The five life sciences IPOs this week continues the steady march companies are making to the public markets this year. This week's activity follows a first quarter that Renaissance Capital calculates ... ( read original story ...)
Steinhoff International Holdings N.V. : Steinhoff decides to launch Pepco IPO
The IPO will include a public offering of up to 101,343,568 existing Pepco Group shares, of which c. 98.8% is held by Steinhoff, (representing up to 17.5% of the total issued share capital) to retail ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan 1Q21 patent applications up on year, says IPO
A total of 17,156 patents were applied by Taiwanese and foreign applicants in the first quarter of 2021, increasing 2.85% on year, according to Intellectual Property Office (IPO) under Ministry of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks hobbled by tech slump amid regulatory bother as Baidu hits new post-IPO low
Hong Kong stocks fell as technology stocks slipped on overhanging regulatory risks while Baidu slumped to a new post-IPO low. Market sentiment also took a hit from higher Covid-19 cases across the ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei climbs as Japan stocks end higher on cyclicals boost, tech weakness caps gains
The Nikkei share average advanced 1.8 per cent to close at 29,331.37, while the broader Topix gained 1.54 per cent to 1,927.40. ( read original story ...)
Crypto trading volumes boom as activity cools on stock markets
Trading has boomed in cryptocurrency markets while volumes in stocks and derivatives have tumbled with an increasing number of daytraders and institutional investors setting their sights on more ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s vaccine drive may spur economic boost from ‘forced savings’ -BOJ
The Bank of Japan expects the national COVID-19 vaccination programme to spur an economic boost from households venturing out, armed with $183 billion in "forced savings" accumulated last year during ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese gov’t to admit presence of ‘tell-all’ file over document tampering scandal
The Japanese government is set to admit the existence of documents detailing the development of events surrounding the heavily discounted sal ... ( read original story ...)
Human resources firm Visional surges in biggest new Tokyo listing since SoftBank
The operator of Bizreach, one of the country’s most popular recruiting platforms for professionals, Visional rose as much as 50% above its ¥5,000 IPO price. ( read original story ...)
Global Core Banking Solution Market 2021 Future Demand, Analysis,Outlook to 2027 Oracle, Infosys, FIS, Tata
The Core Banking Solution Japan Market – Global industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2021–2028 report provides an analysis of the Core Banking Solution Market for the period ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open higher with eyes on earnings
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.74 percent or 214.29 points at 29,026.92 in early trade, while the broader Topix index advanced 1.10 percent or 20.96 points to 1,919.20. ( read original story ...)
Meet the World’s Youngest Crypto Billionaire
V italik Buterin, the Russian-Canadian founder of Ethereum and vocal proponent of a wealth tax, became the world’s youngest billionaire this week, after a bull run pushed the cryptocurrency’s price up ... ( read original story ...)
If crypto cracks in the summer months, this will be ‘one of the easiest shorts’ in the book, trader says
As closely watched cryptocurrencies rally, two traders lay out their expectations for the digital asset space amid the speculative frenzy. ( read original story ...)
Scammers Score $2 Million from the WallStreetBets Crowd With Fictional Crypto Launch
A cryptocurrency scam recently pilfered at least $2 million from WallStreetBets enthusiasts, convincing them that they were buying into a new crypto coin connected to the popular memestock, according ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei share average opens up 0.73 pct
Japan's benchmark Nikkei average .N225 opened up 0.73 percent at 29,024.01 on Thursday, while the broader Topix .TOPX gained 1.10 percent at 1,919.10. * Dow up 0.29%, S&P 500 up 0.07%, Nasdaq down ... ( read original story ...)
GBP/JPY: Bulls attack 152.00 on Japan’s return from holidays, BOE eyed
Bulls stay hopeful ahead of BOE Super Thursday amid UK’s recently strong fundamentals. Japan looks set to extend the covid-led state of emergency in the key prefectures on Friday. GBP/JPY jumps over ... ( read original story ...)