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China travel rebound bets turn toward airports
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/03/2023
» SINGAPORE: Investors hoping to cash in on a boom in Chinese travel after nearly three years of coronavirus pandemic lockdowns are shifting into airports, hotels and duty-free operators and away from airlines subject to fluctuating fuel prices and more intense competition.
Crypto woes spread as Celsius, Babel links hit another exchange
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/07/2022
» Zipmex, a cryptocurrency exchange that operates in Singapore and Thailand, has halted withdrawals as the fallout from a series of defaults spreads further throughout the digital-assets industry.
UBS, Citi among banks hit by Asia rich clients’ pullback
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/07/2022
» A slump in client trading activity in Asia is threatening to slow a lucrative earner for the world’s biggest wealth managers.
Bitcoin poised for biggest quarterly drop
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/06/2022
» Bitcoin is on track for its worst quarter in more than a decade, as more hawkish central banks and a string of high-profile crypto blowups hammer sentiment.
Goldman predicts Thai interest rate hike in Sept
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/05/2022
» Hawkish expectations in Asia’s emerging markets are piling up as traders become increasingly convinced that central banks in the region cannot ignore the threat of domestic inflation any longer.
Baht reverses losses to claim title as emerging Asia haven
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/02/2022
» The baht is emerging as an unlikely haven in developing Asia as optimism about the nation’s tourism sector buoys inflows.
Emerging markets seen rising in 2022, but not until July
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/12/2021
» Emerging-market assets are set to rise in 2022 as moderating inflation and accelerating growth trigger gains, but that won’t happen until the second half of the year.
Bitcoin surges amid short covering, speculation over Amazon plan
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/07/2021
» Bitcoin soared on Monday to approach $40,000, a rally some attributed to traders exiting bets on declines as well as ongoing speculation over Amazon.com Inc’s potential involvement in the cryptocurrency sector.
Lockdown-like virus curbs dent economic recovery bets
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/07/2021
» The country risks fuelling the decade-high unemployment rate and household debt with the imposition of lockdown-like measures to contain the deadliest Covid outbreak, according to some economists.
Rate hikes coming to emerging markets with debt at records
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/03/2021
» Alarm bells are starting to ring across emerging markets as countries brace for a new era of rising interest rates.