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...After a weak start to the year the HSI is now yielding a slightly positive return for the year to date. Alibaba and JD.com rose 5.4 per cent and 4.8 per cent, respectively....
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...Bond markets wrapped up trading early, with the interest rate-sensitive two-year note yielding 4.63 per cent, up 0.06 percentage points....
Investor interest in debt yielding about 9.6% comes after UBS received $36bn of demand last week
...The prospect of looser monetary policy in the US may also have helped support prices, with some traders betting interest rate cuts could boost the appeal of the non-yielding asset....
...The spread between higher yielding (riskier) bonds and safer Treasuries is narrowing, and nearing long-term lows....
...The letters said the banks had worked towards giving customers a fairer deal and flagged that customers had moved money to higher yielding products in the past year....
...The bank’s margins are under pressure as customers shift funds from zero interest rate current accounts into higher yielding term deposits....
...The yen’s stability has made it currency of choice for investors placing carry trades, whereby an investor borrows in a low-yielding currency in order to fund investments in higher-yielding currencies and...
...As high rates persist, more customers are moving their money out of low-interest rate checking and savings accounts and into higher-yielding products like certificates of deposit, Treasuries and money market...
...Total net revenue was down 9 per cent in 2023 to $19bn, compared to the year before, as clients moved cash into higher yielding money market fund accounts....
...Apart from booking a profit, SBB in effect had swapped unsecured debt now yielding in the mid-teens for secured loans with a 9 per cent yield to maturity, said Edoardo Gili at Green Street....
...Some attribute it to appetite for higher yielding assets as the European Central Bank gets ready to begin cutting interest rates....
...In its domestic business, Barclays said earnings had been hit by UK savers switching to higher-yielding accounts, while it faced pressure on mortgage margins amid fierce competition between lenders....
...Shatil said shorting the yen to invest in higher yielding currencies including the dollar remained a popular trade....
...“We have listened to them and we are yielding to their request to increase the dividend.” Following the dividend raise, shares in the company closed 2.3 per cent higher on Thursday....
...The “yen carry” trade, in which investors cheaply borrow the yen to fund investments in higher-yielding assets, is unlikely to start diminishing meaningfully until the Fed starts cutting rates, said Shusuke...
...US banks have already started to report a squeeze on margins in their lending business as depositors switch to higher-yielding accounts, while markets are preparing for central banks to start cutting interest...
...The pressure is yielding results. Listed Japanese companies announced a record ¥9.9tn of combined share buybacks in 2023, according to an analysis by Jefferies....
...Its $400mn convertible looks relatively cheap, yielding 4 to 4.5 per cent for a duration of 7.5 years. Viavi might have had to pay perhaps 8 per cent for a loan of similar size and duration....
...After all, non-financial firms have left most of their accumulated cash in the lowest yielding alternative — checking deposits — rather than higher-yielding money funds, which also have same-day liquidity...
...The yen has also been the funding currency for carry trades, where investors borrow in low-cost yen and swap it for higher-yielding dollars....
...The rupiah is the second highest-yielding currency after the Indian rupee, but is much more vulnerable as it depends more on foreign financing of bonds, Nguyen said....
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