02/22/2023
After a challenging 2022, sustainable investing strategies have staged a strong rebound so far this year due to a growth-led rally in equities while earlier speculation of a Federal Reserve pivot also boosted the global bond market.
02/22/2023
Improved supply conditions are visible in the supply-chain data chronicled in earlier posts, and in the firmer participation rates in the US labour market reports.
02/22/2023
Although year-over-year CPI inflation fell from its June 40-year high of 9.1% to 6.4% in January, it still remains well above the Fed’s 2% target rate.
02/21/2023
In its annual report, Credit Suisse said clients withdrew 110.5 billion Swiss francs ($119.7 billion) in the last three months of 2022.
02/21/2023
Recent US-China tensions over Russia and the US downing of a Chinese balloon have also contributed to the consolidation in Chinese equities.
02/21/2023
The plan is to redevelop two Waitrose stores into new homes and improved stores and turn one vacant warehouse into housing.
02/21/2023
The BoJ will seek to ensure a smooth transition towards a new rate regime, avoiding a massive and rapid tightening in financial conditions.
02/21/2023
UK housing is less affordable now than at any point in 147 years. But will higher interest rates be about to change all that, altering the wider role property plays in UK household wealth?
02/20/2023
FWD has signed an agreement for it and other investors to hold a 70 percent stake in Gibraltar BSN Life, according to an announcement.
02/20/2023
The reopening of the border is set to increase business opportunities in the Greater Bay Area, green finance, fintech and wealth management.
02/20/2023
By business lines, life and health saw operating profit increase 20 percent to 532 million euros with strong profit increases in Taiwan, Malaysia, and China.
02/20/2023
Malta is the only EU nation left that offers citizenship in exchange for pre-determined investments.
02/20/2023
Participants include officials from creditor countries China, India, Saudi Arabia, the United States and other wealthy Group of Seven democracies
02/20/2023
It is often heard that boards of directors are wearing themselves out on more and more fronts and that these bodies should therefore be increased in terms of staff.
02/17/2023
But reflecting the acquisitions, assets under management totalled GBP2.7 billion, up from GBP113 million in the previous financial year.
02/17/2023
The rise of fast fashion has created a shift in consumer behaviour, with cheap, low-quality items often being seen as disposable.
02/17/2023
Small caps tend to do well when economic sentiment improves. After a turbulent year, is it time to reconsider them in portfolios?
02/17/2023
Schemes cited Guaranteed Minimum Pension Equalisation, insurer capacity constraints and data quality among the major hurdles for achieving a buyout
02/17/2023
The exposed steel beams visible on the site today will be part of ‘Canary Wharf 3.0’, an audacious plan championed by Shobi Khan
02/16/2023
David Coombs has sold the remaining gilts in his Rathbones Multi-Asset Portfolios, arguing the opportunity to pick up UK debt at attractive yields has closed.