Earnings Call Insights: Devon Energy (DVN) Q1 2026 Management view Clay Gaspar (President, CEO & Director) said Q1 execution “beating on production and capital” translated into “$816 million of free cash flow,” with “oil to 387,000 barrels per day” and “capital spending” coming in “6% below the midpoint” of guidance.
Earnings Call Insights: Devon Energy (DVN) Q1 2026 Management view Clay Gaspar (President, CEO & Director) said Q1 execution “beating on production and capital” translated into “$816 million of free cash flow,” with “oil to 387,000 barrels per day” and “capital spending” coming in “6% below the midpoint” of guidance.
Monty Rakusen/DigitalVision via Getty Images SuperX AI Technology Limited ( SUPX ) still hasn't reported any new results, as its smaller profile and being a foreign issuer mean that it furnishes this disclosure semi-annually. But they continue to sign deals to partner with suppliers and with customers for
Monty Rakusen/DigitalVision via Getty Images SuperX AI Technology Limited ( SUPX ) still hasn't reported any new results, as its smaller profile and being a foreign issuer mean that it furnishes this disclosure semi-annually. But they continue to sign deals to partner with suppliers and with customers for
Earnings Call Insights: Timken (TKR) Q1 2026 Management View CEO Lucian Boldea framed Q1 as an acceleration in execution and portfolio actions, saying, "Our financial performance is strong, and we are pleased to have achieved double-digit earnings growth and margin expansion in the
Earnings Call Insights: Timken (TKR) Q1 2026 Management View CEO Lucian Boldea framed Q1 as an acceleration in execution and portfolio actions, saying, "Our financial performance is strong, and we are pleased to have achieved double-digit earnings growth and margin expansion in the
For nearly a century, the Guardian has been challenging and delighting its readers with these puzzles. Here’s to 30,000 more Late in 1928, the Guardian made plans to give its readers a weekly cryptic puzzle. At the time, crosswords were considered a waste of time; other newspapers campaigned against them as a distraction keeping the working man from his duties, but the cryptic was different. Conti...
For nearly a century, the Guardian has been challenging and delighting its readers with these puzzles. Here’s to 30,000 more Late in 1928, the Guardian made plans to give its readers a weekly cryptic puzzle. At the time, crosswords were considered a waste of time; other newspapers campaigned against them as a distraction keeping the working man from his duties, but the cryptic was different. Continue reading...
Striker reflects on the ultimate high with Leicester and the role of the self-titled ‘Inbetweeners’ in his success “I was just a little freak in the works.” Jamie Vardy is reflecting on his career with the usual levels of self-deprecation and pondering whether anyone could possibly board the same rollercoaster. “It’s not the common way of doing things, is it? I don’t think it will probably happen ...
Striker reflects on the ultimate high with Leicester and the role of the self-titled ‘Inbetweeners’ in his success “I was just a little freak in the works.” Jamie Vardy is reflecting on his career with the usual levels of self-deprecation and pondering whether anyone could possibly board the same rollercoaster. “It’s not the common way of doing things, is it? I don’t think it will probably happen again, but it did happen for me and it was hard work. It really was tough, but all worth it.” Humour has always been a preferred Vardy tool for removing the sting from a serious point. He is speaking to mark a new documentary about his rise, which brought him from warehouse work making walking frames and crutches to scarcely credible levels of Premier League success. Continue reading...
(RTTNews) - The South Korea stock market has finished sharply higher in back-to-back sessions, skyrocketing almost 800 points or 11 percent in that span. Now at a fresh record closing high, the KOSPI sits just above the 7,380-point and it's got a positive lead again for Thursday'
(RTTNews) - The South Korea stock market has finished sharply higher in back-to-back sessions, skyrocketing almost 800 points or 11 percent in that span. Now at a fresh record closing high, the KOSPI sits just above the 7,380-point and it's got a positive lead again for Thursday'
The breakwater stretches out to sea from the sprawling Kaohsiung port in southern Taiwan. Normally, it’s crowded with massive tankers ferrying liquefied natural gas from Qatar to be stored in the bulbous white tanks that dot the shoreline. These are not normal times, though, and not a single shipment from Qatar has docked at the Yongan terminal since early March after the Strait of Hormuz was shut...
The breakwater stretches out to sea from the sprawling Kaohsiung port in southern Taiwan. Normally, it’s crowded with massive tankers ferrying liquefied natural gas from Qatar to be stored in the bulbous white tanks that dot the shoreline. These are not normal times, though, and not a single shipment from Qatar has docked at the Yongan terminal since early March after the Strait of Hormuz was shuttered. The suspension has provided a realistic preview of a potential Chinese blockade, a move that would throttle an economy anchored by the world’s most advanced and power-hungry semiconductor industry. It is a stark reminder of the energy dependency and constant threat facing the democratically governed island, which Beijing views as its territory and has vowed to eventually claim — by force if necessary. Taiwan currently imports around 96% of its energy, with LNG accounting for roughly half its overall power generation. Unlike coal or oil, the gas is difficult to store, and Taiwan maintains just an 11-day reserve. That leaves little margin for error; according to war games by think tanks, a maritime blockade could exhaust Taiwan’s energy within weeks. “We are learning something from this war,” Chen Chung-hsien, Deputy Director General of the Energy Administration, said in an interview, adding that Taiwan is aiming for energy self-sufficiency by 2034. “We need our own energy.” For now, Taiwan is avoiding a crippling fuel shortfall with expensive supply from the spot market, paying more than double the price of long-term contracts. The government says it has secured enough LNG until July. Officials and industry leaders are scrambling to shore up energy security in the meantime. Yet the factors that made Taiwan an economic powerhouse — its highly successful technology industry and concentration of AI-driven chipmaking by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. — are also the ones making it vulnerable. At stake is not just domestic stability, but the world’s chip supply, a v...
Debt funds have doubled their share of the UK real estate lending market over the last five years as banks, constrained by post-crisis regulations, have lost ground in the direct lending market. These lenders increased their share of the real estate debt market to 31% last year, up from 15% in 2020, according to data published by the Bayes Business School Thursday. Together with insurance companie...
Debt funds have doubled their share of the UK real estate lending market over the last five years as banks, constrained by post-crisis regulations, have lost ground in the direct lending market. These lenders increased their share of the real estate debt market to 31% last year, up from 15% in 2020, according to data published by the Bayes Business School Thursday. Together with insurance companies, these alternative lenders now hold 45% of all outstanding commercial real estate loans in the UK. UK real estate lending markets have undergone a radical transformation since the global financial crisis ushered in a wave of new regulation that constrained risky bank lending to real estate. Non-bank lenders emerged as a new source of lending in the aftermath of the crisis and have since gained market share that is second only to UK banks as a provider of real estate credit. Debts funds were the “clear winners” of a long process by which UK banks stepped back from direct real estate ending, Dr Nicole Lux, senior research fellow at Bayes Business School, said. Low transaction volumes last year collided with strong fundraising for real estate debt funds. This meant that more money was chasing fewer deals, helping to push down pricing on deals. That dynamic has shifted since the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East and the failure of UK bridging lender MFS, said Lux. “These developments have focused attention on the risk of asset-based lending where there are loose risk monitoring standards and a lack of regulatory control and audit,” she added. Still, debt funds have seen their default rate improve from the 20% reported at the half-year point to 5.8% by the end of 2025. The default rate in the wider market also improved to 3.8%, which is just above the long-term average of 3%.
Malaysia’s central bank will likely keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged as inflation remains benign despite higher global oil prices due to the Iran war. Bank Negara Malaysia is expected to hold its overnight policy rate steady at 2.75% on Thursday, according to all 25 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The central bank last adjusted borrowing costs in July, with a 25-basis-point cut, after ...
Malaysia’s central bank will likely keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged as inflation remains benign despite higher global oil prices due to the Iran war. Bank Negara Malaysia is expected to hold its overnight policy rate steady at 2.75% on Thursday, according to all 25 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The central bank last adjusted borrowing costs in July, with a 25-basis-point cut, after keeping them unchanged for two years. Rising price pressures are prompting some regional central banks to consider tightening policy . By contrast, Malaysia’s softer first-quarter growth, resilient currency and relatively muted inflation gives the monetary authority room to await greater clarity on the conflict’s trajectory and the impact on energy prices. While inflation accelerated to 1.7% in March, the fastest pace in over a year, from 1.4% in February, it remains within the range that Bank Negara Malaysia has forecast for 2026. April consumer prices rose 7.2% and 5.46% in the Philippines and Vietnam , respectively, driven by a surge in energy prices. The global oil shock has yet to materially lift inflation, which “gives the central bank room to hold off from tightening,” Tamara Henderson , economist at Bloomberg Economics, wrote in a note. “The ringgit has also been relatively strong versus peers, tempering imported inflation.” Malaysia’s currency is up about 3% against the US dollar this year, while the Thai, Indonesian and Philippine currencies have all dropped. Here’s what to watch on Thursday at 3 p.m. local time: Inflation Trajectory Malaysia has largely contained consumer price increases through fuel subsidies, including a gasoline quota and targeted support for certain diesel users. Still, cost pressures are beginning to filter through to producers, with Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir warning last month that higher prices are likely to emerge later this year. The government is weighing further measures to cushion rising costs for consumers and busin...
China’s decision to allow a select group of global investors to trade bond futures has prompted demands for deeper reforms that may boost the appeal of the world’s second-largest debt market. Institutions including JPMorgan Asset Management and Eastfort Asset Management expect a slow pickup in activity after Beijing said last month those under its Qualified Foreign Investor scheme can now hedge ca...
China’s decision to allow a select group of global investors to trade bond futures has prompted demands for deeper reforms that may boost the appeal of the world’s second-largest debt market. Institutions including JPMorgan Asset Management and Eastfort Asset Management expect a slow pickup in activity after Beijing said last month those under its Qualified Foreign Investor scheme can now hedge cash bonds with the derivatives. They cited constraints such as restricted use of the product, limited trading hours and segregated investment channels. China is opening the door just a crack to its relatively young debt futures market at a time when foreign holdings of its government bonds have dropped to a five-year low. While the policy easing does make a crucial hedging tool available, the investors eligible for its use aren’t the most active global funds in the country’s bond market. The incremental nature of the latest reform also points to the cautious, gradualist approach preferred by Chinese regulators, including their reluctance to boost banks’ presence in bond futures trading and stalled progress on launching a similar hedging instrument in Hong Kong. “The roll-out looks preliminary and may gain traction as the futures instruments expand in capability or program eligibility,” said Jason Pang , Asia fixed income portfolio manager at JPMorgan Asset Management. “At this point in time, the futures are reserved for hedging purposes only and only available to QFI investors.” Apart from the QFI scheme, foreign investors can also purchase via the China Interbank Bond Market program and a trading link between the mainland and Hong Kong known as the Bond Connect. The other two channels are “seeing more flows” at present, Pang said. The QFI program, whose narrower version started in 2002, allows its members to access China’s onshore financial assets from equities to bonds and commodities futures. Its significance has dwindled since Beijing introduced new, more inclusive schem...
Taiwan’s largest pension fund has reduced some of its US currency exposure amid heightened market volatility and a broader global reassessment of dollar assets. The Bureau of Labor Funds , which manages nearly NT$9 trillion ($286 billion) in retirement and insurance assets, recently lowered dollar-denominated equity and fixed-income exposures in mandates overseen by external asset managers, accord...
Taiwan’s largest pension fund has reduced some of its US currency exposure amid heightened market volatility and a broader global reassessment of dollar assets. The Bureau of Labor Funds , which manages nearly NT$9 trillion ($286 billion) in retirement and insurance assets, recently lowered dollar-denominated equity and fixed-income exposures in mandates overseen by external asset managers, according to Astraea Lin, director of BLF’s Foreign Investment Division. She didn’t provide specific figures. “The de-dollarization trend is slowly taking place, so we will diversify across currencies and assets to minimize the impact of any single market or currency on the fund’s returns,” Lin said in an interview in late April. That said, “the US dollar still shows strong resilience globally, with clear advantages in terms of market depth and liquidity, and there is currently no clear alternative,” she added. BLF’s move underscores a broader shift among some global institutions — including pension funds and central banks — to trim exposure to dollar assets as investors grow wary of the unpredictability of US President Donald Trump’s policy shifts. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index has extended losses this year after sliding 8.1% in 2025, its worst performance in eight years. Read more: Pimco’s International Clients Seek to Diversify Away From US The BLF allocates more than half of its assets overseas, primarily into equities and fixed income. For the past two decades, it has largely awarded foreign mandates in US dollar terms. As of March, NT$3.66 trillion of the fund’s overseas investments were managed externally, out of total offshore holdings of NT$5.07 trillion, according to Bloomberg calculations based on the fund’s disclosures. “Our exposures to dollar assets are currently relatively low compared to the benchmarks, but not by far,” Lin said, citing the MSCI All Country World Index and the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Index. The BLF is also seeking to support Taiwan’s amb...
According to an SEC filing dated May 06, 2026, Patriot Financial Partners GP II, L.P. reported a new position in TowneBank (NASDAQ:TOWN) , acquiring 1,518,143 shares. The estimated transaction value was $52.73 million, calculated using the average closing price during the first quarter of 2026. The position’s quarter-end value of $51.12 million reflects both the new stake and changes in the underl...
According to an SEC filing dated May 06, 2026, Patriot Financial Partners GP II, L.P. reported a new position in TowneBank (NASDAQ:TOWN) , acquiring 1,518,143 shares. The estimated transaction value was $52.73 million, calculated using the average closing price during the first quarter of 2026. The position’s quarter-end value of $51.12 million reflects both the new stake and changes in the underlying share price during the period. TowneBank is a regional financial institution with a diverse business model spanning banking, real estate, and insurance services. TowneBank maintains a strong presence in its core markets, operating in Richmond, Virginia, the Greater Hampton Roads region in southeastern Virginia, northeastern North Carolina, and several cities in North Carolina. Continue reading
Arm (NASDAQ:ARM) reported record results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 and the full fiscal year, pointing to accelerating momentum in cloud AI and growing customer interest in its recently launched Arm AGI CPU product family. Record quarter and full-year results CEO Rene Haas said Arm “deli
Arm (NASDAQ:ARM) reported record results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 and the full fiscal year, pointing to accelerating momentum in cloud AI and growing customer interest in its recently launched Arm AGI CPU product family. Record quarter and full-year results CEO Rene Haas said Arm “deli