* First of series of precious metals benchmark overhauls * Not all interested participants ready by Friday -LBMA * Will take form of online 'equilibrium auction' (Adds fix history, London market size, new participants) By Clara Denina and Jan Harvey LONDON, Aug 15 (Reut
Read moreMANILA, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The Philippines has so far received offers of more than 140 billion pesos ($3.21 billion) for its new 2024 bonds, part of a domestic debt swap aimed at lengthening the government's debt maturity profile, an official at one of the six underwriters said on Friday. A
Read more* Foreign borrowers eye yen bonds for cheap funding * Monetary easing forces Japanese investors into new markets * Samurai bonds largely immune to global tensions By Frances Yoon HONG KONG, Aug 15 (IFR) - Governments and financial institutions are lining up to sell bonds
Read more* First of series of precious metals benchmark overhauls * Not all interested participants ready by Friday -LBMA * Will take form of online 'equilibrium auction' By Clara Denina and Jan Harvey LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The silver market enters a new electronic era in ben
Read moreBy Joan Magee NEW YORK, Aug 14 (IFR) - Argentine debt talks collapsed due to disagreements over the price of its bonds and the absence of a government guarantee to honor payments on them, sources close to the discussions said. International banks had appeared to be nearing agreement t
Read morePlans for a multibillion-pound sale of shares in Lloyds Banking Group to the general public have been dropped for this year and probably until after the general election next May. George Osborne and Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury, have ruled out a "Tell Sid" style privatisation bec
Read more(Adds background on the lawsuits) By Andrew Longstreth NEW YORK, Aug 13 (Reuters) - A federal judicial panel on Wednesday ordered that 18 lawsuits alleging a conspiracy to manipulate gold prices be consolidated into one proceeding in New York. The cases will be sent to U.S. Dist
Read moreMANILA, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Philippine luxury brand retailer SSI Group Inc is seeking to raise as much as 12.4 billion pesos ($282 million) in an initial public offering to fund expansion and repay existing debt, a company prospectus showed. The offer consists of 864.2 million common shares
Read moreLONDON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - HSBC awarded shares worth 7.1 million pounds ($11.9 million) to 15 executives under new role-based pay awards it brought in after European regulators capped bonuses for staff. HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, awarded shares worth about 1.5 million pounds to Samir Assa
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