Swiss shoemaker On Holding AG, which is backed by tennis star Roger Federer, is eyeing a valuation of more than $6 billion for its U.S. initial public offering (IPO), showed a regulatory filing. The IPO comes at a time when… Read More ›
Entrepreneurship
VW to set up venture capital fund in decarbonization push
In a statement Volkswagen AG said, it plans on setting up a venture capital fund, which would initially invest $355.14 million (300 million euros) in startups and in decarbonization projects. “Decarbonization will make many things more affordable, not more expensive,” said… Read More ›
BlackRock’s China mutual fund subsidiary raises $1.03 billion
In a first, BlackRock’s mutual fund subsidiary in China established a fund after raising $1.03 billion (6.68 billion yuan) in a shortened subscription period. With this development BlackRock has become the first foreign asset manager to operate a wholly-owned business in… Read More ›
Standard Chartered arranges water supply project worth $1.1 billion for Angola
In a statement Standard Chartered said, it had arranged $1.1 billion in financing to the Angolan government for a water supply project that will serve its capital city Luanda. The funding is made up of two loans – a $910 million… Read More ›
China pledges to open its capital markets to foreign investors
In a statement China’s top securities regulator said, Beijing plans on further opening its capital markets to foreign investors with an aim to pursue pragmatic cross-border cooperation to regulate overseas-listed Chinese companies. In recent months, global investors have been spooked… Read More ›
European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights files complaint against German retailers over Chinese cotton
In a significant development, a human rights group has filed a complaint to German prosecutors alleging that several fashion retailers have profited from forced labor camps, a euphemism for modern concentration camps, in China’s Xinjiang region. Berlin-based European Centre for… Read More ›
German industrial orders surge during Q2
On Monday, official figures from the German government show that industrial orders have surged in July, hitting a post-reunification high and pointing to a solid start to the second half in the engine room of Europe’s largest economy. The figures… Read More ›
Blue chip companies don’t make the cut on Britain’s revised best practices code
On Monday, in a statement Britain’s Financial Reporting Council said, 125 companies, including Fidelity, BlackRock, M&G, Legal & General, have endorsed Britain’s tougher best practice code to stop “greenwashing” assets, with 64 companies failing to make the cut. Among the… Read More ›
Euro Zone Recovery Weakened In August Due To Supply Chain Issues
Despite concerns of the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus and significant issues of supply chains, business activity in the euro zone remained strong in August, according to a survey which indicated that the euro zone economy could… Read More ›
Kabul Airport becomes operational
In a statement, Afghanistan’s airlines operator Ariana Afghan Airlines said, it has resumed some flights in Afghanistan between Kabul and three major provincial cities on Saturday. The development comes in the wake of a technical team from Qatar reopening Kabul’s… Read More ›