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India’s market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), on Thursday proposed a shift in how position limits for equity index options are set, moving from total contract value to
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Binance Holdings Ltd. has appointed its co-founder Yi He as co-chief executive officer alongside Richard Teng, the company announced Wednesday in a post on X. The move marks a significant leadership shift
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Saudi Arabia plans to sustain elevated government spending and active borrowing over the coming years as it presses ahead with its economic diversification agenda, even as lower oil prices strain public finances.
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The world’s biggest hedge funds are obtaining “substantially higher” leverage in bond markets than their smaller competitors, thanks to access to near-zero haircuts on repo transactions provided by major dealers, the Bank
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The head of the UK’s Office for Budget Responsibility resigned on Monday after the fiscal watchdog accidentally published its full analysis of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ budget moments before she was due to
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Nvidia has poured $2 billion into Synopsys, taking a major equity stake in one of the world’s most influential chip-design software makers as part of an expanded engineering and design partnership. The
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Cryptocurrency prices fell sharply on Monday, with Bitcoin sliding as much as 6% and Ether dropping more than 7%, adding momentum to a selloff that has gripped digital assets for weeks. According
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Two of China’s largest private property data agencies failed to release their monthly home sales figures for November, raising fresh questions about the outlook for the country’s real estate sector, Bloomberg reported.
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Norway’s $2.1 trillion sovereign wealth fund is supporting Microsoft Corp. in a contentious shareholder vote concerning the company’s human rights practices, Bloomberg reported. Some investors had proposed requiring Microsoft to enhance its
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Revenues from arms sales and military services by the world’s 100 largest arms-producing companies climbed to a record $679 billion in 2024, a 5.9 per cent increase from the previous year, according
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