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scmp.com - Zhang Shidong - Hang Seng Index review to boost market capitalisation by 4.5 per cent: analysts
Hang Seng Index review to boost market capitalisation by 4.5 per cent: analysts
South China Morning Post

The latest quarterly review of the Hang Seng Index will likely boost the capitalisation of the benchmark of Hong Kong stocks by 4.5 per cent and attract buying of stock including Tencent Holdings and BeOne Medicine, according to Goldman Sachs. The…

seekingalpha.com - Political Comments - Politics And The Markets 05/25/26
Politics And The Markets 05/25/26
Seeking Alpha

This is the forum for daily political discussion on Seeking Alpha. A new version is published every market day. Please don't leave political comments on other articles or posts on the site. The comments below are not regulated with the same rigor…

koreatimes.co.kr - LG Energy Solution leads battery industry's shift to AI-driven manufacturing
LG Energy Solution leads battery industry's shift to AI-driven manufacturing
The Korea Times

The battery industry is entering a new era of competition as companies move beyond labor-intensive expansion toward artificial intelligence (AI)-driven manufacturing and operations. Increasingly, leadership is expected to depend on how quickly…

axios.com - Nathan Bomey - Americans pledge trust in prediction markets and sportsbooks
Americans pledge trust in prediction markets and sportsbooks
Axios

Americans trust certain prediction markets, trading platforms and sportsbooks more than some of the country's blue-chip corporations, though men are less likely to trust them than women. Why it matters: Burgeoning gambling culture is fostering a…

forbes.com - Shivaram Rajgopal - Make Markets Opaque Again: The SEC's IPO Fixation Could Cost Investors Trillions
Make Markets Opaque Again: The SEC's IPO Fixation Could Cost Investors Trillions
Forbes

The SEC is dismantling mandatory disclosure to generate a few more IPOs. Three live experiments — the UK, Australia, and the US SPAC boom — and basic arithmetic suggest the trade destroys far more value than it creates. “Make…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - China stocks rise on coal, chips; brokerages up after regulatory crackdown
China stocks rise on coal, chips; brokerages up after regulatory crackdown
The Standard

Mainland China stocks closed higher on Monday, lifted by the coal sector after the country's worst mine disaster in 17 years raised expectations that stricter safety scrutiny would tighten supply, while semiconductor shares also aided the market.

afr.com - Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood, Emma Rapaport - Former Morgan Stanley Australia CEO Steven Harker dies at 70
Former Morgan Stanley Australia CEO Steven Harker dies at 70
Australian Financial Review

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.

afr.com - Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood, Emma Rapaport - Energy broker Zembl powers up sale with Ellerston; NBIOs in
Energy broker Zembl powers up sale with Ellerston; NBIOs in
Australian Financial Review

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.

afr.com - Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood, Emma Rapaport - Eyes on Goldies, Wylie as Singtel hangs for-sale sign at Optus
Eyes on Goldies, Wylie as Singtel hangs for-sale sign at Optus
Australian Financial Review

After years of flirting with a sale of Optus, its Singaporean parent has announced it would look to divest a minority stake. Bank of America, which in 2021 helped Optus sell a majority stake in its mobile towers to AustralianSuper and has been…

afr.com - Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood, Emma Rapaport - Infratil's data centre giant CDC preps $1b hybrid deal
Infratil's data centre giant CDC preps $1b hybrid deal
Australian Financial Review

CDC Data Centres, owned by Infratil, Future Fund and Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme, is restocking its balance sheet after scoring a big client win. Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment…

afr.com - Jonathan Shapiro - Schroders quant guru says don't 'call the top' on sharemarket gains
Schroders quant guru says don't 'call the top' on sharemarket gains
Australian Financial Review

The trend is clear. Australia's largest superannuation funds are increasingly pulling billions of dollars out of traditional active fund managers as the pressure to meet their performance benchmarks becomes all-consuming. While most of the money is…

afr.com - Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood, Emma Rapaport - I can see Cleary now! Jefferies banker bound for AMP's C-suite
I can see Cleary now! Jefferies banker bound for AMP's C-suite
Australian Financial Review

In a matter of weeks, Laura Golis will arrive at Jefferies Australia in the biggest shake-up at the firm since it was launched by former Credit Suisse banker Michael Stock in 2018. Golis will be a big fish, a star at Macquarie before resigning to…

afr.com - Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood, Emma Rapaport - Military comms play Harvest Tech launches raising for defence push
Military comms play Harvest Tech launches raising for defence push
Australian Financial Review

A military technology communications company, chaired by retired Australian Defence Force major general Jeffery Sengelman, has launched its second capital raising for 2026, this time to fund its sales and marketing efforts. ASX-listed Harvest…

afr.com - Anthony Macdonald - How work-life balance landed Geoff Wilson on the Rich List
How work-life balance landed Geoff Wilson on the Rich List
Australian Financial Review

Geoff Wilson was a stockbroker stuck in a mousetrap when a client offered him a way out. It was 1996, he was leaving home early every morning, getting home late and missing out on time with his then four-year-old daughter. He had an idea for a book…

smh.com.au - Elizabeth Knight - A wave of property sellers has been hit by a buyers' strike
A wave of property sellers has been hit by a buyers' strike
The Sydney Morning Herald

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Another week of anemic auction clearance rates across Sydney and Melbourne remains a harbinger for house prices to decline – a movement that…

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