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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns Iran war may drive inflation and interest rates higher

Dimon highlights major risks, citing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East alongside China tensions

Nippon Life has been exploring various ways to enhance its asset management business.
Banking & Finance

SMFG, Nippon Life in talks to set up 500 billion yen private credit fund: sources

It will provide loans for leveraged buyouts and other areas such as real estate transactions and mezzanine financing

Citigroup says weak hiring will push the unemployment rate higher in the summer, similar to the last few years.
Banking & Finance

Citigroup pushes back Fed rate cut timeline after strong US job numbers

Downside risks for the labour market are mounting from a war with Iran that has no clear end in sight

China’s interest-rate swap market is also flashing signals of reduced expectations for further policy easing by the People’s Bank of China.
Banking & Finance

Chinese bonds near inflection point as inflation outlook shifts

The brighter outlook for the world’s No 2 economy has prompted global banks to withdraw or scale back forecasts for a PBOC rate cut this year

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A lot of attention is paid to swap markets as a gauge of rate expectations.
Banking & Finance

How the Iran war is fuelling wild swings in interest-rate bets

Middle East conflict has clouded the outlook for inflation and economic growth across the globe

Nakamura’s comments underline the BOJ’s readiness to press ahead with moderate rate increases, even as fresh pressures build from outside Japan’s borders.
Banking & Finance

BOJ keeps rate‑hike door open even as Iran war squeezes firms

The degree and timing of future increases will depend on economic, price and financial conditions

Multi-strategy hedge funds have posted declines, giving up all or part of their gains from the prior two months.
Companies & Markets

Hedge funds walloped by a month of turmoil sparked by war

[LONDON] Some of the world’s biggest hedge funds known for delivering steady returns lost money in March as the war in the Middle East roiled markets across energy, bonds and equities and forced trade...

The arc of relief, disappointment, panic and relief is the pattern that has defined this war for markets.
Companies & Markets

Wall Street money managers hunker down as Iran war rages on

[NEW YORK] Five weeks of war with Iran have wiped trillions off global stocks, pushed oil past US$100 and kept it there and repriced wagers on interest rates and inflation. 

Bitcoin has been weathering the war better than many assets.
Companies & Markets

Bitcoin lingers near lower bound of trading range amid conflict

[NEW YORK] Bitcoin traded near the lower bound of its more-than-a-month-long trading range amid continued uncertainty about the fallout from the conflict in the Middle East. 

The People’s Bank of China has stressed that the market should read its policy signals from the level of interest rates instead of the amount of liquidity it injects.
Global Enterprise

China drains cash from economy in rare move during oil shock

The central bank withdraws a total of 890 billion yuan worth of liquidity via short-term open market operations in March

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