The UK government’s £1.5-billion loan guarantee to help Jaguar Land Rover after a major cyberattack falls outside the “normal underwriting criteria”, the Financial Times reported on Monday. The JLR cyberattack cost the British economy an estimated £1.9 billion and affected more than 5,000 suppliers. (Bloomberg) In a 25 September letter seen by FT, UK Export […]
A spate of billion-dollar deals—including those involving Yes Bank Ltd. and RBL Bank Ltd.—have thrust India’s financial sector into the global spotlight, when credit worries at US regional banks have rattled investors globally. RBL Bank’s stake sale to Emirates NBD is seen as the biggest foreign investment in India’s financial services sector. (Livemint) Over the […]
Prices of gold and silver rose to records as fears about credit quality in the US economy and a “US-China trade war” called out by President Donald Trump strengthened demand for havens. Some traders to book cargo slots on transatlantic flights for silver bars—an expensive mode of transport typically reserved for gold—to profit off higher […]
