Friday, 7 January 2022

Reuters Global Investor: IGM Financial unit to double stake in ChinaAMC for $901 mln

IGM Financial unit to double stake in ChinaAMC for $901 mln

Canadian asset management firm IGM Financial Inc said on Wednesday its subsidiary Mackenzie Financial Corp will acquire a 13.9% stake in China Asset Management Co in a C$1.15 billion ($900.55 million) cash deal.

Goldman Sachs says bitcoin will compete with gold as "store of value"

Bitcoin will take market share away from gold in 2022 as digital assets become more widely adopted, Goldman Sachs analyst Zach Pandl said in a research note to clients.

Julius Baer to sell Wergen wealth management business

Julius Baer has agreed to sell Wergen & Partner Wealth Management to its management, the Swiss private bank said on Monday.

JPMorgan, Citi staff to start 2022 with remote work

JPMorgan Chase & Co has offered its staff the option of working from home for the first two weeks of 2022, with a caveat that all employees are expected to return to office no later than Feb. 1, according to a memo seen by Reuters.

HSBC gets approval to buy out China life insurance joint venture

HSBC said on Thursday it had received regulatory approval in China to take full ownership of its life insurance joint venture in the country, as it continues to expand its non-core banking services.

U.S. SEC charges Medallion taxicab lender with fraud, shares tumble

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Medallion Financial Corp and its president with fraud for trying to inflate the stock price of the lender to taxicab medallion buyers, amid competition from Uber and Lyft .

Ant's consumer finance unit to boost its capital to $4.7 bln

The consumer finance unit of China's Ant Group will boost the company's capital to 30 billion yuan ($4.71 billion) from 8 billion yuan, and introduce 4 new strategic investors, an exchange filing released on Friday said.

U.S. Treasury Dept says settlement reached over TD Bank's sanctions violations

The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday reached a $115,000 settlement of two cases involving banking group TD Bank NA for apparent violations of department sanctions against individuals and North Korea.

New European payments project hits major snag

Some European banks are holding off on a decision to move forward with a new payments project that is intended be a home-grown rival to Mastercard and Visa, the company overseeing the effort said on Thursday.

BOJ's Kuroda warns weak yen hurting households more than before

A weak yen may be hurting Japanese households more than in the past, as the country's increasing reliance on more expensive raw material imports pushes up the cost of living, Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Thursday.

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