Business
September 06, 2024
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Profit-taking wipes out almost all gains at PSX

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday ended with thin gains as investors resorted to profit-taking at attractive levels following a spike in the KSE-100 index earlier in the day. The absence of encouraging developments kept investors cautious, leading to limited activity in major stocks while smaller companies attracted the interest of market players. The […]

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August 20, 2024
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Custody giant State Street expands crypto services in new partnership 

Business & Finance 20 August 2024, 8:33 pm 1 minute Reuters was first to report on State Street’s partnership with Swiss crypto company Taurus to offer new digital asset services, including turning real-world assets into tradeable tokens, to tap growing institutional demand for such investments. Through the partnership, State Street, which provides crypto fund administration […]

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August 09, 2024
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China tells some brokerages to conduct compliance checks on bond trading 

Business & Finance 09 August 2024, 10:57 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that China’s securities regulator has ordered some brokerages to inspect their bond trading activities as authorities seek to rein in frenzied buying of Chinese government bonds. The brokerages, all of which are domestic, have been told to conduct compliance checks on all […]

Business
July 17, 2024
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PwC weighs halving of China financial services audit staff 

Business & Finance 17 July 2024, 1:57 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is considering slashing up to half its financial services auditing staff in China as a regulatory investigation and an exodus of clients darken business prospects. The move follows Chinese regulators’ scrutiny of PwC this year for its role as […]