Glynn's Take: RBA Set to Remind Markets of Its Firepower
Markets will adapt quickly to the expanded world of alternative monetary policy, but traders, investors and economists alike will return quickly with bowl in hand outstretched, asking the RBA to do more.
Hong Kong's Exchange to Hold Hearing on Ant IPO After Green Light From Chinese Regulator
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong will hold a listing hearing Monday to determine whether Ant Group can proceed with its planned initial public offering in the city, people familiar with the matter said, after the financial technology giant received a notice from the China Securities Regulatory Commission.
CICC Poised to Raise $1.97 Billion in Shanghai Listing
The A-share listing of CICC, a leading brokerage and investment bank in China, comes as the country further opens up its financial markets to foreign firms, which could ratchet up pressure on domestic players.
American Equity Chooses Brookfield Deal Over Takeover Offer
American Equity Investment Life Holding rejected a takeover offer by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance and Athene Holding and said it reached a partnership with Brookfield Asset Management.
SPACs Could Be a Bubble That Never Quite Pops
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies are seeing a golden era that will fade as speculative appetite does, but they are unlikely to fade away entirely-they are too useful to everyone involved.
LLR Collects $1.8 Billion to Invest in Lower Midmarket Businesses
Philadelphia-based LLR closed on the capital late last week, after kicking off fundraising for the new vehicle, LLR Equity Partners VI LP, in early March, said Mitchell Hollin, a partner at LLR.
Citadel Securities Sues SEC for Approving New Stock-Order Type
Electronic trading giant Citadel Securities sued the Securities and Exchange Commission over the agency's decision to approve a new mechanism for trading stocks at upstart exchange operator IEX Group.
Wall Street's Hottest Financing Tool Makes Me Worry About the Market
Shaq, Playboy and Nikola are all on the blank-check bandwagon, part of a boom in SPACs that is unsettling, writes columnist James Mackintosh.
Credit Scores Rise Amid Recession
The average credit score hit a record in July after millions of Americans had lost their jobs, scrambling lenders' underwriting models.
Cboe Global Markets to Buy Dark-Pool Operator BIDS
The exchange operator has agreed to buy BIDS Trading, as exchanges have grappled with an increase in private, off-exchange stock trades this year.
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