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85 contracts signed in int'l trade, investment fairs in Macao

China.dot.org 21 Oct 2019

A total of 85 contracts were signed and over 400 matching sessions were held at the 24th Macao International Trade and Investment Fair (24th MIF) and the 2019 Portuguese Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (2019 PLPEX), the organizer of the two trade fairs said on Sunday....

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Moves afoot to boost RMB usage in capital markets

China Daily 21 Oct 2019

Liberalization of cross-border investments is a tough task but inevitable in order to facilitate international usage of the renminbi ... By comparison, the cross-border invested fund was only 55.3 billion, less than 0.3 percent of the total trading volume, according to central bank data....

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UBS, Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services company founded and based in Switzerland.

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UBS is cutting 40 banking jobs in Asia

The National 21 Oct 2019

UBS Group is cutting about 40 jobs in Asia Pacific as part of a global push to trim costs and combine its trading units, according to a source ... UBS has embarked on a sweeping overhaul of its investment bank, reshuffling senior management and combining trading operations in changes that may ultimately eliminate hundreds of positions....

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Safe havensare far from low risk

Independent online (SA) 21 Oct 2019

Confidence in South Africa remains dismal, and global macro risks have risen amid trade wars and a slowing global economy ... Overall, investment markets continue to be event-driven, with trade wars and related global growth concerns driving rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve ... Greg Hopkins is the chief investment officer at PSG Asset Management....

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UBS cutting up to 30 banking jobs in Asia Pacific - source

Canada Dot Com 21 Oct 2019

The job cuts at the Swiss bank started last week and were centered on both “front and back office” positions in the trading and investment banking divisions of the global bank, said the person, who declined to be named ... Most of the front line investment banking changes were limited to junior staff, he added....

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What Nigeria can learn from Vietnam’s industrial success

Business Day Online 21 Oct 2019

Lessons for developing countries’, three economists Sebastian Eckardt, Deepak Mishra, and Viet Tuan Dinh said Vietnam has numerous bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements, which dramatically cut tariffs, anchored difficult domestic reforms, and opened up the economy to foreign investment, they said....

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Setting up mechanism to handhold investors: DPIIT secretary

Moneycontrol 21 Oct 2019

DPIIT Secretary Guruprasad Mohapatra said that the proposal is being sent to the Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal for approval, following which it will set up an investment promotion and facilitation agency Invest India ... promotion and facilitation agency Invest India....

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AWIEF to discuss accelerating the growth of female-owned and led businesses in Africa

Independent online (SA) 21 Oct 2019

Digitalisation, Investment and Intra-African Trade' -- will aim to promote and accelerate the growth of women-owned and women-led businesses for Africa’s inclusive economic growth and discuss entrepreneurship trends ... Investment in women-owned businesses is needed across the continent of Africa,” founder and CEO Irene Ochem said in a statement....

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Shanghai crude oil futures close higher

China.dot.org 21 Oct 2019

China launched the crude oil futures trading, which is open to overseas investment, in March 2018....

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Nepse halts trading of 81 listed companies

The Himalayan 21 Oct 2019

Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) has halted share trading of 81 listed firms today as the concerned companies have not yet paid the annual securities renewal fees. As per law, the listed firms need to pay the yearly renewal fee to the stock exchange by October 17 every year for continuous trading of their secondary shares....

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Turkic Council expands as trade falls

EurasiaNet 21 Oct 2019

Trade was high on the agenda. The group’s promised to create “favorable conditions for trade and investment, further simplification of customs and transit procedures aiming at facilitation of movement of goods, capital, services and technologies, and simplification of financial and banking operations.”....

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Government looks to ease more FDI rules to attract investments

The Times of India 21 Oct 2019

Weeks after it eased the foreign direct investment (FDI) regime, the government has begun a fresh review for further liberalisation of sectoral caps as well as segments that are not on the automatic list, as it courts more overseas investors to revive the investment cycle....

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Christine Lagarde sums up Trump's hold over the US-China trade war

Yahoo Daily News 21 Oct 2019

USA and China trade war ... “I think the biggest key that President Trump has is in relation to predictability and, and certainty of the terms of trade ... Looking forward, Lagarde says, regardless, the US-China trade war is going “to give a big haircut to the global economy” and that means less investment, less jobs, more unemployment, reduced growth.”....