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PricingDirect, Alumni tie up for independent valuations of PE securities

Private equity has grown over the past few years, with an increasing number of firms turning to private credit as the main source of financing their deals

Rate cut bets rise post new RBI chief appointment, nudge bond yields down

Malhotra's appointment comes as economic growth has slowed and inflation has risen

Soaring govt debt to destabilise financial markets in 2025, says BIS

Claudio Borio, head of the Bank for International Settlements' monetary and economic department, said he was on alert for a government debt glut causing bond market ructions

Gold prices rise on expectations of Fed rate cut, inflation data on tap

Investors are eyeing the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) release on Wednesday and the Producer Price Index (PPI) on Thursday

Boeing restarts 737 MAX production a month after 7-week strike ended

Getting the 737 MAX production line moving again is essential to the heavily debt-burdened planemaker's recovery, and Boeing has about 4,200 orders for the jetliner from airlines

Nippon Life in talks to buy US' Resolution Life in deal worth $8.2 bn

Nippon Life will purchase the shares it does not already own in Resolution Life from Blackstone and others to make it a wholly owned subsidiary in the second half of 2025

India likely to produce record high sugar next year, could revive exports

Indian exports could cap global sugar prices, traders said, by increasing supplies in the world market at a time when dry weather is widely expected to reduce shipments from top producer Brazil

Israeli troops near Damascus, say Syrian security, after its bases struck

Israel's military operation into Syria comes two days after the lightning overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad by a rebel alliance left Syrians, regional countries and world powers nervous

China arrests former agriculture minister Tang Renjian for corruption

The case, which has been concluded by the National Supervisory Commission, is being further processed

Economists react to India's new central bank chief announcement

With a new governor at the helm of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and a deputy governor retiring next month, the RBI's monetary policy committee (MPC) will have a new look

Govt mandates use of locally-made solar cells from 2026 to curb imports

The government plans to increase its non-fossil fuel capacity to 500 GW by 2030 from about 156 GW at present

China sends largest naval fleet in decades, threat level severe: Taiwan

Scale of current Chinese naval deployment was largest since China held war games around Taiwan ahead of 1996 Taiwanese presidential elections, Taiwan defence ministry said

Boeing likely to restart 737 MAX production a month after strike ended

Getting the 737 MAX production line moving again is essential to the heavily debt-burdened planemaker's recovery, and Boeing has about 4,200 orders for the jetliner from airlines

Rupee hits record low as appointment of new RBI chief spurs dovish bets

The rupee hit a low of 84.80 in early trading, surpassing its previous all-time low of 84.7575 hit last week

Google says it has cracked quantum computing challenge with a new chip

In a paper published in the journal Nature, Google said that it has found a way to string together the Willow chip's qubits so that error rates go down as the number of qubits goes up

Syria's rebels work to form government, restore order after Assad ouster

The United Nations Security Council met behind closed doors late on Monday, and diplomats said they were still in shock at how quickly Assad's overthrow unfolded over 12 days

South Korea opposition party plans to pass government budget bill today

The opposition-controlled parliament last month cut 4.1 trillion won from the government's proposed 677.4 trillion won ($473 billion) budget

UNSC 'united on Syria'; US, Russia emphasise territorial integrity

Russia has diplomatically shielded its ally Assad during the war, casting more than a dozen vetoes at the Security Council, on many occasions backed by China

US agencies to brief House on alleged Chinese Salt Typhoon telecom hacking

White House last week said at least eight telecommunications and telecom infrastructure firms in the United States had been impacted and a large number of Americans' metadata has been stolen

US importers to boost shipments to record levels on tariff, strike threats

Trump's proposals for tariffs of 10 per cent to 20 per cent on all imports and a 60 per cent or more tariff on goods from China have added to retailers' anxiety