Wirecard collapse leads to call for German parliamentary inquiry

[ad_1] By Andreas Rinke, Neil Jerome Morales BERLIN/MANILA (Reuters) – Germany’s opposition called on Monday for a parliamentary inquiry into the collapse of payments firm Wirecard after a global fraud…

UPDATE 2-FTSE 100 wraps up worst year since 2008 financial crisis

[ad_1] (For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window) * Britain tightens COVID-19 restrictions * UK exits…

UPDATE 1-Italy’s Nexi to pick 13 banks for Milan listing – sources

[ad_1] By Valentina Za, Gianluca Semeraro (Adds details, context) MILAN, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Italian banking service provider Nexi will hire 13 banks to run what could be Italy’s biggest…

Germany bans Wirecard ‘shorting’ as prosecutors probe FT journalist

[ad_1] FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s financial watchdog has banned “short” selling of Wirecard shares due to volatility in the payments firm’s stock following reports in the Financial Times which are…

Ferrari and Ray-Ban deemed a safer bet than Italian government bonds

[ad_1] By Alasdair Pal, Abhinav Ramnarayan LONDON (Reuters) – Italy’s luxury carmaker Ferrari and Exor, the owners of Juventus football club, are among a host of companies that can now…

French leisure and travel stocks fall again as country moves into new lockdown

[ad_1] PARIS, Oct 29 (Reuters) – French leisure and travel stocks, including Air France KLM and hotels company Accor , fell for the second consecutive day on Thursday as France…

UPDATE 3-Italy’s bonds, stocks tumble as eurosceptics to head key parliament committees

[ad_1] By Abhinav Ramnarayan, Danilo Masoni * Eurosceptics Borghi, Bagnai to lead key committees * Italian bond yields jump, stocks down almost 2 pct * Euro briefly falls to lowest…

Wall Street rises on strong Chinese data, Hong Kong and Brexit news

[ad_1] New York (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes rebounded on Wednesday, after robust economic data from China, easing tensions in Hong Kong and British lawmakers’ approval of a law…

Citi, Credit Suisse drop China’s Ucommune U.S. IPO over valuation -sources

[ad_1] By Scott Murdoch, Julie Zhu SYDNEY/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Citigroup Inc C.N and Credit Suisse Group AG CSGN.S have dropped out of the U.S. initial public offering of Chinese…

FTSE 100 ends lower but logs best quarter in a decade

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Construction work near the River Thames on the Greenwich Peninsula is seen next to the O2 and Canary Wharf financial district in London, Britain February 12, 2018.…