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Retail park bounce adds nail to high street coffin
  + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
LONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Retail parks are a beacon of hope in a gloomy UK property market. Since their 2015 peak, average retail rents have come down by a third, analysts estimate. Retail parks are also good for e-commerce as they allow customers to drop off and pick up orders. That’s not the case on the high street, where business rates and high rents have driven tenants out. Today’s 2.5% rise in its shares suggests investors need more than growing retail parks to be convinced of its prospects.
Persons: That’s, Aimee Donnellan, Francesco Guerrera, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, Sports, Land, Centre for Retail Research, X, Thomson
LONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The country’s former central bank Governor Valeria Gontareva explains on The Exchange podcast how the radical steps implemented in 2014 helped Ukrainian lenders withstand the Russian invasion and kept the financial system afloat, and why Ukraine needs to keep reforming. Listen to the podcastFollow @pierrebri on XSubscribe to Breakingviews’ podcasts, Viewsroom and The Exchange. Editing by Oliver TaslicOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Opinions expressed are those of the author. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.
Persons: Valeria Gontareva, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine
S4 misery offers reality check on tech exuberance
  + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Is the technology sector bouncing back? The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC) is up 31% this year, and chip designer Arm enjoyed a 25% first-day pop on its listing. S4 on Monday downgraded its 2023 like-for-like net revenue growth forecast to “down on last year”. The news still sent S4 shares down 25% on Monday morning. Any recovery will require Sorrell to show he can keep winning business in an era of tech uncertainty.
Persons: Martin Sorrell, That’s, Publicis, Sorrell, Oliver Taslic, Neil Unmack, Streisand Neto Organizations: Reuters, Nasdaq, S4, Nvidia, Meta, X, Thomson
Prosus CEO exit leaves Tencent elephant in room
  + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Karen Kwok | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Bob van Dijk is passing an unsolved problem to his successor. The Tencent stake that it owns made up about 75% of the group’s $130 billion portfolio value as of Sept. 15. His workaround was to instead sell little chunks of Tencent shares, and use the proceeds to buy back Prosus stock. Still, the gap reflects shareholders’ ongoing struggles to value Prosus. Neither Prosus nor the 50-year-old van Dijk gave a reason for his exit, but the persistence of the discount won’t have helped.
Persons: Bob van Dijk, Siphiwe, Ervin Tu, Africa’s, Van, van Dijk, It’s, Goldman Sachs, Prosus, Naspers, van Dijk’s, George Hay, Streisand Neto, Oliver Taslic Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Prosus, HK, Interim, Vision, Thomson Locations: Johannesburg, South Africa, Amsterdam, India, Brazil, Tencent
First, banks’ financial statements appear to be ignoring climate risks, which means financial institutions are probably also leaving those dangers out of their capital calculations. Second, a regulatory regime that understates the expected consequences of climate change is allowing the banks’ blind spot to persist. The few banks that refer to climate risks in their accounts tend to conclude that it is not material. Second, banks need to take a prudent view of climate risks in their financial statements. The sooner the banking sector internalises climate risks in its accounting, the better the chance of building a sustainable future.
Persons: Wells Fargo’s, Banks, Natasha Landell, Mills, Peter Thal Larsen, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, HSBC, HK, “ Management, prudential, The, Greening, Central, Institute, Faculty of Actuaries, University of Exeter, Institutional, Sarasin, Partners, Thomson
Disney starts drafting broadcast TV’s grand finale
  + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Jennifer Saba | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +9 min
It was pretty much the only way to watch “Gunsmoke” or “Howdy Doody” until cable networks arrived in force in the 1980s, bundled together for a monthly subscription fee. For Disney, ABC represented a watershed moment. Look deeper and the big broadcasters attracted only one in five viewers, while one in three watched cable networks. The TV group, excluding cable networks such as Fox News, generated an EBITDA margin of nearly 12% for the year ending June 30. Assume any deal includes cable networks such as Disney Channel and National Geographic.
Persons: Walt Disney, Bob Iger, , Howdy Doody, Fox, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Eisner, Iger, what’s, “ Abbott, Singer, Morgan Stanley, Disney’s, they’re, reckons Morgan Stanley, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Sharon Lam, Aditya Sriwatsav, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, Magic Kingdom, ABC, Disney, ESPN, Charter Communications, American Broadcasting Company, NBC, CBS, Capital Cities, RJR Nabisco, Paramount Global, Comcast, Warner Bros Discovery, Fox, Paramount, National Football League, NFL, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Bloomberg, Apple, Nielsen, BET, Wall Street Journal, Charter, U.S . Federal Communications Commission, Local, Disney Channel, Geographic, Apollo Global Management, TPG, Walt Disney, Thomson Locations: U.S, United States
BP succession fail puts spotlight on its board
  + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( George Hay | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
But the surprise departure of former leader Bernard Looney the previous day reflects poorly on the company’s board. Looney’s resignation, after failing to fully disclose details of past relationships with colleagues, appears to have caught BP by surprise. That’s embarrassing for the board, whose responsibilities include planning for succession in case something happens to the CEO. Auchincloss told staff in a brief town hall meeting on Sept. 13 that the company’s aims were unchanged. And our focus remains on performance – quarter by quarter,” Auchincloss, who was previously chief financial officer, told staff, according to a company spokesperson.
Persons: Dado Ruvic, Murray Auchincloss, Helge Lund, Bernard Looney, Debra Crew, Ivan Menezes, Looney, John Browne’s, Browne, Tony Hayward, Hayward, Lund, Bernard Looney’s, Auchincloss, hasn’t, ” Auchincloss, Peter Thal Larsen, Oliver Taslic Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Interim, Diageo, BP, Irish, Thomson Locations: British
LONDON, Sept 14 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Bernard Looney resigned after he failed to disclose past relationships with staff. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists debate what that means for the oil giant’s commitment to net zero, and whether BP’s board did all it could have done. Listen to the podcastFollow @aimeedonnellan on XSubscribe to Breakingviews’ podcasts, Viewsroom and The Exchange. Editing by Oliver TaslicOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.
Persons: Bernard Looney, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, Thomson
A customer is seen inside an Albert Heijn shop, operated by Ahold Delhaize, the Dutch-Belgian supermarket operator, in Eindhoven, Netherlands, January 23, 2019. In this Exchange podcast, Ahold Delhaize CEO Frans Muller explains why demand for own-brand goods gives the Dutch group an upper hand in supplier negotiations. Listen to the podcastFollow @aimeedonnellan on XSubscribe to Breakingviews’ podcasts, Viewsroom and The Exchange. Editing by Oliver TaslicOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.
Persons: Albert Heijn, Ahold Delhaize, Eva Plevier, Ahold, Frans Muller, Oliver Taslic Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Dutch, Belgian, Eindhoven, Netherlands
China is bitter medicine for Europe’s EV pivot
  + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Neil Unmack | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +7 min
LONDON, Sept 12 (Reuters Breakingviews) - China can offer a bitter medicine for Europe’s bold electric vehicle pivot. That has prompted carmakers to develop premium e-cars for richer punters, rather than mass market vehicles. More competition from Chinese carmakers should help bring down prices of electric vehicles in Europe. It will force Western players to keep cutting costs to avoid losing too much market share, boosting overall e-car adoption. Sales of EVs picked up in August, with Jefferies analysts estimating a total market share across Europe of 23%.
Persons: Oliver Zipse, Olaf Scholz, carmakers, Morgan Stanley, Encouragingly, BYD, , EVs, Lisa Jucca, Oliver Taslic, Thomas Shum Organizations: Reuters, Volkswagen, European Automobile Manufacturers ’ Association, HK, Norway, BMW, Reuters Graphics, Jato Dynamics, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, BYD, Renault, UBS reckons, Financial, Electric, European Union, Jefferies, Thomson Locations: China, Europe, Italy, Europe’s, Germany, Norway, Latvia, Bulgaria, Britain, Polo . China, Western, EU
Higher pay makes life harder for Treasury and BoE
  + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, attends the Bank of England Monetary Policy Report Press Conference, at the Bank of England, London, Britain, February 2, 2023. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Sept 12 (Reuters Breakingviews) - UK employees and pensioners can raise a glass. Average total pay, including bonuses, rose at an annual rate of 8.5% in the three months to July, faster than inflation. The average state pension will rise from 156.2 pounds to 169.5 pounds per week, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and finance minister Jeremy Hunt may, however, be crying into their beer.
Persons: Andrew Bailey, Yui Mok, Jeremy Hunt, Hunt, BoE, Bailey, Francesco Guerrera, George Hay, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Bank of England, Press, REUTERS Acquire, Reuters, Institute for Fiscal Studies, X, UBS, Warner Bros Discovery, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Asia
UK wind fail is catalyst for belated subsidy rejig
  + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Britain’s shaky ambitions to be the “Saudi Arabia of wind” now stand at a blustery crossroads. Developers had been warning for months that the UK’s latest offshore wind auction, divulged on Friday, would receive no takers. Britain could just focus on solar and onshore wind, which respectively received 1.9 gigawatts and 1.5 GW in the latest overall 3.7 GW auction. A 2022 auction saw offshore wind constitute two-thirds of a much chunkier 10.8 GW of power awarded. The very real prospect of zero wind schemes ought to be the kick up the backside UK politicians need to make the terms more appealing.
Persons: George Hay, Aimee Donnellan, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, X, Warner Bros Discovery, Thomson Locations: Saudi Arabia, Britain
The Arm Ltd logo and a rising stock graph are seen in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The SoftBank-owned chip designer is getting ready to list. Listen to the podcastFollow @aimeedonnellan on XSubscribe to Breakingviews’ podcasts, Viewsroom and The Exchange. Editing by Oliver TaslicOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.
Persons: Dado Ruvic, Oliver Taslic Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson
A 0.25 mg injection pen of Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy is shown in this photo illustration in Oslo, Norway, September 1, 2023. REUTERS/Victoria Klesty/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Over 1 bln people are obese, the WHO reckons. Denmark’s Novo Nordisk is ahead of the pharma pack with its Wegovy weight-loss drug. Listen to the podcastFollow @aimeedonnellan on XSubscribe to Breakingviews’ podcasts, Viewsroom and The Exchange. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.
Persons: Victoria Klesty, Lars Jorgensen, Oliver Taslic Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, WHO, Denmark’s, Denmark’s Novo Nordisk, pharma, Thomson Locations: Oslo, Norway, Victoria, Denmark’s Novo
SoftBank’s reduced Arm price tag is still too high
  + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Liam Proud | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +7 min
The lesson for SoftBank and Arm is clear: chip investors are laser-focused on medium-term operating profit, not just revenue. Reuters GraphicsThere are three key moving parts to Arm’s valuation. Under SoftBank, Arm’s operating margin has dropped to around 25%, from roughly 40% in 2015 – a consequence of Son’s preference for heavy investments in research. If Arm nabbed the same multiple, its enterprise value would be $33 billion, using the above growth and operating margin. To mimic and sustain Nvidia-esque growth, Arm CEO Rene Haas would have to keep ramping up investments in engineers and sales teams, which would weigh on margins.
Persons: SoftBank, Masayoshi Son, Bernstein, they’ll, Rene Haas, SoftBank’s, it’s, George Hay, Katrina Hamlin, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, SoftBank, Nvidia, Cadence Design Systems, LSEG, Reuters Graphics, Apple, Devices, Vision Fund, Nasdaq, Thomson Locations: Cambridge, Saudi Arabia
Feel-good war on short flights misses the mark
  + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Rebecca Christie | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
REUTERS/Bryan Woolston Acquire Licensing RightsBRUSSELS, Sept 4 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Short flights within Europe are frequent flyers on wish lists of things to ban. But not all short flights are alike, and banning commercial hops makes less sense than targeting private jets. Limiting private jet travel would make a bigger difference, with fewer broad-based disruptions. Reuters GraphicsFollow @rebeccawire on XCONTEXT NEWSCountries such as France, Spain, Belgium and Germany have enacted or are considering measures to reduce or ban short flights. More than half of 2022 private jet travel was for distances of less than 750 km.
Persons: Bryan Woolston, Marjan, Davy, Stephen Furlong, George Hay, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Airbus, LaGuardia, REUTERS, Bryan Woolston Acquire, Rights, Reuters, Greenpeace, International Energy Agency, KLM, Institute for Policy Studies, Air, Brussels Airlines, European Commission . Aviation, Thomson Locations: New York City , New York, U.S, Rights BRUSSELS, Europe, Germany, Spain, France, Africa, Belgium
Missing metals hit green economy pressure point
  + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Lisa Jucca | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
On Thursday, copper producer Aurubis said it had discovered large discrepancies in inventory levels at its Hamburg recycling centre, which strips out used copper and precious metals from discarded computer circuit boards. The 3 billion euro company’s initial assessment of the incident, which comes after a separate theft case in June, suggests missing metals may lead to a hit of at least 100 million euros. That’s about one-fifth of its previously projected annual pre-tax profit of 450 million euros to 550 million euros for the financial year ending in September. And it will expand to roughly 30.1 million tons by 2031, according to McKinsey. But the consultancy reckons global demand will reach 36.6 million tons at the start of the next decade, leaving a gap of more than 6 million tons per year.
Persons: Trafigura, Aurubis, Liam Proud, Streisand Neto, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, International Energy Agency, McKinsey, Thomson Locations: Hamburg, European
Pernod Ricard shares face a lengthy dry spell
  + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
A glass of cognac is pictured on a bar in the Manhattan borough of New York City, November 13, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Aug 31 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Pernod Ricard (PERP.PA) shareholders have few reasons to cheer. The owner of Mumm champagne and Absolut Vodka said that China’s property crunch was making wholesalers cautious and keeping punters out of nightclubs. China has been a key source of growth for drink-makers: helped by Asia, Pernod Ricard’s sales outside of Europe and the Americas grew 17% in 2023. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.
Persons: Mike Segar, Pernod Ricard, Mumm, Remy Cointreau, Aimee Donnellan, Mukesh Ambani’s, Neil Unmack, Oliver Taslic Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Investors, Pernod, Diageo, X, Thomson Locations: Manhattan, New York City, U.S, China, Asia, Europe, Americas
Gabonese military appear on television as they announce that they have seized power following President Ali Bongo Ondimba's re-election. Gabon 1ere/via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Aug 31 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Gabon’s government was overthrown by a military revolt, following similar unrest in Niger. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss how instability in producers of key resources like manganese and uranium will lead global powers to hunt for more stable sources. Listen to the podcastFollow @aimeedonnellan on XSubscribe to Breakingviews’ podcasts, Viewsroom and The Exchange. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.
Persons: Ali Bongo Ondimba's, Oliver Taslic Organizations: REUTERS Acquire, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gabonese, Gabon, Niger
Orsted’s issues fan way beyond the United States
  + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Yawen Chen | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
The 16 billion crown ($2.3 billion) overall hit is over half the book value of Orsted’s U.S. operations. And he’s sticking with assumptions that Orsted’s projects can generate returns of up to 300 basis points over their costs of capital. But the $7 billion hit to Orsted’s market value on Wednesday suggests investors don’t see this as a United States-specific headache. On top of this, the increase in long-dated interest rates in the United States affected both offshore as well as some onshore wind projects and will cause impairments of around 5 billion crowns, Orsted added. Orsted’s share price fell 20% to 444 Danish crowns as of 1038 GMT on Aug. 30.
Persons: Mads Nipper, don’t, Orsted’s, Nipper, Sweden’s Vattenfall, Orsted, Orsted hadn’t, George Hay, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, U.S, Siemens, Thomson Locations: U.S, United States
Shady export leaks suggest Russian sanctions work
  + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Pierre Briancon | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
That may be true, but the cracks mostly demonstrate the sanctions’ impact, and why they can be tightened. EU exporters did ship nearly 17 billion euros’ worth of goods to Kazakhstan in the 18 months starting in January 2022. And if exports had grown at the 17% pace of previous years, some 6 billion euros would remain unexplained. Meanwhile, Russia’s efforts to circumvent a G7 price cap on its oil shipments are another sign of Western sanctions’ overall effectiveness. EU exports to Russia declined by 30% to 75.7 billion euros over the same period.
Persons: Vladimir Putin, Francesco Guerrera, Streisand Neto, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, European Union, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Western, Union, Eurostat, Thomson Locations: Kazakhstan, Soviet, Moscow, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, China, India, Europe, United States, Central Asia, EU
NN Group’s deal spree is finally delivering
  + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
LONDON, Aug 29 (Reuters Breakingviews) - NN Group (NN.AS) is reaping the benefits of scale in its Dutch backyard. Benign weather in the Netherlands, one of the few European states to escape extreme summer weather, helped. But the seeds of NN’s resurgence lie back in 2016 when it began a 3 billion euro deal splurge, first on domestic rival Delta Lloyd and then VIVAT’s general insurance arm. That helped it hike a 10% share of the general insurance market to 24% as of 2021. NN has outperformed its country rival Aegon (AEGN.AS), boosting shareholder returns by 64% since it bought Delta Lloyd in 2016.
Persons: David Knibbe, Elliott Advisors, Elliott, Delta Lloyd, Aimee Donnellan, Mukesh Ambani’s, Didi, George Hay, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, Chief, Delta, Aegon, Delta Lloyd, Thomson Locations: Netherlands
Rolex’s deal is ticking time bomb for retailers
  + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Karen Kwok | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
In the short term, these concerns look overstated, but Rolex’s move may still have called time on WoS’s business model. In that context, Friday’s slump in WoS shares looks excessive. That’s a modest sum relative to the enterprise value of 4 billion Swiss francs that Vontobel analysts believe Bucherer is worth. The news sparked a sharp sell-off in the UK-listed shares of Watches of Switzerland, a major retailer of Rolex watches. Watches of Switzerland shares were down more than 20% at 0933 GMT on Aug. 25.
Persons: , WoS, Bucherer, Cartier, , Francesco Guerrera, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, Rolex, Reuters Graphics Reuters, RBC, Piguet, Switzerland, Thomson Locations: Switzerland, London, Swiss
A Chinese yuan banknote is seen in front of displayed stock graph in this illustration taken May 7, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The People’s Republic is scrambling to stop the yuan’s weakening against the US dollar. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss capital flight pressures and tepid investor interest in the world’s second largest economy, and what that means for the wider world. Listen to the podcastFollow @aimeedonnellan on XSubscribe to Breakingviews’ podcasts, Viewsroom and The Exchange. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.
Persons: Dado Ruvic, Oliver Taslic Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson
Arm’s changing business model is wildcard for IPO
  + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Karen Kwok | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
The other is royalty revenue, which is linked to how many products containing Arm technology that a customer eventually sells. Rather than selling licenses for specific chip designs and hoping the royalty revenue eventually flows, it is offering so-called total access agreements. First, Amazon’s engineers are more likely to experiment with Arm’s intellectual property and therefore use it in the future, eventually boosting royalty revenue. The company’s revenue fell 1% to $2.7 billion in the financial year to March 31. In the most recent quarter, which ended on June 30, Arm’s revenue fell by more than 2% year-on-year to $675 million.
Persons: Dado Ruvic, Rene Haas, Haas, lumpy, Liam Proud, Oliver Taslic Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, SoftBank, Apple, Samsung Electronics, Nvidia, Microsoft, Infineon Technologies, U.S, Nasdaq, Thomson Locations: British
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