of wagers — based on anticipation that the Republican’s return to the White House would usher in tax cuts, higher tariffs and looser regulations — had already been gaining ground since President Joe Biden’s poor performance in last month’s debate imperiled his re-election campaign.
BUSINESS
Adani plans to build port in Vietnam to tap trade opportunities
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd. has secured an “in-principle approval from the Vietnamese government” for a greenfield development in Da Nang, Karan Adani, managing director of the company, said in an interview.
WORLD
Bitcoin rises as Trump shooting seen increasing re-election odds
Bitcoin rose as much as 2.1 percent to $59,849.84, before paring that advance to trade at about $59,426 as of 10:25 p.m., New York time.
WORLD
Haven rush, ‘Trump trades’ on investor minds after shooting
Assets linked to the so-called Trump trade range from the dollar to Treasuries to the shares of private prisons, credit-card companies and health insurance firms.
WORLD
Donald Trump’s bloodied, defiant image after shooting pumps up his base
Images of a defiant Trump — with his fist raised over his head and his bloody right ear, as Secret Service agents surround him and the American flag waving in the background — are blazing across social media and television.
BUSINESS
Taiwan, India threaten China’s top spot in emerging market equity portfolios
Thanks to record stock rallies, Taiwan and India now command more than 19% weightings each in the MSCI EM Index. That compares to China’s 22.8%, whose standing has steadily shrunk over the past few years, Bloomberg-compiled data show.
WORLD
China to skip quarterly GDP briefing as Xi Jinping holds party conclave
The National Bureau of Statistics will skip a briefing initially scheduled for Monday and instead reveal second quarter growth figures online at 10 a.m., it announced in a schedule uploaded to its website Friday. The organization didn’t provide a reason for the change.
WORLD
Citigroup’s new banking chief Viswas Raghavan gets $41 million in stock
Raghavan, 57, who reports directly to Chief Executive Officer Jane Fraser, got about 623,838 shares, according to a filing. Citigroup’s stock closed at $65.71 apiece on Thursday.
BUSINESS
Heat wave, elections in India create unlikely earnings winners and losers
Demand from villages and smaller towns outpaced that of cities in the April-June quarter in a sign of India’s broad-based economic growth.
WORLD
Jane street knocks out some millennium defenses in trade-secrets fight
US District Judge Paul Engelmayer on Thursday struck that “unclean hands” defense by Millennium and traders Douglas Schadewald and Daniel Spottiswood, saying they failed to adequately allege that Jane Street engaged in “unconscionable” conduct directly related to the case.
WORLD
Apple avoids EU antitrust threat with tap-and-pay probe settlement
The settlement brings to an end an investigation into the US tech giant’s closely guarded payments technology. The EU earlier warned that restricting access to the technology amounted to an abuse of its market power.
