NEW YORK (Reuters) – GLMX has raised $20 million in financing and updated its high-tech platform for trading repurchase agreements and secured lending to help clients comply with new regulatory reporting requirements, the company said on Thursday. The rise of ... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. fund investors pulled $3.1 billion from high-yield “junk” bonds during the latest week, Lipper data showed on Thursday, offering new warning signs about risk appetite despite global markets’ continuing triumph. The junk bond withdrawa... More »
FILE PHOTO: A logo of Ant Financial is displayed at the Ant Financial event in Hong Kong, China November 1, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Ant Financial Services Group has received approval to issue consumer credit-backed securi... More »
FILE PHOTO: A sign of JP Morgan Chase Bank is seen in front of their headquarters tower in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 13, 2017. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N), the biggest U.S. bank by assets, reported a higher-than-expecte... More »
A China yuan note is seen in this illustration photo May 31, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration BEIJING (Reuters) – China is likely to set its 2018 money growth target at an all-time low of around 9 percent to curb debt risks and contain asset bubbles, th... More »
FILE PHOTO: Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov attends a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia, June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s economy is expected to grow between 1.8 and ... More »
FILE PHOTO – Graduates celebrate receiving a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University during the year’s commencement ceremony in New York in this May 18, 2005 file photo. dreams of many college seniors. REUTERS/Chip East/Files CHICAGO (Reute... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s financial regulators on Friday circulated new rules to local governments targeting a rampantly growing online micro-lending sector, part of a campaign to rein in its rapidly developing financial sector. A top-level multi-ministry bo... More »
The Qudian app logo is seen on a smartphone in an illustration photo taken in Beijing, China December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration (Reuters) – U.S.-listed shares of Chinese financial firms slipped in premarket trade on Friday after Reuters reported ... More »
FILE PHOTO: A branch location of Fifth Third Bank is shown in Boca Raton, Florida, January 21, 2010. REUTERS/Joe Skipper (Reuters) – Squeezed by lower loan growth as interest rates finally begin to rise, regional U.S. banks have been giving more financial advi... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – The value of assets held by China’s banking sector rose 10.0 percent to 241.58 trillion yuan ($36.61 trillion) as of end-October compared with a year earlier, the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) said on Monday. Liabilities rose 1... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s banking regulator said on Friday that it has issued draft guidelines for commercial banks to better manage their interest rate risks, as China pushes forward with its interest rate liberalization reform. New rules have details on ba... More »
FILE PHOTO: A view of the exterior of the Citibank corporate headquarters in New York, New York, U.S. May 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said on Tuesday it had ordered Citiban... More »
China issued guidelines on Monday aimed at boosting private investment in manufacturing, including stepping up fiscal support and "innovative financing" for private firms to gear towards greener development and move up the value chain. More »
FILE PHOTO: A Chinese national flag flutters outside the headquarters of the People’s Bank of China, the Chinese central bank, in Beijing, China April 3, 2014. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s central bank on Friday issued sweepin... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. fund investors walloped high-yield funds with their biggest week of withdrawals since March, Lipper data showed on Thursday. The junk bond mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted $4.4 billion in net withdrawals during the... More »
Russia plans to hold a non-deal road show in China soon to pitch its OFZ treasury bonds denominated in yuan to Chinese investors, as a safeguard against new U.S. sanctions causing other foreign investors to exit the bonds, a Russian deputy finance minister sai... More »
The European Central Bank should scrap plans for industry-wide rules to force banks to clean up bad loans, the head of the European Parliament's influential economic affairs committee said on Friday, as lawmakers dug in their heels in a dispute. More »
U.S. investors favored international stock markets, pushing $4.1 billion into equity funds focused abroad during the most recent week, dodging risks at home, Lipper data showed on Thursday. More »
A burst of Chinese data over the next few weeks is expected to show the world's second-biggest economy cooled further in October as policy makers harden efforts to reduce financial risks and foster long term sustainable growth. More »
China will exempt banks' interest income from loans to small firms and rural households from value added tax, authorities said on Monday, in the latest step to address a long-standing issue of lack of financing to small firms. More »
CVS Health Corp’s planned US$66bn buy of Aetna Inc is poised to boost the healthcare sector’s share of US investment-grade mergers and acquisitions lending beyond its current one-third share of the US$122bn total as the sector remains a bright spot in an other... More »
Reluctant investors warmed to stocks in October, stockpiling $19.3 billion in U.S.-based equity funds, marking the first month of positive inflows for the funds since May, when they took in $31.8 billion, Lipper data showed on Thursday. More »
U.S. fund investors regained an appetite for risk over the last week, rushing into U.S. and emerging-market stocks, according to data on Thursday from Lipper. More »
Companies are preparing for a future without a crucial lending benchmark, adding language to their leveraged loan documents that allow them to choose an alternative rate, sometimes without input from lenders. More »
Altice, the acquisitive telecoms and cable group founded by billionaire Patrick Drahi, announced on Monday a debt refinancing deal which it said would lead to cost savings on interest payments and extend its debt maturity. More »
The European Central Bank will ask euro zone banks from next year to set aside more cash to cover newly classified bad loans and may also present additional measures to tackle the sector's huge stock of bad debt, it said on Wednesday. More »
U.S. credit hedge fund Marathon Asset Management sees buying opportunities in British non-performing loans as Britain's economy slows down following its vote to leave the European Union, the fund's chief executive said on Thursday. More »
China has launched probes into consumer loans that are being misused for home purchases, warning they cannot be used to "fuel property bubbles", a senior banking official said on Friday. More »
Since the collapse more than two years ago of China's second-biggest loan guarantor, the state-backed Hebei Financing Investment Guarantee Group, creditors including powerful financial institutions have been trying to get billions of dollars of their money bac... More »
U.S. fund investors gorged on gold and traded stocks for cash during the latest week, showing caution even as markets trend higher, Lipper data showed on Thursday. More »
The growth of China's overall leverage ratio has been clearly slowing and is now stabilizing, the country's state planner said on Monday. More »
Morgan Stanley plans to bring its mortgage origination business in-house to improve customer service and generate more business, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. More »
U.S. fund investors sought shelter during the latest week, pouring more than double the amount from the previous week into money markets, and stockpiling the most in "safe haven" Treasuries in more than a year, Lipper data showed on Thursday. More »
The U.S. consumer financial watchdog on Thursday attempted to repel a Trump-administration attack on former President Barack Obama's sweeping student loan reforms and defended itself against Republican attempts to weaken its powers. More »
American Express Co is unveiling a new option that could tempt young, budget-conscious consumers into taking on credit card debt. More »
Middle East investment companies are ramping up their lending to businesses, providing a lifeline for small and medium-sized firms struggling to secure finance from banks that tightened credit after a suffering rise in bad loans. More »
Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) will pay the U.S. government $108 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit claiming it charged military veterans hidden fees to refinance their mortgages, and concealed the fees when applying for federal loan guarantees. More »
Houses under construction are seen at a subdivision near the town of Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada May 13, 2017. Canada’s long housing boom has drawn thousands into the sector, from realtors and home stagers to construction workers, and a looming slowdown threate... More »
New accounting rules for banks risk exacerbating economic crises by making them reluctant to lend if the economy suddenly worsens, the European Union’s financial stability watchdog said on Monday. More »
The logo of Doha Festival City mall is seen in Doha, Qatar, July 13, 2017. Qatari shopping mall operator Doha Festival City said it remained in discussions with banks to amend a $1 billion loan after bankers said a refinancing of the facility had been put on h... More »
The J.P.Morgan logo is seen at their offices at Canary Wharf financial district in London,Britain, March 3, 2016. U.S. banks are starting to see some long-awaited benefits of higher interest rates, with four of the largest lenders beating analysts’ quarterly p... More »
FILE PHOTO — People walk beneath a Citibank branch logo in the financial district of San Francisco, California July 17, 2009. Three of the six biggest U.S. banks kicked off the earnings season on Friday, reporting profits that topped Street estimates but faile... More »
A China yuan note is seen in this illustration photo May 31, 2017. Chinese lenders extended more credit than expected in June, as home lending stayed buoyant while a clampdown on shadow financing activities forced banks to shift more loans onto their books. More »
Japan’s Trade Minister Hiroshige Seko attends the 3rd Inter-sessional Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Kham Japanese Trade Minister Hiroshige Seko said on Monday that Takata Corp’s (... More »
FILE PHOTO: An employee of GSA Austria ( Money Service Austria ) holds a wad of new 100 euro banknotes at the company’s headquarters in Vienna July 22, 2013. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger Although a better economy is helping global banks to turn the corner a decade ... More »
A U.S. five dollar note is seen in this illustration photo June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration Investors pulled back from U.S.-based stock funds after pouring the most cash into those investments since February the previous week, Lipper data showed... More »
A U.S. five dollar note is seen in this illustration photo June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration Investors poured $3 billion into U.S.-based taxable bond funds during the latest week despite incurring some losses, Lipper data showed on Thursday. More »
President Donald Trump plans to nominate Brian Brooks, general counsel for Fannie Mae, as deputy secretary of the U.S. Treasury, Axios reported on Saturday, citing three sources it said had knowledge of the pick. More »
FILE PHOTO: An Amazon.com Inc driver stands next to an Amazon delivery truck in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 21, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo Amazon.com Inc has stepped up lending to third-party sellers on its site who are looking to grow thei... More »
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt testifies before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on ‘The Status of the Housing Finance System After Nine Years of Conservatorship’ on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas The U.... More »
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos attends a eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir Euro zone finance ministers failed to agree on debt relief for Greece with the International Monetary Fund on Monda... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. dollar notes are seen in this November 7, 2016 picture illustration. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Investors stampeded into U.S.-based stock funds that invest in Europe, plowing the second-largest amount on record into those produ... More »
A graduating student has “To Begin Anew” written on her cap as she attends a service before the 365th Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. May 26, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder Millennials face the greatest risk among all... More »
Auto portal Bitauto Holdings Ltd (BITA.N) has recently raised $1 billion from Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK), Baidu Inc (BIDU.O) and JD.com Inc (JD.O) as it seeks to be China’s largest online car financing platform, its chief told Reuters on Thursday. More »
Wealthfront Inc, the digital financial advice company, will begin letting some customers borrow against their investment accounts in its first foray into lending. More »
FILE PHOTO – People pass the JP Morgan Chase & Co. Corporate headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, May 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Big U.S. banks revealed more evidence of a slowdown in loan growth in their earnings reports on Thu... More »
China’s banking regulator on Wednesday published a notice ordering lending institutions to effectively identify and control risks, the latest in a series of moves by the government to shore-up supervision of its financial system. More »
Dental hygienist Randy Honeycutt’s $65,000 student loan balance has ballooned to more than $200,000 because of back interest and default fees, a cautionary tale about the perils of defaulting. More »
FILE PHOTO: A woman walks at the Bund in front of the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai March 5, 2015. REUTERS/Aly Song As China’s banks prepare for a rigorous quarterly inspection of their books by the central bank, the ructions in money markets and an... More »
China’s debt risks are “very much under control”, but local governments must ensure that the increase in their debt spending this year is within stipulated limits, Vice Finance Minister Liu Wei said on Friday. More »
Investors eased off from “Trump trade” bets during the latest week, snatching the most money from bank sector funds in more than a year and stockpiling bonds, Lipper data for U.S.-based funds showed on Thursday. More »
Investors recoiled from debt issued by low-rated companies during the latest week, pulling the most cash since August 2014 from U.S.-based, high-yield bond funds, Lipper data showed on Thursday. More »
China’s Premier Li Keqiang waves as he arrives for a news conference after the closing ceremony of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter Premier Li Keqiang said on Wedne... More »
China aims to cut taxes and fees for companies by 1 trillion yuan ($144.65 billion) this year, Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday. More »
China’s Premier Li Keqiang gestures during a news conference after the closing ceremony of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj China needs to relocate nearly 1 million... More »
China’s Premier Li Keqiang gestures during a news conference after the closing ceremony of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee China will continue to push yuan exchange r... More »
Appliances and electronics retailer hhgregg Inc and its Gregg Appliances Inc unit filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, as they continued to struggle with declining sales for about four years. More »
Russia’s Deputy Central Bank Governor Vasily Pozdyshev speaks during an interview with Reuters in Moscow, Russia, September 20, 2016. Picture taken September 20, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin Russia plans to extend a review of bank licenses for another two ye... More »
China’s banking regulator has asked banks to inspect how they monitor their liquidity positions and how much credit risk they are carrying, according to a notice seen by Reuters. More »
Investors piled into riskier assets again in the latest week, pouring cash into U.S.-based funds invested in stocks and bonds girded against inflation, Lipper data showed on Thursday. More »
A man wears U.S. dollar sign rings in a jewellery shop in Manhattan in New York City November 6, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Segar Web conferencing provider Premiere Global Services (PGi) is considering a return to the loan market to reprice its debt and even add a lit... More »
Investors are showing increasing comfort wading into the markets, lavishing cash on U.S.-based stock and corporate bond funds in the latest week, Lipper data showed on Thursday. More »
Signage for Square Inc. covers the front of the New York Stock Exchange celebrating the company’s IPO November 19, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Payments processor Square Inc (SQ.N) reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday, helped by its effo... More »
A real estate sign advertising a new home for sale is pictured in Vienna, Virginia, U.S. October 20, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing/File Photo Refinancings’ share of U.S. mortgage applications shrank to its lowest level since late 2008 at the peak of the global c... More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is broadcast on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S. December 27, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Investors boosted their bets on U.S.-based equity funds in the latest week a... More »
A potential car buyer looks at vehicles on a lot in Silver Spring, Maryland, September 1, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed More Americans fell behind on their car loan payments in the fourth quarter, bringing auto delinquencies to their highest since the height of the... More »
FILE PHOTO: The European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters is pictured in Frankfurt, Germany, January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo The European Central Bank can set binding requirements if it thinks a bank is not cutting its pile of unpaid loans ... More »
China’s banks in some big cities have started to lower discounts on lending rates for fist-time home buyers, the China Securities Journal reported on Thursday, joining recent steps to curb financial risks stemming loose credit conditions. More »
Evidence that Dodd-Frank Act regulation is making lending conditions tighter is thin on the ground, at least for the vast majority of the U.S. economy. More »
Dubai is finalizing a $3 billion, seven-year syndicated loan needed to back the expansion of Al Maktoum International Airport and plans to sign the facility over the next few weeks, banking sources familiar with the situation said on Monday. More »
Unicredit’s bank logo is pictured on block notes and pens at the headquarters in Milan, Italy, February 9, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/File Photo Italy’s biggest bank UniCredit (CRDI.MI) said on Monday its end-2016 capital ratios will not meet requirement... More »
Jared Kushner, senior advisor to President-elect Donald Trump arrives for the Presidential Inauguration of Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Saul Loeb/Pool By Joy WiltermuthNEW YORK (IFR) – Investors on Friday snapp... More »
Investors pulled cash from stock funds and bought government bonds during the latest week, favoring a defensive stance over the risk-trading spectacle that has followed the presidential election, Lipper data for U.S.-based funds showed on Thursday. More »
Investors piled into stock exchange-traded funds at the fastest pace since their record-setting haul following the U.S. presidential election, Lipper said on Thursday, as policymakers raised interest rates. More »
People sit outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during the morning commute in New York City, U.S., September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid – US leveraged lending guidelines could ease if a Wall Street-friendly Trump administration tells regulators t... More »
A woman shows her phone operating Ant Check, an Alibaba-linked platform, at a cafe in Beijing, China, April 11, 2016. REUTERS/Shirley Feng/File Photo Ma Yiqing, 24, is typical of China’s younger generation – he uses his credit card frequently and borrows from ... More »
A general view shows the headquarters of Gazprom in Moscow, Russia, June 30, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo Japan’s Mizuho Bank Ltd [MZFGAE.UL] and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp [SUMFGI.UL] are working on a deal to provide 800 million euros ($845 milli... More »
Euro coins are seen in front of a displayed Greece flag in this picture illustration, June 29, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo Euro zone finance ministers hope to reach a compromise on Greek reforms on Monday in a final bid to get International Monetary Fu... More »
A Wells Fargo bank is seen in Del Mar, California January 17, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Blake Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) has fired hundreds of employees with Wall Street licenses for improper sales practices, three U.S. senators said on Thursday. More »
A Japanese flag flutters atop the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, Japan, September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo – RTX2P8PK The Bank of Japan said on Monday it is closely monitoring bank lending to the real estate sector to guard against excessive c... More »
China’s national flag is seen in front of cranes on a construction site at a commercial district in Beijing, China, January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon China’s economic growth is expected to cool to 6.6 percent this year and slow further to 6.5 percent in... More »
Companies including drywall and building materials manufacturer Continental Building Products are including exceptions in US leveraged loan credit agreements that could bypass auditors’ opinions and make it harder for banks to declare a default. More »
A labourer works at a construction site in Beijing’s central business district, China, July 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee Rising debt levels will worsen the credit profiles of China’s top 200 companies this year, requiring the country’s banks to raise as much as... More »
Models of residential buildings are seen at a sales center in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, September 23, 2016. Picture taken September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Yawen Chen/File Photo Four Chinese cities have announced new restrictions on property purchases as the... More »
The sign outside the Wells Fargo & Co. bank in downtown Denver April 13, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking Wells Fargo & Co was fined about $24 million on Thursday by federal regulators for alleged violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, piling more pressu... More »
A general view shows a construction site in London, Britain July 7, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall There is significant money to be made in Europe by investing and lending where local banks cannot, two prominent private fund managers told attendees of a U.S. hedge fu... More »
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama discussed the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine at their meeting on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in China’s Hangzhou, Russian media cited the Kremlin spokesman as saying on Monday. More »
