Hong Kong partners with 16 companies to build CBDCs On May 18, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced the launch of the cyber Hong Kong dollar pilot project. According to officials, 16 selected companies from the financial payment and technology sectors will conduct the first round of trials this year on the feasibility of
Gerard “Jerry” Fernandez, Jr., a municipal bond attorney who spent nearly 67 years at Hawkins, Delafield & Woods LLP, and was known as an innovator in the public finance industry, died April 21 at the age of 93. After serving in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant (JG) in the Pacific during World War II,
In this article SNPS CSCO BOOT TTWO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Take-Two Interactive Software — Shares jumped 8.1% Wednesday during after hours trading. The video game company reported $1.39 billion in adjusted revenue in the fiscal fourth quarter, topping analysts’ estimates of $1.34 billion,
Ether (ETH) price is down on May 17, reaching a 7-day low of $1,788. The Ether price drop comes a day after Chinese prosecutors vowed to crack down on the NFT market. Ether price was dealt another blow with lawmakers in the United Kingdom claiming that crypto assets should be regulated like gambling due to
Grammy award-winning musician Billy Joel has called Oyster Bay, a hamlet on Long Island in New York, home since 2002. Now, the “Movin’ Out” crooner is saying goodbye to the property. The “Piano Man” singer recently listed the 26-acre property, known as Middlesea, for $49 million. First built in 1994, the property sits on 2,000
A ‘for sale’ sign hangs in front of a home on June 21, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Higher mortgage rates and a severe shortage of homes for sale are taking their toll on mortgage demand. Mortgage applications to purchase a home dropped 4.8% last week, compared with the previous week,
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Short-term munis sold off Wednesday, as triple-A benchmarks rose in sympathy with U.S. Treasuries. Equities rallied. Muni yields rose seven to 12 basis points five years in, while USTs rose two to eight basis points. Performance-wise, Matthew Buscone, co-head of portfolio management at Breckinridge Capital Advisors, said the muni market has been soft this week.
Andrew Bailey has acknowledged for the first time the Bank of England is dealing with a UK wage price spiral as he pledged to raise interest rates as far “as necessary” to get inflation back to the bank’s 2 per cent target. Speaking to the British Chambers of Commerce annual conference in London, the BoE
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) believes Filecoin’s native FIL token is a security, crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments has revealed. According to the May 17 announcement, Grayscale lodged an application with the regulator to launch a Filecoin Trust product on April 14, which would provide investors with indirect exposure to the underlying
In this week’s newsletter, read about the United States Secret Service’s nonfungible token (NFT) collection, and how Elon Musk’s tweet caused a surge in an NFT collection’s floor price. Check out how someone tried to sell an image for Bitcoin (BTC) months before the infamous Bitcoin Pizza Day, and learn about LG’s new patent for
A committee formed by the California treasurer’s office has developed investor-driven guidelines for disclosure on green bond issuance. The thrust of the guidelines, created by the California Green Bond Market Development Committee, was to help issuers provide more uniform disclosure. It dovetails with the International Capital Market Association’s guidelines, but provides information more specific to
In this article HZNP RH HD COF GEHC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Horizon Therapeutics global headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Horizon Therapeutics — Shares of the biotech firm fell more than 15% after the Federal Trade Commission sued to
The trading of so-called “unbacked cryptoassets” such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) should be regulated as gambling rather than a financial service, a panel of British lawmakers said in a new report. The United Kingdom is currently working on a crypto regulatory framework that would mix existing financial asset laws with new crypto-specific rules.
A default on the nation’s debt, if Congress is unable to raise the federal debt ceiling in coming weeks, would boost mortgage rates by at least two percentage points and cause a slump in home sales as costlier financing puts real estate beyond the reach of more Americans, according to Jeff Tucker, a Zillow senior
Construction workers work on a home, as a subdivision of home is built in San Marcos, California, January 31, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters Homebuilders are getting a big boost from the lack of existing homes for sale, and that appears to be outweighing some of the challenges they’re facing from financial markets. Builder confidence
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Municipals were weaker Tuesday as U.S. Treasury yields rose and equities ended down. The two-year muni-Treasury ratio Tuesday was at 67%, the three-year at 68%, the five-year at 67%, the 10-year at 66% and the 30-year at 87%, according to Refinitiv MMD’s 3 p.m. ET read. ICE Data Services had the two-year at 70%, the