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Australia’s anti-money laundering regulator has launched an investigation into The Western Union Company and its Australian subsidiary amid concerns that the money remitter may not be adequately managing high-risk payment channels and associated criminal exploitation risks. The probe will review the firm's AML and counter-terrorism financing progra…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Japanese officials they should present a clear plan for fiscal sustainability and for raising interest rates, according to NHK, which cited a senior U.S. Treasury official. Meetings on the sidelines of the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors gathering in Asheville, North Carolina, included sep…
U.S. stock index futures were largely unchanged Monday evening as investors weighed the possibility of further Federal Reserve rate increases and renewed military skirmishes between the U.S. and Iran. Rising oil prices and higher Treasury yields pressured risk assets during the regular session, while market participants prepared for key U.S. nonfar…
An AI-powered stock selection service recorded substantial gains in August across a wide range of sectors, led by standout moves in energy and precision manufacturing. More than 30 AI-chosen names gained over 30% during the month, and several longer-term picks have produced triple-digit returns since they were first selected. A new monthly rebalanc…
Ares Management’s real estate arm has closed its fifth Japan logistics development fund at 612 billion yen ($4 billion), reaching its hard cap and becoming the unit’s largest closed-end institutional raise to date. The fund will focus on building modern logistics facilities across Japan’s primary metropolitan areas and benefits from significant com…
Shein’s long-anticipated listing in Hong Kong on Sept. 1 marks the culmination of a protracted drive to access public capital after failed attempts to list in the West. Early signals from gray-market trading point to an uninspiring start, with the stock indicated at more than 10% below the IPO price and the offering valuing the company at roughly $…
Metallus Inc. said Chief Executive Officer Michael Williams will step down as CEO and from the board on December 31, 2026. The board has tapped current president and chief operating officer Kristopher Westbrooks to become president and CEO on January 1, 2027. Metallus shares fell 3% in after-hours trading on Monday after the announcement. Williams …
President Donald Trump said on Monday that ExxonMobil is among the oil majors preparing to do business in Venezuela, comments that come as U.S. and Venezuelan officials are expected to sign a deal granting U.S. access to a significant share of Venezuela's crude reserves. ExxonMobil declined to comment, and the company has previously described Venez…
Mexican shares closed slightly lower on Monday, weighed by losses in the Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples sectors. The S&P/BMV IPC fell 0.08% as a handful of large-cap stocks moved the index, while commodities and currency pairs showed mixed performance. Orbia Advance, Sigma Foods and Grupo Mexico were the session's stron…
General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. received a $43.9 million cost-only contract modification from the U.S. Department of Defense to provide in-service engineering support and to produce key electronic and launch control assemblies for the MK 41 Vertical Launching System. Work will be carried out in Falls Church, Virginia, with the Naval Su…
The COLCAP index closed lower on Monday, retreating 1.34% as losses in Financials, Investment and Public Services stocks pressured the market. Corporacion Financiera Colombiana led gains on the index, while Grupo Cibest and Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana shares were among the largest decliners. Commodity prices were mixed, with coffee and cocoa …
Northrop Grumman Corp. has received an $86.1 million task order from the U.S. Department of War to provide program management, maintenance, sustaining engineering and related support services for the Air Force's remote visual assessment program. The task order, FA8214-26-F-B017, is issued against a ground subsystem support contract awarded in 2021 …
HomeServe is holding preliminary talks for a $1.8 billion bond issuance secured by its assets through a whole-business securitization arranged by Jefferies Financial Group. Proceeds are slated to refinance existing debt and to fund a $600 million dividend to owner Brookfield Asset Management. The planned financing would use a mix of public and priv…
Russian equities finished higher in Moscow on Monday, driven by strong moves in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Power sectors. The MOEX Russia Index climbed 3.15% at the close, while a broad majority of listings advanced. Volatility, measured by the RVI, eased and commodities showed mixed moves including a sharp gain in October crude.
Hims & Hers Health Inc has begun offering branded GLP-1 weight-loss medications and additional men's health therapies in Australia via the Pilot telehealth platform, following its acquisition of digital health provider Eucalyptus earlier in 2026. The rollout includes sexual health and cholesterol treatments, the migration of Pilot clinicians to Him…
President Donald Trump said Monday that his administration reached drug-pricing agreements with nine pharmaceutical companies that will make medicines available to state Medicaid programs at most-favored-nation prices. The move is presented as an extension of prior deals with major drugmakers and is framed as a means to reduce the higher prescripti…
Macquarie upgraded BYD Electronic from "Underperform" to "Outperform" and increased its 12-month target to HK$29.22, pointing to an earnings recovery from the second half of 2026 driven by ramping server shipments and liquid-cooling production. The broker trimmed near-term profit forecasts but projects strong AI infrastructure revenue growth into 2…
JPMorgan Chase has appointed Ward Jones as head of Mid-Cap Basic Materials Investment Banking, according to an internal memo. Based in New York, Jones will focus on building products, building products distribution, and paper and packaging companies and will report to Joe DeBarbrie and Dave Khalsa. Jones joins JPMorgan from Deutsche Bank, where he …
Wella Company, the KKR-backed owner of OPI nail polish and Wella hair products, filed for a U.S. initial public offering on Monday. The company, present in more than 100 countries and employing over 6,000 people, plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol 'WELA' with Goldman Sachs, BofA Securities, KKR and J.P. Morgan among the u…
Latin American currencies and equities delivered uneven returns on Monday as a softer U.S. dollar lent some support to regional assets while an escalation in Middle East tensions pushed oil prices higher and lifted global bond yields. Market participants are also awaiting U.S. jobs data ahead of the Federal Reserve's September policy decision.
U.S. stocks finished lower on Monday, led by declines in Consumer Services, Utilities and Industrials. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.70% at the close, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.33% and 0.12%, respectively. Energy, cloud security and select large-cap winners offset broad weakness among several heavyweight names.
Canada's main equity gauge ended the session in negative territory, weighed down by losses in Materials, Real Estate and Information Technology. The S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.78% as more issues declined than advanced. Oil prices climbed, gold futures softened and measures of market volatility ticked up.
A $1 billion financing round led by 1789 Capital has taken Polymarket's post-money valuation to $21 billion. The raise follows a $15 billion valuation set in April and comes amid mounting competition from Kalshi, which secured funding at a $22 billion valuation in May. Polymarket says the new capital will help strengthen liquidity and operations as…
Options activity in Cheniere Energy (LNG) spiked to 6,151 contracts as traders bought calls at an almost 8-to-1 ratio versus puts while the stock climbed to $291.39. The pattern - concentrated near-the-money September call spreads and a handful of large single strikes with minimal prior open interest - points to aggressive, short-dated bullish posi…
Kalshi has permanently barred former U.S. Representative George Santos and imposed a penalty in excess of $71,000 after concluding he bet on his own presence at President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address and posted social media statements that advantaged those wagers. The action follows a recent CFTC fine related to the same conduct.
