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Thursday, April 14, 2016

General

• Global Stocks Extend Rally for Fifth Day as Oil Reverses Losses
  Bloomberg
• Singapore Surprise Policy Easing Spurs Asia-Wide Currency Rout
  Bloomberg
• BofA Misses Estimates on Slump in Deals, Energy Loan Losses
  Bloomberg
• U.S. April Junk Defaults Reach $14 Billion, Most Since 2014
  Bloomberg
• Tudor Investors Ask to Pull More Than $1 Billion From Firm
  Bloomberg
• Larry Fink: This is 'biggest crisis' in the world
  CNBC
• PBOC Cuts Fixing by Most in Three Months as Dollar Advances
  Bloomberg
• China Defaults Prompt Issuers to Pull $5.3 Billion of Bond Sales
  Bloomberg
• Fitch warns of risks facing large Italy banks
  FT
• MUFG Chief Criticizes BOJ's Policy for Fueling Japan Anxiety
  Bloomberg
• Gold Demand Jumps in Japan as Sub-Zero Rates Spur Call for Haven
  Bloomberg
• Russia's Putin: Panama papers are 'provocation'
  Reuters

Evening

• Financial shares mint fifth day of gains; indexes close flat
  Reuters
• Investors Pour $10.7 Billion Into Junk Bonds as Fears Fade
  Bloomberg
• 'Let them sell their summer homes': NYC pension dumps hedge funds
  Reuters
• Policymakers fret as storm clouds gather over world economy
  Reuters
• Most Americans think economy is 'getting worse'
  CNBC
• China says enhanced U.S.-Philippine military ties invoke 'Cold War mentality'
  Reuters

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Evening

• Asian Stocks Rise as Crude Rally Buoys Energy Shares, Yen Drops
  Bloomberg
• Valeant shares fall on default fears
  CNBC
• Brazil's Rousseff decries conspiracy as impeachment advances
  Reuters
• US budget deficit up sharply to $108 billion in March
  AP
• How China’s fishermen are fighting a covert war in the South China Sea
  Washington Post
• Chinese Scions’ Song: My Daddy’s Rich and My Lamborghini’s Good-Looking
  NYT

General

• Global Stocks Erase 2016 Losses on China Data as Metals Advance
  Bloomberg
• Asia shares extend rally on China trade relief
  Reuters
• Retail Sales Unexpectedly Fall as U.S. Consumers Scrimp
  Bloomberg
• Coal Slump Sends Mining Giant Peabody Energy Into Bankruptcy
  Bloomberg
• JPMorgan Sets Aside More Cash to Cover Souring Oil and Gas Loans
  Bloomberg
• IMF Warns of Possible ‘Spiral’ of Waning Growth, Escalating Debt
  Bloomberg
• IMF Says Global Financial Risks Rising as Growth Outlook Weakens
  Bloomberg
• The Beginning of the End of Central Bank Easing
  Bloomberg
• Panama raids offices of Mossack Fonseca law firm
  Reuters
• Exclusive: IMF says Greek debt 'highly unsustainable', debt relief 'essential' - draft memorandum
  Reuters
• China Steelmaker Misses Third Bond Payment as Defaults Spread
  Bloomberg
• China's steel glut: years in the making, years to resolve
  Reuters
• China exports rise at fastest pace in a year in March
  CNBC
• Blaming Draghi Finally Unites Merkel's Fractious Coalition
  Bloomberg
• IMF's Furusawa warns of limits to further BOJ rate cuts
  Reuters
• Malaysia's 1MDB Fund Says It May Be Victim of $3.5 Billion Fraud
  Bloomberg
• Russia jets make 'simulated attack' passes near US destroyer: US
  Reuters
• A Primer On The Complicated Battle For The South China Sea
  NPR

Evening

• SunEdison Misses Payment on Convertible Bonds, Facing Default
  Bloomberg
• Hedge funds post best gains in 4 years in March
  CNBC
• Brazil’s Economy Tanks as Political Upheaval Looms
  WSJ
• Japan Inc. Profits Head for Biggest Abe-Era Drop on Stronger Yen
  Bloomberg
• China and India Have Different Answers for Their Debt Messes
  Bloomberg
• NYC Pension Weighs Liquidating $1.5 Billion Hedge Fund Portfolio
  Bloomberg

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

General

• Oil Advances to Four-Month High as U.S. Shale Production Slides
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Stocks Fluctuate as Earnings Disappoint, Crude Advances
  Bloomberg
• Gold Climbs to Three-Week High as Rate Outlook Undermines Dollar
  Bloomberg
• Chinese Stocks Decline as Premier Li Flags Pressures on Economy
  Bloomberg
• U.S. small business confidence hits new two-year low
  Reuters
• Banks Face Massive New Headache on Oil Loans
  WSJ
• Wells Fargo Misjudged the Risks of Energy Financing
  Bloomberg
• Hedge Funds Abandoning Dollar's Biggest Bull Run in a Generation
  Bloomberg
• ECB policy causing 'extraordinary problems', says Germany's Schaeuble
  Reuters
• ECB in line with IMF on need for strong policies for Greece- Coeure
  Reuters
• Brazil's Impeachment Showdown Is Unfolding Unlike Any Other
  Bloomberg
• China steps up crackdown on underground banks - regulator
  Reuters
• `Brexit' Fallout Could Cause Severe Global Damage, IMF Warns
  Bloomberg
• IMF cuts global growth forecast, warns of stagnation risk
  Reuters
• Finance officials facing a chronically weak global economy
  AP
• Cash Flees South Africa in Longest Run of Outflows Since '99
  Bloomberg
• Saudi Rating Cut for First Time at Fitch on Lower Oil Prices
  Bloomberg
• China Tells G-7 to Stop `Hyping' Sea Disputes, Focus on Economy
  Bloomberg

Monday, April 11, 2016

General

• U.S. Stocks Pare Gains as Dollar Tumbles, Treasuries Trim Slide
  Bloomberg
• Dollar Falls to 9-Month Low as Traders Look for Yield Overseas
  Bloomberg
• Rate outlook helps gold to highest in almost three weeks
  Reuters
• European Stocks Rise Led by Italian Banks; Emerging Markets Gain
  Bloomberg
• UBS Says Junk-Debt Bubble Just an Economic Slowdown From Popping
  Bloomberg
• Expect more financial engineering in earnings: S&P
  CNBC
• U.S. shale oil firms feel credit squeeze as banks grow cautious
  Reuters
• Chesapeake Pledges Assets to Preserve $4 Billion Bank Line
  Bloomberg
• New Derivatives Era Keeps Dollar Swap Spreads Negative: Analysis
  Bloomberg
• Active asset managers knocked by shift to passive strategies
  FT
• China Consumer Inflation Pick Up Continues in March on Food Prices
  Bloomberg
• Brazil Deploying Troops and Barricades Before Impeachment Votes
  Bloomberg
• ECB seeks to mollify Germany after uproar over 'helicopter money'
  Reuters
• Russia’s Most Important Bank Needs a Bailout
  WSJ
• New Zealand to Review Foreign Trusts in Wake of Panama Papers
  Bloomberg
• Germany blames Mario Draghi for rise of rightwing AfD party
  FT

Evening

• Wall Street closes lower as investors ready for earnings
  Reuters
• Pressure on Kuroda Spurs Talk of More Bonds and Helicopter Money
  Bloomberg
• Negative Rates Failed to Boost Japanese Bank Lending in March
  Bloomberg
• Brazil's Temer urges unity government; impeachment ruling looms
  Reuters

Sunday, April 10, 2016

General

• Austria's FMA imposes big haircut, long wait on Heta creditors
  Reuters
• BOJ's Backfire Hangs Over Central Bankers as IMF Meetings Start
  Bloomberg
• Greece Points Finger at IMF for Bailout Delay as Talks Continue
  Bloomberg
• How Panama ended up in the middle of a financial scandal
  Washington Post
• Societe Generale headquarters searched in Panama probe
  Reuters
• Hong Kong Emerges as Hub for Creating Offshore Companies
  AP
• Why ‘in-law’ is banned in Beijing
  Washington Post
• US faces ‘disastrous’ $3.4tn pension funding hole
  FT
• Ukraine's Embattled Prime Minister Resigns
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Seeks to Put South China Sea on Table at G-7 Meeting
  Bloomberg

Evening

• Asian Stocks Decline as Japanese Shares Slump Amid Economic Data
  Bloomberg
• Panama Furor Rumbles Into Second Week as Global Pressure Mounts
  Bloomberg
• U.S. banks' dismal first quarter may spell trouble for 2016
  Reuters
• BlackRock Joins $46 Billion Japan Pullout
  Bloomberg
• Emerging Markets That Fueled Agriculture Boom Now Driving a Bust
  Bloomberg
• Comcast's Cavanagh Is Highest-Paid U.S. CFO With $41 Million
  Bloomberg
• Exclusive: Bank of Italy conducting supervisory inspection at Bank of China offices
  Reuters
• Tsipras demonises IMF to rally troops for bailout sacrifices
  Reuters
• IMF supports move to negative rates by some central banks
  Reuters
• German criticism of ECB gets louder as politicians say savers are losing out
  Reuters
• Italy government calls meeting Monday to finalise bank fund plan: sources
  Reuters

Saturday, April 9, 2016

General

• ECB's Mersch Warns of Diminishing Returns in Central Bank Action
  Bloomberg
• Mario Bothers: Germany Takes Aim at the European Central Bank
  Der Spiegel
• Germany’s Schäuble: Time is Near to End Central Banks’ Easy-Money Policies
  WSJ
• Germany denies would mull legal action if ECB opts for 'helicopter money'
  Reuters
• Puerto Rico governor declares emergency at Government Development Bank
  Reuters
• China State Researcher Sees Downside Risks in Property Sales
  Bloomberg
• Financial turmoil at SunEdison imperils solar projects worldwide
  Reuters
• French bank chief 'more worried about sector now than in 2009'
  Reuters
• Britain's Cameron says he mishandled Panama Papers tax scrutiny
  Reuters
• Italian banks' situation 'difficult but manageable': minister
  Reuters
• ECB's policy must be 'proportionate' and respect rules: Mersch
  Reuters
• Germany's Schaeuble says offshore companies must be transparent
  Reuters

Friday, April 8, 2016

General

• U.S. Stocks Rebound as Crude Rally Boosts Commodity Producers
  Bloomberg
• Oil surges 6% on freeze hopes, economic growth
  Reuters
• Emerging Markets Pare Weekly Loss as Energy Shares Gain With Oil
  Bloomberg
• Yen stalls as finance minister warns on intervention
  Reuters
• Bank of America: The Biggest Part of the U.S. Economy Might Be Rolling Over
  Bloomberg
• Shenzhen, Shanghai home sales plunge after rules tightened
  Reuters
• Fed’s Yellen Joins With Predecessors to Calm Recession Fears
  WSJ
• Global bond default tally hits highest since 2009
  FT
• Germany may punish companies with connections to tax havens-Spiegel
  Reuters
• Hammered Hedge Funds Recovering as March Best Month in Two Years
  Bloomberg
• Exclusive – Norway’s high-yield bond market becomes latest casualty of oil turmoil
  Reuters

Evening

• Oil Rises Most in Two Months on U.S. Output Drop, Freeze Talks
  Bloomberg
• First-quarter economy looks bleaker by the day
  CNBC
• Italy to Miss Previous Debt Target as Growth Forecast Reduced
  Bloomberg
• Brazil Heads for Cliffhanger on Impeachment in Decisive Showdown
  Bloomberg
• Paulson's Advantage Funds Each Tumbled 15% in First Quarter
  Bloomberg
• North Korea Tests Rocket Engine as U.S. Talks Up Missile Shield
  Bloomberg