welcome to "street signs." i'm willem marx. >> i'm sri jegarajah let's get you some headlines >> shares move up as invests shake off investment declines at socgen and commerzbank >> the real fear of the market is inflation rates, related to wages. this inflation can come back and generate an unanticipated exit from the quantitative easing of some banks

unicredit reports its highest fourth quarter profit in a decade and rolls out its first cash dividend in half a decade. shares in swiss re spike nearly 6% at the open addres ja' softbank looks to invest in the insurer. >> insurance is finally a very interesting industry it's in a transformation it's in a radical revolution the parameters that run the industry and constrained the industry for years no longer exist. and chinese imports surge in january and contributes to the yu yuan's worst day in 2 1/2 years.

one of the big stories, softbank in talks with swiss re about taking a stake in the company, that sent shares close to the top of the stoxx 600. the deal could be worth around $10 billion and would give the japanese firm a one-third stake in the reinsurer swiss re said the talks were at an early stage and there's no certainty any transaction will be agreed. doesn't seem like investors are seeing it that way zurich insurance reported full-year net profit ahead of expectations the figure came in at $3 billion, a decline of 6%, but still above forecast from reuters. zurich also will raise its dividend they have dealt with losses from naturalcatastrophes but it confident it will deliver targets for this year and the next geoff joins us live from zurich.

how confident are they about this year and next year? >> it's interesting. the insurance sector used to be boring you took the insurance, you forgot about it, the company clipped the coupon, took your payment, and everybody got on with their business. i think the message from mario greco is that the industry is getting more exciting. you cited that softbank story. we'll have to see whether this is anything more than a strategic stake for softbank we also had technological developments with amazon teaming up with jpmorgan and berkshire to look at what they can do in the health insurance sector. so that would bring renewed technology and renewed focus on disruptors to the sector all of that is going on in the background, even as mario greco has taken the knife to the

company and 700 million swiss francs into a 1.5 billion cost cutting program. he's making the business leaner, more capital efficient they bested the 100 level on the combined ratio on an underlying basis and they would have demonstrated strong underlying growth in these numbers but 2017 was a difficult year for hurricanes and other natural disasters. let's listen to what mario greco had to say about the state of transformation in the industry >> insurance is finally a very interesting industry it's in a transformation it's in a radical revolution the parameters that ran the industry or constrained the industry for years no longer exists this calls for a completely different shape of the industry.

players will adapt and change or disappear. we're leading this we're being innovative we'll continue we welcome this. this for us is a great opportunity. we look carefully at all this action, events as further opportunities for us to innovate, push further our relationship with the customers, and to gain new space an nd new services >> i got the sense they're optimistic about 2018. of course the one thing you can never bet on is what kind of natural disasters we may see through full-year 2018 the 2017 triplet of harvey and maria and irma gives them an opportunity at a commercial level to raise prices to customers. they'll take advantage of that if they get the additional

premium and they have a much more stable year for 2018, a lot of that will go straight to the bottom line. back to you. >> geoff, thank you very much. at this point we'll bring in a guest via telephone, marcus rivaldi joins us we heard from mario greco he sees this sector undergoing radical transformation do you see it that way >> absolutely. m&a is a scene we're focused on within the insurance industry. bottom line, it's an industry facing a huge operational challenge, and there are businesses out there that need to be driving great efficiency in operations, cost savings where they can get it, and looking to reinvest in really reinvigorating the business models for the technological changes that we see. equally from a seller's perspective, people trying to sell noncore assets so they can refocus businesses on to really what they want to focus on

they want to raise resources to reinvest in operations of course financing is cheap and plentiful. so m&a is a big theme for the insurance sector >> that leads us neatly on to softbank and swiss re. it looks like they have the first mover advantage in terms of really beefing up technological innovation and digitalization is the industry doing enough to future proof itself? >> that is a very, very tough question to answer i think there's a lot of businesses outside of traditional insurance looking at the space, thinking about how they can get involved and disrupt the space. it's not just swiss re if you look at xl group, it was up over 12% on speculation that allianz and others are looking at it again. what is going on is a huge confluence of different drivers coming together at the same time creating a spike in m&a

interest >> we heard from geoff talking about mario greco's transformation of zurich how do you rate that effort to streamline the business? >> again, he also touched on 2017 being a tough year. what was interesting today was that the board was able to look through the noise coming out of the hurricane activity, look at the underlying improvement of the business and therefore feel comfortable to ratchet up the ordinary dividend buy to 18 swiss francs a share moving that dividend up sends a signal it's not going down it only goes one way from here on top of that they talked about anti-dilution activity, removing di dilution from past share employee benefits and future compensation plans sending a strong signal about the prospects of zurich's earnings going forward and the

capital position of the group. >> combined ratio is the industry's preferred gauge i know a lot depends on mother nature and the extent of claims and payouts. for zurich, give us a sense of your outlook for 2018. will that industry metric stay or fall below 100? >> again, uncertainties aside, i think clearly zurich has been focused on re-underwriting its business, shedding premium it feels is not profitable to get that combined ratio lower. absolutely we should expect a combined ratio towards 95, 96 level over the next couple of years. >> quick one before we let you go i'm based in singapore, i hear a lot about how underinsured the broader region is. taking a different view aside

from the big reininsurance, when you look at life insurance, is asia the place to be and are they moving aggressively enough? >> in europe when you look around and see growth is a challenge for most insurance companies, one stock that a lot of european investors turn to for growth is prudential they're big in asia and the whole dynamic around asia growth, underinsurance, filling that protection gap, all of that is very much part of the prudential story for growth, names like prudential are top of investors minds. >> great conversation. thank you very much for joining us marcus rivaldi there societe generale posted an 82% plunge in quarterly net income fourth quarter profits suffered from tax related charges and retail banking restructuring

costs, but the french bank exceeded expectations from analysts who were forecasting a loss for q4. socgen says it is starting out 2018 with confidence in a financial environment that should be more favorable. and joumanna spoke to the deputy ceo of societe generale about the results and asked about the volatility we have seen in the global stock markets. >> it's fair to say in our market activities we continue to get market share this quarter. our fixed income performance has been solid with specifically structural products demand, which were more positive in equity we have a significant demand in terms of products. if you compare with the rate of the market, it's fair to say our performance is the average of the quarter. >> when i look at the equities performance, you said a

pronounced rebound of 39% compared to the fourth quarter of 2017 in an environment with low volatility because structure product picked up whachlup what structure products? >> could be return investors or institutional investors. >> in light of the market action the last couple of days, fair question i think to ask whether or not societe generale has also structured some products that involve selling volatility in etf format >> if you are thinking about the reverse volatility, we're not involved in that type of product. globally speaking, it's a market correction which was an anticipated one. but it does not change in our view the positive outlook for the insurer in terms of market activity we are still positive for the environment. >> do you think and expect volatility to pick up this year?

>> we are low in terms of volatility last year, it was historically low if i speak about the vix indicator. we had a peak last monday, but it's not a structural level. >> do you think societe generale is able to take advantage of that if volatility picks up? >> the demand is related to the rate of olatility. >> that was the deputy ceo of societe generale talking to joumanna bercetche unicredit returned to profit as the italian bank posted 2017 net earnings of 3.7 billion euros, excluding extra ord flair it items. the bank says this shows the turnaround plan is working

commerzbank suffered a sharp decline in fourth quarter earnings but managed to beat analyst expectations fourth quarter net profit fell 51% as the cost of the lenders massive restructuring effort took its toll. the bank's ceo says more work is needed to improve profitability but it plans to resume dividend payments this year if you wish to e-mail us on any of these topics, streetsignseurope@cnbc or follow us on twitter, @streetsignscnbc. you can also tweet us directly coming up, more on the chinese trade surge and what that is doing to fx markets.

welcome back let's look at the european markets. wall street lost momentum towards the close of play and asia was trading around six-week lows translation is a bit of sluggishness for the stoxx 600

off by 0.3%. it looks like the global markets are trying to adjust to the threat of higher inflation and also higher yields the flip side, the earnings and the underlying economic picture look sound for now let's look at the sectors in focus. it's a big day for the banks socgen disappointed and commerzbank also, q4 numbers were down. nonetheless stocks are up. it it wasn't as bad as the market was expecting banks up by 0.3% basic resources down by 1.4% total out with their numbers as well let's look at the individual bourses. they're under water. the dax is the rank underperformer today up a by 0.7% ftse 100 off by 0.4, and similar losses for the ftse mib and the

cac, off by 0.3% or 15 points. let's take it to asia. the yuan is on track for its worst day since the chinese central bank de-valued the currency back in the summer of 2015 it started sinking early in the session amid talk that policymakers will step in to soften gains the loss accelerated on the back of the latest chinese trade data chinese trade data smashed expectations with imports surging 37% in january compared to a reuters forecast of just under 10%. the spike in the figures has been attributed to stockpiling ahead of the new year. coal imports rose to the highest level since january 2014 amid colder weather across the country. chinese exports rose more than expected let's get analysis on these

numbers and talk about china macro more broadly with michael metcalf from state street global markets. good to see you. there's always a lot of seasonal volatility with the numbers. when you styou strip these out, does it tell you >> the lunar year timing, energy imports boosted numbers. the underlying trend is very telling. you saw it in the german data as well global trade volumes are healthy. so the chinese export numbers were also stronger than expected >> all of this despite the protectionist back drop. >> protectionism is probably a bigger risk than last year we were worried about it in 2017, but the data changed our minds. that's where we got the strong global growth, rising tide, but the trade data is still putting that negotiation across.

>> the surplus narrowed somewhat i guess the trump administration will be happy to see that development to a certain degree. still it's at a sizibility level when you consider the overall aggregate surpluses. is this going to be a bug in terms of protectionist dynamics? >> the protection rhetoric is not going away it's not due until the middle of the year, but we'll focus on the treasury currency manipulation report again >> they don't have a leg to stand on given that the yuan is closer to 6 than it is 7 >> completely. the reality today is no country meets that criteria. as this data shows, the trade surplus is narrowing but i do think, particularly your point at the start is how much oyuan strength will be

tolerated. if the dollar is generally weakening, there is a question about how firmly asian countries will lean against dollar weakness because of this fear of protectionism. that's the theme >> can we talk about sterling and the bank of england today. what do you expect from sterling and walk me through that expectation an why you got that. >> i worry a bit that the interest rate market and currency markets are priced in quite a lot today. so the bar is quite high in terms of where market rate expectations currently are the bank of england needs to justify that to keep sterling where it is. i think one thing we're concerned about in sterling right now, is that the valuation premium is gone. you might say the renminbi is overvalued before, certainly this time last rear you could argue that sterling was more than 10% undervalued that is now completely

disappearing >> so the concerns about brexit uncertainty are no longer impacting and weighing on sterling >> in terms of valuation, precisely. before it was easy to make the case that there was a discount priced into sterling because of brexit today it's harder to do that the reason why that valuation gap is closed because we expect at least two or three hikes from the bank of england. that's what the market is discounting. the bank of england said that this is the beginning of a tightening cycle they also said it's gradual. there's a back and forth between the market >> one more question about currencies and central banks. given powell's likely continuation of janet yellen's policies at the fed, do you expect policy changes elsewhere that will weigh more heavily on currencies >> usually currency markets are driven by the yale differential.

today that correlation is at a three-year low and instead currencies are driven by the curve slope. it's about changes in policy coming we sort of know the fed will go three, four times this year, that's baked in but the market price has done nothing with the ecb for almost three years it's about the promise of policy elsewhere, not what fed is doing now. >> volatility is back in global markets. to me this is the initial throes of global markets adjusting to an inflation overshoot and higher yields, de facto tightening there's more pain to come surely >> well, there's a correction in volatility volatility was too low we have overshot the other side now in equities. interestingly not in fx. fx markets have been calm in comparison inflation, i'm not quite sure

where that is. january inflation numbers will probably show a fall in the annual inflation rate. we look at inflation closely through online data. it shows that inflation is robust, but not runaway yet. >> but the pulse is quickening not only do you have within the u.s. context the tax cuts, oil moving to a higher priced bracket. coiled spring of tighter labor market near full employment in the u.s. and on top of that the weaker dollar. surely at some point in cycle this year -- >> absolutely. i think just as volatility was too low, we had a correction, inflation expectations at the start of the year were too low, and now we need to see the data justify the rise in expectations >> michael, thank you very much for that

we were just talking about inflation. here's one potentially big driver that's the price of oil. we're seeing a bit of giveback for brent crude. 65.48 is where we're standing. u.s. futures, wti, 61.69 total is boosting its dividend and planning a share buyback net adjusted profit rose 68% last year. total's ceo says the strong results were helped by a 5% increase in production growth. the firm plans a dividend increase of 10% over the next three years. publicis will revise its 2018 profit target it's underlying sales grew 0.8 % in 2017 to 9.69 billion euros.

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welcome back to "street signs. i'm sri jegarajah. >> i'm willem marx here with your headlines >> shares move up as invests

shake off investment declines at socgen and commerzbank the french lender deputy ceo says he is watching monetary policy very closely. >> the real fear of the market is related to inflation rates. this inflation can come back and generate an unanticipated exit from the quantitative easing of some banks unicredit reports its highest fourth quarter profit in a decade and rolls out its first cash dividend in half a decade. shares in swiss re spike nearly 6% at the open as japan's softbank looks at a stake in the reinsurer. >> insurance is finally a very interesting industry it's in a transformation it's in a radical revolution the parameters that run the industry and constrained the industry for years no longer exist.

and chinese imports surge in january outpacing expectations china's narrowing trade surplus contributes to the yuan's worst day in 2 1/2 years welcome back let's look at the european markets. it's a weaker picture. we are inheriting a wall street that stumbled towards the close, lost momentum and an asian session trading near six-week lows the overhang is still the same the market coming to terms with a higher rates environment, driven by the u.s. and expectations of inflation and the risk of higher cost of money. and also the earnings picture, which seems to be fairly sound relatively speaking and that coming against a fairly

underlying economic back drop. there are some concerns that global growth may be peaking this may be as good as we get. so let's look at the forex markets. amid all volatility, it's been an innocent bystander. we have seen some safety flows into the swiss franc and the yen. the dollar making a comeback today. over the course of year as well. knocking on the door of dollar/yen 110 governor kuroda saying it will take some time before they unwind off the massive stimulus program. that is feeding into the dollar/yen story on the down side for the japanese yen. cable, the bank of england, 1.3855 is where we are standing. dollar swiss, 94.63. let's look at the u.s. futures

a little bit of shakiness towards the open, that's what the futures are telling us the dow expected to drop by 70 points no disasters there s&p 500 expected to open down. the implied open down by 7.5 points the nasdaq off by 5 points i hasten to add that the futures underestimated the decpth of the declines in the volatility we are seeing play out in the global markets >> we had a visit from an american on this side of the pond, robert kaplan is in frankfurt talking this morning some things he's saying are getting a bit of attention the non-voting member of the fed policy committee saying that he expects unemployment in the u.s. to dip below 4%. he said there will be stress in the labor market as a consequence and 2018 will be a strong year for the u.s.

his forecast saying gdp between 2.5, and 2.75% he says they are near full employment they expect that to dip below 4% this year. he's seeing slower growth in 2019 and 2020. he says he still believes accommodation should be removed patiently and gradually and that any flattening of the yield curve does not worry him that's robert kaplan talking in frankfurt this morning, which segways nicely to a discussion of the bank of england monetary committee which willdeliver a decision on interest rates today with forecasters expecting no changes. joumanna bercetche joins us from outside the bank of england this morning. we heard about a flattening of the yield curve what do you expect today from this nine-member committee? >> so today, as you know, the big fireworks happened back in november they hiked the first time in a decade, so nobody is expecting a

hike to come out of today. a couple things to watch out for, the split on the committee. there's expectation that you may see two dissenters, michael sanders calling for a hike at the meeting and that would send a hawkish expectation into the market it is priced at 60 probability of a rate hike that seems high. we'll have to see if the language justifies some of that hawkishness. and november priced for about 80%. just looking back where we are today versus back in ovember, the market had two hikes priced in over three years, now we're looking at three hikes priced in the question is whether or not they'll give a signal as to whether or not that is justified. where the signals will come from will be in their inflation forecast as a reminder, back in november their 2020 inflation forecast was 2.1% that's close to the 2% target.

and that may change a bit. on one hand you have very strong commodity backdrop oil rebounded 10% since the last meeting. that could cause an uptick in inflation expectations but longer term the cable moving back up to 1.40 could put pressure on inflation expectations and as i mentioned at the beginning, rate expectations are higher the two-year yield is 40 basis points higher than where it was, which means it could drag on that inflation expectation if they come out with an inflation expectation of 2% or even sub 2% that would be dovish relative to a market that is expecting a 60% probable of a hike >> if you're wondering what to do with your lunch break today, joumanna bercetche and i will be

bringing you the bank of england decision from 12:50 central european time. thomas cook shares are sharply lower as traders have doubts about the british travel company. the firm says it is on track to meet forecasts for the current fiscal year and that there are worries about margin pressure. net profit at ab & b fell 4% restructuring charges impacted the figures. the engineering group says it has a positive forecast for growth as markets improve. let's get back to geoff in zurich let me start with what was said about refocusing the business on high growth markets and cutting costs. they're still struggling to increase sales

what's going wrong >> the issue is that, one, this is a business going through a restructuring program. two, the order book looked lumpy in the past because the business relied heavily on very large keynote contacts one of the messages that the company is delivering this morning is they're more focused on winning higher quality, higher margin, but lower sized business they think that's one way of smoothing the business through the cycles but also making the business more robust so it's those under $15 million contracts that they have been focusing on getting over the line so i think fourth quarter, yes, it will have looked less exciting because the comparative period for 2016 showed a large

indian deal this is not in the business for the fourth quarter this time around but of course they are arguing these are better quality earnings because of the size or scope of smaller deals that have been done. it's clear the market is still not satisfied. i think one issue going forward, okay, you have done the restructuring, now how are you going to return the money back to shareholders when you can deliver on a higher order book and better operating margins that was a question i put to them you suspended the 3 billion share buyback program last year to do the ge deal, when is that going to be reinstituted let's listen to what he had to say. >> we did three large scale transactions, we closed transaction in the spring and

summer and it was a game changer. it was a tan fafantastic opport to save on the key transaction that helps us on the communication side of the digital trade. ge industrial solutions is signed but not yet closed. it will be closed during the first half of the year if you look at capital allocation priorities, it's varied organic growth, and we continue to do that number two, the dividend and we have committed to a steady raising dividend and this is the ninth year that we will fulfill our promise to shareholders and have another dividend raise, which is a key element of our value proposition to shareholders. the other priorities are m&a, and returning additional capital. we made a conscious choice of putting the share buyback oncome

transaction. our cash flow is very good it's at the same high level address 2016, and when the balance sheet is strengthened and the cash comes in after the dividend is paid, we will look at ail tulternatives to return . >> so i think the argument is this is a leaner and more focused business, and in exciting areas where we see growth smart grids, solar technology, sun to plug as they like to call it they invested quite heavily in the expectation that we will see more companies embracing this technology going forward and of course robotics. whenever you get into a conversation with abb, you have to talk a bit about industrial robotics and the potential for sales into asia and the united states it is clear that they have the potential to be a disruptor in

this space the question is and one that investors will be looking to answer is can you deliver through full year 2018 back to you guys >> geoff cutmore for us. a true more details between the cdu and the spd parties in germany which was announced yesterday. the spd will get the foreign, finance and labour ministries. martin schulz has been offered the role of foreign minister and will step down as party leader spd members now have to ratify that deal. speaking after the coalition was announced, angela merkel said the deal contained the foundations for a good and stable government. >> translator: the people had two justified demands for us firstly, do finally form a

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welcome back to "street signs. political tensions in the middle east generate caution on the potential for growth in the region today vladimir putin and the turkish leader agree ed d to coe

ties let's get over to hadley gamble who is at the milkin institute in abu dhabi we have talked many times about the geopolitical overlay in the region, it comes down to the proxy wars fought between saudi and iran what sense are you getting about how turbulent the picture will get this year? >> it's interesting to note when you talk to people outside the region and people inside the region it's a different narrative. there's no doubt the geopolitical head winds have an impact on whether foreign investors want to get involved i asked about how geopolitical tensions impact i investments on the ground as one told me, bombs here, bombs there, this is egypt

i think he was trying to say people are used to working in these tough political environments and they just get on with it >> if you look at a country like ours, the wealth was taken and spent in the country you can see schools. you can see infrastructure you can see just better quality of life for people i'm sure other countries are doing the same so my take on this is that we as human beings we're just ignorant we're influenced by the media. some of us travel more than others i still discover in certain parts of saudi arabia and egypt. ignorance is a fact and the media contributes to it, but the margins, opportunity and growth in the middle east for the last 20 years, even if you make a mistake, it's so much worth it

now, of course if i'm doing business in the uae, it's comfortable, it's safe if i have to go to cairo, i have to know the government,cy ci he to know the mayor of cairo and alexandria, but that's what we do that's what we pay for that's what we have to do to move our business forward. so the scene is positive i think what the middle east is going through unfortunately is not new. we are the middle east we have been living in the middle east. we are very popular on cnn and cnbc and bbc but the truth is that opportunities exist. we have people who have to go to school, shop, find jobs, open factories, new technology, tourism, you name it so therefore i think that's contributing to the overall economic growth. >> that's the chairman of emaar

properties, saying this is a region with a lot of influence and opportunities, in spite of those geopolitical headwinds which are there. this is a man who is involved in the retail sector, hospitality, he has malls, and now in e-commerce as well so he is basically saying get in, this is the time to invest >> hadley, thank you very much for that u.s. congressional leaders have reached an agreement on a budget deal. the bipart sacisan compromise wl raise federal spending over the m next two years if approved by the republican controlled congress, the agreement would fend off a government shutdown ahead of a deadline tonight and extend the debt ceiling through march 2019. after last month's three-day shutdown, many senate democrats

were willing to strike a deal separately from the debate over immigration. 21st century fox powered past quarterly profit and revenue expectations thanks to a boost in fees it collects from cable and satellite distributors fox previously announced it would focus on the sports offering after sealing the rights to air nfl matches. the media giant is in the process of selling its film and media assets to disney tesla shares closed over 3% higher after its biggest ever quarterly loss was not quite as big as analysts had expected they maintained the model three production targets, those asserted by elon musk not long ago, followed by two previous delays phil lebeau has taken a closer look at the company's report card >> reporter: shares of tesla moving higher following fourth quarter earnings report where

the company reported a narrower than expected loss the company losing $3.04 a share, 8 cents better than expectations revenue coming in better than expected it's the model 3 guidance, that's the reason tesla is breathing a sigh of relief the company reaffirming its guidance that it expects to build 2500 model 3s per week by the end of the first quarter and 5,000 per week by the end of the second quarter with regard to the model s and the model x, their sales are expected to be flat compared to last year as the company focuses on ramping up model 3 productions and making factories more efficient on the conference call, elon musk said he is cautiously optimistic that tesla will be gaap profitable in 2018. phil lebeau, cnbc business news,

chicago. south korea's president moon jae-in will meet a high-level delegation from north korea on saturday the delegation to the winter olympics will include kim jong-un's sister just to show you how important it is for the government in the north. u.s. vice president mike pence has already arrived in south korea ahead of the games now, south korea's economy is heavily tilted to tech and homes to companies like lg, hyundai. there are many tech no invasiin on show at winter games. go to cnn.com to get a full list of the new technology in the spotlight as the winter olympics get under way in pyeongchang a few hours ahead of the trading open in the u.s., it looks like a soft open. the dow jones looking right now to open down more than 81% the nasdaq down around 8, 7

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the dow futures pointing to another lower open following yesterday's roller coaster ride on wall street a top strategist's take straight ahead. oil falling to a one-month low as us sto.s. stockpiles gro. despite a handshake deal in the senate, congress has to pass a spending bill by midnight tonight to keep the lights on. we're live in washington, d.c. with the latest. it's thursday, february 8, 2018, "worldwide exchange" begins now. ♪