(Reuters) -BlackRock Inc Chief Executive Laurence Fink on Wednesday said clients must decide for themselves how to navigate the energy transition, positioning the world's largest asset manager in the middle ground of a debate over what role financial companies should play in addressing climate change.

India's palm oil imports could drop by nearly a fifth as now cheaper soyoil takes more market share, following Indonesia's curbs on palm oil exports and New Delhi allowing duty-free imports of soyoil, dealers said.

BlackRock Inc Chief Executive Laurence Fink on Wednesday said clients must decide for themselves how to navigate the energy transition.

Ethereum's co-founder Gavin Wood said cryptocurrency investors need to be more aware of what is backing their holdings after a market rout which wiped more than $800 billion off their value.

South Africa's central bank said on Wednesday the risk of a spillover of the Russia-Ukraine war could hurt the country's financial stability through rising food and fuel inflation, lower economic growth and high unemployment.

While investors obsess over what the world's biggest central bank might do next, the uneasy calm prevailing in global markets is under threat.