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Petrobras shares dive on Brazil vote to ease rules on politicians running state firms

Brazil's lower house of Congress voted late on Tuesday to make it easier for politicians to take roles at state-run firms, hammering shares of the state-run oil company, devastated by a political graft scandal over the past decade.

Reuters

HSBC pulls funds for new oil and gas fields in “green” victory

GREEN campaigners targeting big banks won a victory today, when HSBC said it will no longer lend cash or provide other finance to new oil and gas fields.

Evening Standard

Inflation is still causing pain and Bank of England risks making situation worse

Anticipated increase in interest rates will turn the screw on mortgage holders and businesses

The Guardian - UK

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Millions face £3,000 mortgage hike - as interest rates announcement due tomorrow

The Bank of England (BoE) has increased its base interest rate eight times since December last year and is expected to do so tomorrow, which will push up the price of borrowing even more

Daily Mirror

Ministers may struggle to ‘hold line’ against higher pay for public sector workers, says ex-BoE chief

Ministers may struggle to “hold the line” in their refusal to back higher pay deals for hundreds of thousands of public sector workers, a former Bank of England chief said on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

I lost £150,000 to a fraudulent account the bank knew about

Bank of America was alerted three days before my first payment to an account I believed was a fixed-rate ‘bond’ with Prudential

The Guardian - UK

Supply chain issues lead to £2bn in unfinished South West goods

Manufacturers across the region said Covid lockdowns in China, the war in Ukraine and Brexit had ‘exacerbated’ the problems

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RBA boss to stay on if reappointed

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe says he has no plans to resign when his term is up next September.

AAP

Lula builds out econ team with Mercadante at BNDES, ex-banker aide to Haddad

More of Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's economic policy team took shape on Tuesday, with Workers Party (PT) veteran Aloizio Mercadante running development bank BNDES and a former banker taking a key role at the Economy Ministry.

Reuters

Westpac flags rates impact in 2023

Westpac expects tighter monetary policy and slowing economic growth to impact some of the bank's customers next year.

AAP

Longfor Gets $101 Million of Offshore Loans From Bank of China

Real estate developer becomes the first to tap into a measure intended to help cash-strapped property companies roll over foreign debt

Caixin Global

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Other lives: Banker who turned to maths teaching after the BCCI investigation

The Guardian - UK

The Bank’s newfound appetite to tackle risk is welcome, if a little late

The financial policy committee has decided to take on ‘shadow banking’ which has been thriving since 2008

The Guardian - UK

IMF not expected to discuss Sri Lanka before year-end -sources

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund is not expected to formally approve Sri Lanka's $2.9 billion bailout before year-end, a key step required for the embattled country to receive funding, two sources familiar with the matter said.

Reuters

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The Independent UK

Bank of England to run stress tests on pension funds, insurers, and other lenders

More needs to be done to ensure that the non-bank financial sector does not pose a threat to the UK’s financial stability, Bank says

Reuters

Russian businessman asks London court to pause $850mln lawsuit over sanctions

A prominent Russian businessman on Tuesday asked a London court to pause an $850 million fraud lawsuit brought by two Russian banks because of UK sanctions, arguing that any money recovered could be used to “indirectly fund the war in Ukraine”.

Newsroom.co.nz

GDP growth figures highlight growing risk of stagflation

As NZ reports another quarter of slow economic growth, it is combining with inflationary pressures to pose a worrying economic outlook – here and around the world. A resilient China can help NZ through a worrying economic future.

The National (Scotland)

Millions of mortgage holders to see payments jump, Bank of England warns

AROUND four million mortgage borrowers are set to see their monthly payments jump ...

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SkyCity's Australian woes are sheeted home to NZ

Dirty money, literally and figuratively, is at the centre of a lawsuit focusing on SkyCity Adelaide, reports Andrew Bevin

Evening Standard

Police looking for man after £13,000 stolen in cashpoint robberies

Police are searching for a suspect in connection with robberies in Lewisham, Lambeth, Belvedere and Bromley

Daily Record

Tory MP Adam Afriyie declared bankrupt over £1.7 million debt

Judge Nicholas Briggs made a bankruptcy order against Adam Afriyie, who represents Windsor, at an online hearing in the Insolvency and Companies Court.

Evening Standard

Conservative MP Adam Afriyie made bankrupt due to debts of £1.7m

Judge Nicholas Briggs made a bankruptcy order against Adam Afriyie, who represents Windsor, at a hearing in the Insolvency and Companies Court

The National (Scotland)

Tory MP vows to stay on despite being declared bankrupt over £1.7 million debt

A CONSERVATIVE MP has been made bankrupt after a judge in a specialist court heard that he owed around £1.7 million to the taxman and a major bank.

The Independent UK

Tory MP made bankrupt due to £1.7m debt amid doubt over seat

Windsor MP hit with bankruptcy order – but insists he won’t stand down until next general election

The Guardian - UK

Bank of England to stress test hedge funds and private equity lending

Central bank to examine shadow banking sector amid fears it could put UK financial stability at risk

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