On Sept. 11 the Beijing Stock Exchange said it has restricted trading in three investors' securities accounts for three months after finding they privately acquired shares during new-issue subscriptions and used fixed fees or profit-sharing arrangements to lock in returns and transfer risk. The exchange said the deals bypassed authorized trading venues, disrupted new-issue allocation order and violated rules requiring publicly issued securities to trade on established exchanges. The self-regulat

Citing the ongoing Middle East conflict, the Dutch government will lower its gas storage target to 64% of capacity, a 10 percentage-point reduction, to ease upward pressure on wholesale prices. The climate ministry said the new target equals about 93 bln kWh and is expected to be reached between Oct 1 and Dec 1. The ministry said that level would be sufficient for a normal winter; average winter drawdown over the past five seasons was roughly 70 bln kWh. State gas operator Gasunie said preparedness for a potential cold winter has declined. The move follows an EU Commission call earlier this year for countries to lower gas reserve targets.

金融博客零對衝：今天的美國CPI報告顯示，核心CPI已經偏熱，而“超級核心通脹”更是異常火熱，主要是教育和通信服務價格出現歷史性上漲，其中手機通信服務價格創紀錄飆升。