作者: bankr

  • SoftBank profit plummets as Elliott bears down

    SoftBank profit plummets as Elliott bears down
    Hedge fund has pressed Japanese conglomerate for better governance and share buybacks

  • Approval comes three weeks after China and the US sign phase one trade deal, but three decades after Mastercard established a presence in China

     

    China’s central bank on Tuesday said it had approved an application from Mastercard’s joint venture to establish a bank card clearing business in China, a major step in the US company’s decades-long march to enter the yuan payment and clearing market.
    The American firm’s joint venture, which was established in March 2019 with the central bank affiliated Netsunion Clearing Corporation, will start preparing a new institution to begin bankcard clearing services , the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said in a statement.
    Netsunion was established in 2017 and all third-party payment services involving bank accounts must go through its platforms, cutting direct clearing between banks and service providers such as Alipay and Wechat Pay, and giving Beijing access to data on all mobile transactions.
    Mastercard said in a statement that the company will “be able to apply to the People’s Bank of China for formal approval to begin domestic bank card clearing activity” within a year.

  • SoftBank-backed Brandless cuts 90% of its staff

    SoftBank-backed Brandless cuts 90% of its staff

  • The financiers who struck it rich on ‘Joker’

    The financiers who struck it rich on ‘Joker’

  • Credit Suisse reels as Tidjane Thiam exits the stage

    Credit Suisse reels as Tidjane Thiam exits the stage

  • 2019 年北京房市

    如果用一个词来形容 2019 年的北京房市,那就是「清冷」。在「房住不炒」和「因城施策」的指导下,北京房市波澜不再。

    2019 年,北京市新建商品房销售好于去年。根据北京市住建委公布数据,2019 年 1-3 季度,全市商品房销售面积为 584.9 万平方米,同比增长 43.7%。其中,住宅销售面积为 495.1 万平方米,增长 62.2%。与之对应,2018 年 1-3 季度,北京市商品房销售面积为 407.1 万平方米,同比下降 27.9%。其中,住宅销售面积为 305.2 万平方米,比 2017 年同期下降 17.7%。

    2019 年,新建商品房价格稳中略升,大量限竞房项目陆续上市。相比 2015 年,北京市当前的新建商品房价格较之上涨了 44.1%,在四个一线城市中是最低的。相比去年同期,北京市新建商品房价格上涨了 5.4%。综合交易价格及交易量来看, 2019 年的北京市的新建商品房市场比较「稳健」。

    2019 年的新房的销售增长进一步挤占了二手房的成交量。2019 年二手房成交量为 14.5 万套,比 2018 年减少 8,475 套,同比下降 5.5%。2019 年,北京市新房、二手房共成交 21 万套,其中,二手房成交量占比为 68%,相比 2018 年下降了 8 个百分点。

    在北京房产市场,不仅是不断推出的共有产权房对购买力进行了分流。北京市的限竞房项目在 2019 年大量上市,对商品房市场,尤其是对二手房市场的影响更为直接。一、二手房价格倒挂的情况在部分地区变得突出,二手房对购房者的吸引力下降。此外,链家、我爱我家等二手房中介公司开始承接新房项目的营销推广,成为新建商品房项目的获客渠道,二手房客源被持续导向新房市场。这也成为了推动新房销售占比提升的重要原因。

  • 2019年资产管理人员的薪资中值(包括奖金)为16.7万美元,较2018年增长16.4%

    随着股市上涨推高世界各地基金公司的回报率,2019年资产管理人员的薪资涨幅超过投资银行家。

    薪资基准公司Emolument的数据显示,2019年资产管理人员的薪资中值(包括奖金)为16.7万美元,较2018年增长16.4%。

  • Macy’s Inc. plans to close 125 of its least productive department stores — almost a quarter of the total — over the next three years and cut about 2,000 jobs as part of a large restructuring

    Macy’s Inc. plans to close 125 of its least productive department stores — almost a quarter of the total — over the next three years and cut about 2,000 jobs as part of a large restructuring.

    The stores, including 30 that are already in the process of being closed, account for about $1.4 billion in annual sales, the company said in a statement. Across the rest of the locations, the company is adjusting its staff — reducing in some locations and increasing it in better-performing stores. The shares climbed as much as 3.5% in late trading.

    Analysts have said Macy’s is weighed down by too many stores in underperforming malls. It currently has more than 600 Macy’s across 43 states. Last month, it reported encouraging sales numbers for the crucial holiday season, but said it would close more than two dozens stores as it adjusts to changes in the way consumers shop.

    Consumers have grown more comfortable shopping online and ditching the in-store experience. Department stores, in particular, have suffered and last year, they sized up as the worst sector in the S&P 500. Many have invested in pop-up shops and brand partnerships to entice shoppers back into stores. The loss of foot traffic in department stores has had a ripple effect in malls across the country, which depend on the “anchors” to draw people to the centers.

  • 浙江网商银行因违反清算管理规定、违反备付金管理规定

    中国人民银行杭州中心支行披露的杭银处罚字〔2020〕1号罚单显示,浙江网商银行因违反清算管理规定、违反备付金管理规定,合计被罚没159.18万元

  • Emerging markets set January record for foreign-currency debt

    Emerging markets set January record for foreign-currency debt