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A series of populist measures and centralised commodity policies under President Prabowo Subianto have eroded investor trust and coincided with a sharply falling rupiah, heavy foreign portfolio outflows and downgrades to sovereign outlooks. The currency’s decline is amplifying market stress by pushing up inflation risks, tightening financing condit…
U.S. stock-index futures traded mixed as investors weighed fresh strikes between Iran and Israel alongside mounting concerns about the sustainability of the AI investment theme. A strong U.S. jobs report and rising oil prices have heightened expectations for higher interest rates, while gold slid to an 11-week low. Apple is set to open its annual d…
A swift reversal in global tech stocks has exposed the risks of record retail leverage in South Korea. After a rapid KOSPI rally that doubled the index in six months, retail investors increased margin and took up new single-stock leveraged ETFs tied to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. A recent pullback erased gains for many small investors and pro…
Rent the Runway (RENT) offers a high-risk, asymmetric trade today: the business is growing (Q1 revenue +29% YoY to $89.9m and 155,692 active subscribers), the market cap is tiny (~$112m) and valuation multiples are depressed (P/S 0.32, EV/Sales 0.66). Headwinds - lower gross margins, negative cash flow and leadership change - are real. This idea tr…
President Trump said his administration is evaluating a proposal for AI companies to grant the American public a stake in their businesses and plans to convene AI executives at the White House as soon as next week. The announcement coincided with varied premarket moves across major AI-related equities, with several chipmakers gaining and one major …
Mauritius has publicly stated it has not been approached by the US administration with any proposal regarding the Chagos Archipelago or the Diego Garcia base, countering media reports that the White House was considering options — including buying the islands — as an alternative to Britain ceding sovereignty back to Mauritius.
Zealand Pharma's stock tumbled after the company presented Phase 2 data for petrelintide at the American Diabetes Association's 2026 Scientific Sessions. Although the trial showed clinically meaningful weight loss and improvements in cardiometabolic markers with tolerability similar to placebo, the results largely matched prior market signals. A Ca…
MPAC Group PLC shares fell sharply after the company issued a material profit warning and disclosed the sale of its Mpac Lambert Limited unit. The board now anticipates weaker first-half margins and substantially lower FY 2026 underlying profit before tax on a like-for-like basis versus market expectations. The disposal, aimed at reducing debt, and…
Intesa Sanpaolo shares fell sharply after the bank unveiled an unsolicited €30.6 billion takeover proposal for Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena. The offer is predominantly share-based, requires a significant issuance of new Intesa stock, and is paired with a deal to sell 635 Monte Paschi branches to Unipol to ease antitrust concerns. A competing bid…
Panasonic Holdings announced plans to begin mass production of battery cells for data centre applications at a Kansas facility in the fiscal year 2028 (ending March 2029). The company said it will allocate roughly 350 billion yen of a 500 billion yen AI infrastructure investment to its Energy unit, earmark 150 billion yen to Industry, and build a t…
Willis Towers Watson (WTW) announces the expansion of its international property facility, now providing up to $60 million follow capacity per placement supported by the Neuron algorithmic digital platform. The facility covers diverse regions including Europe, Asia, and Canada, and targets multiple sectors such as airports, leisure, industrial, inf…
Alvotech announced that the U.S. FDA has accepted its Biologics License Application for AVT16, an interchangeable biosimilar candidate to Entyvio® (vedolizumab). Developed in partnership with Teva Pharmaceutical, AVT16 targets treatment of ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. The acceptance signifies progress toward potentially expanding patient…
Zealand Pharma's stock tumbled about 26% after full Phase III results for its obesity candidate survodutide showed a 19% patient discontinuation rate driven by gastrointestinal side effects versus 2.9% for placebo. The trial achieved weight-loss endpoints and significant reductions in visceral and liver fat, but the high dropout rate raised questio…
Moldovan defence authorities say a drone entered the country shortly after midnight and fragments with signs of an explosion were recovered in an agricultural field near the village of Lopatna, close to the Ukrainian border. Officials are examining the debris to determine origin and circumstances, amid a reported Russian overnight attack in neighbo…
Tate & Lyle PLC shares jumped sharply after Ingredion Incorporated announced a recommended all-cash offer that values the UK specialty ingredients maker at up to 615 pence per share. The proposal includes 595 pence in cash plus up to 20 pence in dividends, and carries binding support from a major shareholder. The transaction will be carried out via…
Mpac Group PLC warned that its underlying profit before tax for full-year 2026 will be materially below market expectations on a like-for-like basis, citing challenging macroeconomic trading conditions, delays in customer decision making, and margin pressure. The announcement coincided with an 18.1% fall in the company's shares to 215 pence. Separa…
Roche has entered an exclusive licensing and collaboration agreement with Nurix Therapeutics valued at up to $2.3 billion for bexobrutideg, a targeted protein-degrading therapy for blood cancers. Nurix will receive a $700 million upfront payment, with further milestone-based payments possible. The drug is slated to begin a phase III chronic lymphoc…
Generali shares climbed about 2% after Intesa Sanpaolo's board authorized the acquisition of a 3.01% holding in the insurer. Intesa characterized the purchase as a temporary, purely financial transaction intended to preserve the equity method accounting treatment following its €30.6 billion unsolicited bid for Monte dei Paschi di Siena.
Germany's financial watchdog Bafin has opened a review of DekaBank's 2024 financial statements, centering on €478 million in tax refund claims recorded as assets. The claims relate to share trading around dividend record dates from 2013 to 2018 and have been rejected by tax authorities. Bafin will examine whether DekaBank used overly optimistic ass…
The European Central Bank is widely expected to lift interest rates this week, becoming the first major central bank to act since the recent energy shock linked to the Iran conflict. Officials are balancing the need to prevent inflation from becoming entrenched against the risk of worsening an already weakening economy across the 21-country euro ar…
European semiconductor names fell for a third consecutive session, with major equipment and component suppliers posting declines after Broadcom reported weaker-than-expected demand for its custom AI chips and held its fiscal 2027 AI revenue target at $100 billion. The reaction followed a steep global rout in chip stocks, including a 10.3% one-day d…
Hungary’s deputy central bank governor said a recent drop in inflation together with an improvement in risk premia have likely reduced the level of interest rates needed to secure price stability. Yet policymakers remain cautious about cutting rates amid volatility in long-term yields, energy prices and international uncertainty, with the next deci…
Europe’s STOXX 600 slipped to a two-week trough as renewed clashes between Israel and Iran sent crude higher and a global downturn in AI-related shares hit technology names. Broad losses across regional markets were punctuated by a surge in Monte dei Paschi di Siena after Intesa Sanpaolo announced an unsolicited €30.6 billion cash-and-share bid.
Shares of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena jumped after Intesa Sanpaolo submitted an unsolicited €30.6 billion cash-and-share offer, following a separate merger invitation from Banco BPM. The presence of several potential suitors and a planned carve-out deal with insurer Unipol helped push MPS toward its 52-week peak despite negative global equity m…
Ingredion Incorporated has agreed to acquire Tate & Lyle Plc in a cash transaction worth £2.7 billion, prompting a more than 12% rally in Tate & Lyle shares. The offer provides Tate & Lyle shareholders 595 pence per share in cash plus permitted final and interim dividends that can raise the total consideration to as much as 615 pence per share. The…
