Japan signals pension push into domestic assets, sparking rally in yen, bonds

(RTTNews) – The Japanese stock market is sharply higher on Wednesday, recouping the losses in the previous two sessions, with the benchmark Nikkei index gaining more than 500 points to staying just below the 27,400 level, following the broadly positive cues overnight from Wall Street, amid easing geopolitical concerns following news Russia is pulling back…

Avamore Capital has provided a £2.18m ground-up development facility for a nine-flat residential scheme, despite the borrower having no previous construction or development experience. The transaction, arranged through broker Arose Finance, involved several challenges including the site’s location adjacent to a railway line, which required compliance with a Basic Asset Protection Agreement (BAPA). The scheme…

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A bidding war has broken out for EasyJet, the British low-cost airline, with the second American private-equity bid.

The Cambridge Building Society is making its 98% loan-to-value (LTV) First Step two-year fixed mortgage at 5.89% available to all intermediaries from 8 July. The society aims to help to increase access to 98% LTV mortgages for first-time buyers with small deposits. The change forms part of a wider mortgage product launch which also includes…

(RTTNews) – The Thai stock market on Tuesday wrote a finish to the three-day winning streak in which it had improved almost 30 points or 2 percent. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now sits just above the 1,600-point plateau and it’s looking at another soft start again on Wednesday. The global forecast for the Asian…