HSBC THERES NOW A VERY HIGH CHANCE OF A SEVERE FALL IN US STOCKS

With the U.S. stock market selling off aggressively on October 11, we now issue a RED ALERT, he writes... READ MORE›

GOVERNMENT SELLS A?2.1BN OF SHARES IN BANK AT A LOSS

UK Financial Investments argues that fees the government charged RBS mean that the break-even price is 441 pence per share... READ MORE›

THIS CHART PREDICTS TRUMP WILL WIN UNLESS THE SP RALLIES IN OCTOBER

But the pattern is solid, as shown in this chart by Sam Stovall, equity strategist for S&P Global Market Intelligence1... READ MORE›

CHINA TO BAN IVORY TRADE WITHIN A YEAR OR SO, AS PRESSURE MOUNTS ON HONG KONG

Wildlife groups say Hong Kong's legal ivory trade provides cover for a vast illegal trade that is fueling a poaching crisis decimating elephant herds in Africa... READ MORE›

CONSUMER ANXIETY IN CHINA UNDERMINES GOVERNMENTS ECONOMIC PLANS

Those who have lost money in the ongoing stock market crash are especially anxious... READ MORE›

CHINAS RESPONSE TO STOCK PLUNGE RATTLES TRADERS

What's happening in China is definitively spooking people, said Dawn Fitzpatrick, the chief investment officer of O'Connor, a 5.6 billion hedge fund owned by UBS... READ MORE›

LONDON HOUSE PRICES MOST OVERVALUED IN THE WORLD, SAYS UBS

London house prices most overvalued in the world, says UBS... READ MORE›

CHINAS PARTY-RUN MEDIA IS SILENT ON MARKET MAYHEM

The slump in the stock markets is destroying what remains of investor confidence, and this problem is profoundly serious, the paper said in a front-page commentary... READ MORE›

HUMILIATED STOCK PICKER WHO SOLD HIS FIRM FOR $31 IS BACK ON TOP

Ai's chief executive officer owns about a fifth of the company and takes a long-term approach toward investment and acquisition decisions, Fujino said... READ MORE›

DEUTSCHE BANK: HOW DID A BEAST OF THE BANKING WORLD GET INTO THIS MESS?

On the basis of the IMF's assessment, the consequences of a Deutsche Bank collapse could be worse than the signature event of the global banking crisis... READ MORE›

HSBC'S PRE-TAX PROFIT UP 10% IN FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR

Profit at Europe's largest bank HSBC was up 10 in the first half of this year compared with a year ago on strong earnings in Hong Kong... READ MORE›

DEUTSCHE BANK GETS TOP INVESTOR SUPPORT, CEO IN TALKS WITH BANKS

Deutsche Bank declined to comment on Cryan's discussions... READ MORE›

BRITAIN'S UPSTART BANKS FACE A BUMPY RIDE THROUGH BREXIT FALL-OUT

The finance ministry's recent introduction of an 8 percent surcharge on bank profits over 25 million pounds is also likely to compound the outlook for challengers... READ MORE›

CHINA REMOVES STOCKS REGULATOR HEAD AFTER MARKET WOES

Xiao and the CSRC came under fire as China's Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets slumped as much as 40 percent in just a few months last summer... READ MORE›

BANCO POPOLARE, BPM SHAREHOLDERS BACK CREATION OF ITALY'S THIRD BIGGEST BANK

Banco Popolare CEO Pier Francesco Saviotti said the bank was working on the sale of 650 million euros in bad loans to be completed by year-end... READ MORE›

U.S. START-UP R3, BANKS TEST RIPPLE'S CROSS-BORDER PAYMENTS TECHNOLOGY

Holding various currencies across many accounts is costly, Ripple said, because banks have to fund those accounts... READ MORE›

U.S. WARNED BERLIN ON CHINA-AIXTRON DEAL

U.S. warned Berlin on China-Aixtron deal Handelsblatt... READ MORE›

BRITISH 'BANKER' ARRESTED OVER HONG KONG 'PROSTITUTE' MURDER

The women were discovered in the 31st floor flat in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong a skyscrapper-filled central area popular with young, expat professionals... READ MORE›

SWISS BANKS STEP UP BATTLE FOR ASIA'S SUPER-RICH

Edmund Koh, the head of UBS's wealth management business in southeast Asia and Asia Pacific hub, said Credit Suisse faced a challenge to catch up... READ MORE›

STOCKS CLOSE OUT WEEK WITH WORST START TO YEAR EVER

Shares of the Shanghai composite index ended up 1.97 percent Friday, capping off the worst week for the Chinese stock market in its short 25-year history... READ MORE›

EDITORIAL CHINAS CRACKDOWN ON RUMORS WILL ONLY HURT ITS ECONOMY

The authorities have punished 197 people for spreading rumors about the stock market and the explosion Xinhua the state-owned news service reported on Monday... READ MORE›

Alibaba who? U.S. retail investors not that interested... READ MORE›

FINANCIAL PLANNERS PLAY THERAPIST TO PARALYZED LIBERALS

Investors across the country are variously cheering and mourning the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president... READ MORE›

HONG KONG PUBLISHERS SPOOKED, ANTI-CHINA BOOKS OFF SHELVES

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi skirted a direct question on whether the men were under Chinese detention at a recent press conference... READ MORE›

STOCKS RECOVER FROM AFTERNOON STALL, DOW UP 369, BENCHMARKS OUT OF CORRECTION

Wall Street traders also got confirmation that Wednesday's rally had legs when stock markets in China, Japan and then Europe all rallied earlier today... READ MORE›

CHINA STOCK PROBES SEND SHIVERS THROUGH INVESTMENT COMMUNITY

The foreign fund community definitely feels like it is being monitored more carefully than it's been in a very long time, said one foreign fund manager... READ MORE›

BLACK MONDAY REVEALS THE TROUBLE WITH ETFS

Like mutual funds ETFs own a basket of investments... READ MORE›

CHINA'S FLIGHT OF CAPITAL CAUSES GLOBAL RIPPLES

Another survey yesterday also showed investors have cut exposure to emerging markets to record low levels... READ MORE›

CHINAS STOCK CRASH HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR FINANCIAL REFORMS

The stock market crash in China is a test of President Xi Jinping's stated goal of reducing the government's dominant role in the economy... READ MORE›

WHY ARE ALL THESE ANGRY MEN IN HONG KONG WEARING BRAS?

On Sunday dozens of men wearing bras gathered outside a police station in the busy Wan Chai district of Hong Kong island... READ MORE›