FCA issues UK crypto reforms – industry reaction
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FCA issues UK crypto reforms – industry reaction

UK firms supporting people to buy, trade and hold crypto must now meet clear standards under landmark rules set out by the FCA. All firms must meet financial resilience requirements including capital and stress testing. The FCA is also introducing new market integrity rules covering areas such as insider trading and market manipulation. The new…

Hormel Foods sells Brazil business
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Hormel Foods sells Brazil business

Hormel Foods is to offload its business in Brazil to domestic food producer Zanchetta Alimentos as the US group looks to “simplify and streamline its portfolio”. Zanchetta Alimentos is acquiring a business operating under the Ceratti brand and which includes production. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. In a brief statement yesterday…

Analyst Report: MDU Resources Group Inc
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Analyst Report: MDU Resources Group Inc

Summary MDU Resources Group Inc. is a natural gas utility with smaller electric utility operations. The company was founded in in 1924 as a small utility until it branched out into the construction industry. It spun off two construction service companies in 2023 and 2024. Through its four regulated utilities it provides generation, transmission, and…

Daily Spotlight: Bond Spreads Narrow
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Daily Spotlight: Bond Spreads Narrow

Summary Treasury bond yields have backed up on fears of oil-price driven inflation in the months ahead, this as the war in Iran remains unresolved. Corporate bond yields have risen as well — but at a slower rate as bondholders are now less concerned over the risks of recession, given positive trends in employment. As…

Morning Bid: Doubled by halftime
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Morning Bid: Doubled by halftime

By Mike Dolan June 30 (Reuters) – What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets It’s halftime for 2026 markets as the whistle blows on a turbulent and volatile first six months of the year. Despite the energy-shocking four-month Iran war and ā€Œrancorous geopolitics over Venezuela, Greenland and…

Market Digest: DRI, IFF, MDU
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Market Digest: DRI, IFF, MDU

Summary The volume of transactions made by corporate executives, directors, and beneficial owners is predictably starting to lessen as earnings season approaches and insiders are broadly prohibited from trading in advance. The weekly data from Vickers Stock Research shows that about 1270 insider transaction met the criteria for inclusion in Vickers’ Weekly Insider Report this…

Stock Index Futures Gain at Quarter-End, U.S. JOLTS Report and Nike Earnings on Tap
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Stock Index Futures Gain at Quarter-End, U.S. JOLTS Report and Nike Earnings on Tap

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU26) are up +0.10%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU26) are up +0.16% this morning, putting the major indexes on track for their strongest quarterly gains in years. The price of WTI crude was little changed on Tuesday ahead of the expected U.S.-Iran talks in Qatar. U.S. President Donald Trump…

Quarter-end expected to be quiet for Fed liquidity facilitiesĀ 
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Quarter-end expected to be quiet for Fed liquidity facilitiesĀ 

By Michael S. Derby June 30 (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s rebuild of money market liquidity is pointing to a quiet turn of the quarter, market participants say, as ample central bank cash depresses the volatility that often emerges around such calendar dates. Heading ā€Œinto the quarter-end, market participants do not see market pressure growing…

For first time, more central banks are set to shrink dollar holdings, survey finds
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For first time, more central banks are set to shrink dollar holdings, survey finds

By Libby George LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) – More of the world’s central banks plan to cut dollar allocations than increase them in the coming decade as political risks associated with the U.S. currency rise, an OMFIF survey of public investors released ā€Œon Tuesday showed. It is the first time the survey, carried out by…

GCC debt markets have rallied since the ceasefire, but tight liquidity remains a key hurdle
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GCC debt markets have rallied since the ceasefire, but tight liquidity remains a key hurdle

GCC bond and sukuk markets have experienced a distinct “relief rally” since the signing of the Iran-U.S. ceasefire on April 8, steadily recovering from their sharp sell-offs in the weeks following the outbreak of the conflict at the end of February Many GCC US dollar sukuk (Islamic bond) and bond yields had widened to five-year high spreads by the end of March—the highest levels since…

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