By Hannah Lang WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The euro and sterling fell sharply against a strengthening dollar on Friday amid lingering nervousness over banks. Banking stocks plunged in Europe with heavyweights Deutsche Bank and UBS Group pummelled by worries that the worst problems to hit the sector since the 2008 financial crisis have not yet been…
By Saeed Azhar and Matt Tracy NEW YORK (Reuters) – Small U.S. lenders that have outsized exposure to office loans could become the next group to face strains after bank failures roiled financial markets this month, according to analysts. Rising interest rates, a slowdown in the commercial real estate (CRE) market and the proliferation of…
LONDON (Reuters) – Financial markets have been thrown a fresh curve ball by the decision to write down 16 billion Swiss francs ($17.5 billion) of Credit Suisse bonds, known as Additional Tier 1 or AT1 debt, to zero as part of a forced rescue merger with UBS. Under the deal, holders of Credit Suisse AT1…
By Manya Saini (Reuters) – Shares of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc fell 3% in afternoon trading on Friday, a day after the payments firm’s Cash App business became the latest target of U.S. short seller Hindenburg Research. In a report, Hindenburg alleged that Block overstated its user numbers and understated its customer acquisition…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will chair a closed meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council on Friday morning, according to daily media advisory for the department. The Treasury statement provided no further details about the subject of the FSOC meeting, which comes two weeks after regulators closed Silicon…
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Banking stocks fell sharply again on Friday, with European giants Deutsche Bank and UBS knocked by worries that regulators and central banks have not yet contained the worst shock to the sector since the 2008 global financial crisis. The S&P 500 Banks Index was 1.5% lower and wider indicators of financial…
LONDON (Reuters) – Short sellers have made a profit of over $100 million on paper betting against Deutsche Bank stock over the last two weeks, financial data company Ortex said on Friday. Ortex said short interest in Deutsche Bank’s European and U.S.-listed shares has doubled over that period to $360 million. Deutsche’s German shares were…
By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) -The Swiss franc hasn’t lived up to its safe-haven reputation during the Credit Suisse collapse, as investors have sought shelter elsewhere, bringing more of a boost to the value of the gold in Switzerland’s bullion vaults than to its currency. Money managers ditched the Swiss franc at the fastest rate…
By Gleb Stolyarov and Roman Churikov MOSCOW (Reuters) – As the exodus of Western carmakers narrows options for Russian consumers, Chinese automakers are filling the gap, forcing Russians to overcome their reluctance to embrace Chinese brands and stomach higher prices. Chinese brands such as Haval, Chery and Geely now account for almost 40% of Russia’s…
By Evan Garcia and Dan Fastenberg MCCAMEY, Texas (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency bankruptcies and worries over electric power consumption have failed to dent the industry’s growth in Texas, according to a top trade group, citing the rise in the miners’ power demands. Bitcoin miners consume about 2,100 megawatts of the state’s power supplies, said Lee Bratcher,…
