On Tuesday, Weston Energy, a gas seller which supplied 7% of the eastern Australian market, has collapsed following soaring LNG prices, marking the first significant casualty in the country from the global gas crisis following Western sanctions on Russia after… Read More ›
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South Korea raises greenhouse gas reduction target to 40% by 2030
On Friday, in a statement the South Korean government said, it will raise its greenhouse gas reduction target to 40%, up from 26.3%, by 2030, as part of its efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The revision of the… Read More ›
Payment processing companies including Mastercard ran cartel operation on vulnerable members of society
On Wednesday, in a statement Britain’s Payment Systems Regulator said, Mastercard is among five companies which broke the law for cartel behavior; the regulator has alleged that these five companies including, Mastercard, allpay, APS, PFS and Sulion offered pre-paid cards… Read More ›
Charles Sussman, BAML’s co-head of global oil trading departs
According to two sources familiar with the matter at hand, Charles Sussman, the managing director and joint-head of global oil trading at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), has left the company after having spent more than 10 years in… Read More ›
Former Goldman Sachs’ managing director Adam Korn joins Sixth Street as CIO
Adam Korn, a former managing director at Goldman Sachs who played a key role in the bank’s embrace of technology, has joined Sixth Street Partners, an investment firm, as its new chief information officer. Earlier this year, Korn left his… Read More ›
Barclays’ investment banking division appoints Manuel Esteve as head of its equity capital markets in Europe
On Monday in a statement Barclays’ investment banking division said, J.P. Morgan’s Manuel Esteve will head its equity capital markets in Continental Europe. Esteve has been a managing director at J.P. Morgan’s equity capital markets for nearly 2 decades, 18… Read More ›
Google appoints Stanley Chen as MD of Greater China Sales and Operations
China is under increasing pressure to open up its market to foreign players. On Monday, Alphabet Inc’s Google has appointed Stanley Chen as the managing director of its Greater China sales and operations. According to a statement, Chen, was previously… Read More ›
U.S. Federal Reserve permanently bars former MD of JPMorgan Chase & Co’s Hong Kong unit
With Timothy Fletcher’s cooperation, the U.S. Justice Department, the Federal Reserve and the SEC will follow through with any pending or potential enforcement action against other individuals who are or were affiliated with the Hong Kong unit of JPMorgan Chase… Read More ›
Barclays Plc hires investment banker Riaz Ladhabhoy
Barclays Plc appears to be positioning itself for the record number of tech IPOs scheduled for take off this year. Barclays Plc has hired Riaz Ladhabhoy, an investment banker from Deutsche Bank to be its co-head of internet banking in… Read More ›