Paul Dobson

London

Asia Markets Executive Editor at Bloomberg News

Asia Markets Executive Editor at Bloomberg News in Singapore. Views my own, retweets ≠ endorsements.

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Articles

Why Has Taiwan’s Dollar Soared in Value, and Who Benefits?

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Paul Dobson

Upward pressure on the perennially weak Taiwan dollar may have been brewing for some time. (Bloomberg) -- Taiwan’s currency jumped 6.2% against the US dollar over two days at the start of May, an almost unprecedented move given the island’s normally stable exchange rates.
Taiwan Dollar Surges More Than 2% to Two-Year High vs US Dollar

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Paul Dobson

(Bloomberg) -- Taiwan’s dollar extended a rally from the previous week, surging more than 2% in the first minutes of trading Monday. USD/TWD -2.5% to 30.29, lowest level since Feb. 2023NOTE: Dollar’s Decline Is Fueling Dislocations Across Asian CurrenciesMore stories like this are available on bloomberg.com©2025 Bloomberg L.P.
Hundreds of staff at Scottish universities paid more than First Minister

3 weeks ago | thenational.scot | Karin Goodwin |Paul Dobson

MORE than 400 members of staff at Scotland’s universities earn more than the First Minister, despite a funding crisis engulfing the sector that could see lower paid roles axed. A Ferret analysis as part of our Who Runs Scotland series found at least 448 university staff are paid more than John Swinney, who earns £135,605 as the first minister of Scotland. In total, 1250 members of staff across the country’s 15 universities were paid more than £100,000 per year.
Scottish Tory chairman led company which benefited from 'corrupt payments' to Russian firm

Feb 12, 2025 | dailyrecord.co.uk | Paul Dobson |John Ferguson

The new chairman of the Scottish Conservatives led a company which admitted benefitting from “corrupt payments” made to a Russian firm. Oil drilling multi-national Abbot Group told prosecutors it profited from the transactions which were made in 2007 in relation to a contract to supply oil rigs. Investigative journalism website, The Ferret, has found that at that time the new Tory chair Alasdair Locke was executive chairman and a major shareholder of Abbot, which he also founded.
Indonesia’s Stock Benchmark Tumbles to Lowest Level Since 2021

Feb 11, 2025 | bloomberg.com | Paul Dobson

A five-day slump in Indonesia’s benchmark stock index has left the gauge at a three-year low and approaching a technical bear market. The Jakarta Composite Index closed Tuesday at a level last seen in December 2021. It’s down more than 17% from a peak set in September, having tumbled alongside other markets across Southeast Asia.
King Charles’s childhood school among 1000 Scottish sites to break environment rules

Jan 11, 2025 | thenational.scot | Paul Dobson |Rob Edwards

Gordonstoun School (Image: PA) NUCLEAR sites, King Charles’s childhood school and a famous battlefield were among nearly 1000 sites across Scotland which broke environmental rules in the past two years. The Dounreay nuclear facility in Caithness was found to be in breach of rules on 11 occasions in recent years, making it one of the most frequent offenders in Scotland.
Live Q&A: How China’s Deflationary Spiral Is Affecting Markets Despite Stimulus Measures

Jan 9, 2025 | bloomberg.com | Paul Dobson |Alan Wong |Tian Chen |Charlotte Yang

China’s consumer price inflation is back to just above zero, marking a setback for government efforts to fight the country’s economic funk with stimulus measures. The downward spiral is worrying for both the country’s policymakers and investors. Join us for a live conversation with Bloomberg’s Paul Dobson, Tian Chen, Charlotte Yang and Alan Wong, who will start their discussion at 10 a.m. HKT on Jan. 10 / 9 p.m. ET on Jan. 9 – it’s free and available for everyone to listen to.
Wall Street Asks: What Could Go Wrong in 2025?

Dec 10, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Simon Kennedy |Paul Dobson |Phil Serafino

The Ghosts of Christmas Past and Future are starting to emerge on Wall Street as analysts say farewell to 2024 and hello to 2025. Let's first deal with the years gone by.
Labour donor's private healthcare interests revealed

Nov 26, 2024 | democracyforsale.substack.com | Paul Dobson |Karin Goodwin |Peter Geoghegan

By Paul Dobson, Karin Goodwin and Peter Geoghegan. A top Labour donor who has given the party millions under Keir Starmer’s leadership runs a hedge fund with shares in a private healthcare giant – which critics claim is profiting from the NHS crisis. Martin Taylor, who founded London-based Crake Asset Management, has given more than £5.5m to Labour, its politicians and a Labour think tank since April 2020, when Starmer won the party’s leadership contest.
America First Is Sinking Stocks and Currencies Everywhere Else

Nov 13, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Paul Dobson |Phil Serafino

This article is for subscribers only. Whether you ascribe it to concerns about inflation, or the threat of Donald Trump’s tariffs and tax-cut plans — it all amounts to the same thing: pressure on almost every market outside the US. Investors are saying that Trump's policies will be inflationary and may cause the Fed to err on the side of caution with further interest rate cuts.