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The era of China's investment-led growth seems to have ended. The country's economic growth is expected to be driven by household consumption. Data released Monday showed China's retail sales growing 4.0% year-on-year in the first two months of 2025, accelerating from December's 3.7% growth. Given...

Equity markets have been in retreat so far in 2024 as investors take profits following the strong run in the fourth quarter. Sentiment has been driven by concerns that an economic slowdown could hit corporate earnings in the coming quarters. On Wednesday, early index futures trading appeared to...

Nomura (NYSE: NMR), a Japan-headquartered global financial services group, announced its cryptocurrency unit Laser Digital is likely to take a longer period to report profitability levels. This is due to many factors like shrinking volumes, narrowing activity and changing needs of...

Japan’s top brokerage Nomura has reportedly projected the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week and will halt quantitative tightening as policymakers evaluate financial stability risks in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse. What Happened: Nomura analysts had earlier...

On CNBC, Sonal Varma of Nomura said the Reserve Bank of India is expected to announce a "final" 25 basis point rate increase in February due to "elevated core inflation." India’s central bank has aggressively increased interest rates since May, and a rate hike...

On CNBC, Sonal Varma of Nomura said India’s growth rate cycle is expected to decelerate as financial conditions have tightened and a slowdown in exports is seen. As the "catchup normalization in services is already done," the growth momentum is seen slowing down, she added. Don...

Tokyo-based bank Nomura Holdings Inc. (NYSE: NMR) has invested in Fnality, a blockchain-based interbank payment and settlement network that is now sponsored by 17 major financial institutions. What Happened: After raising £50 million ($54 million) Series B funding in 2019, Fnality is in the...

From March 2020 through its collapse in March 2021, Archegos Capital Management, headed by Sung Kook (Bill) Hwang and partners, entered into a manipulative scheme that increased Archego’s bottom line from around $4 billion to $36 billion, according to a SEC ...

On CNBC, Jeong Woo Park of Nomura said that South Korea’s economic growth is expected to be balanced, with the recent GDP data showing improvement from the previous quarters. The country’s central bank was concerned about higher inflation levels at the January meeting, with the...

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) recently wowed the Street with its execution and accelerated transition to electric vehicles. An analyst at Nomura, however, has turned cautious on the legacy automaker. The Ford Analyst: Anindya Das downgraded Ford from Neutral to Reduce, with a price target of $13....

Among the six coronavirus vaccine candidates that have entered human trials, two belong to publicly listed U.S. companies: Moderna Inc (NASDAQ: MRNA) and Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: INO). Both stocks have rallied in reaction to updates on R&D and funding. Moderna is up...