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Global regulators finalize new capital rule for big insurers

LONDON The world’s nine biggest insurance companies will have to hold more capital under new rules just finalised by global regulators that aim to prevent taxpayer bailouts of the industry in a crisis. Regulators decided to look at the multi-trillion dollar in... More »

Pimco fund posts $2.3 billion net outflows in September

Investors pulled $2.3 billion in assets from Pacific Investment Management Co’s flagship fund in September, up from $1.8 billion the previous month, as market sentiment soured over persisting concerns of the impact of Chinese slowdown on the global economy and... More »

RBC leads rise in Canadian equity issues despite choppy markets

TORONTO Royal Bank of Canada led a rise in the value of Canadian equity issues for the first nine months of 2015, overcoming a slowdown in the third quarter due to increased choppiness in equity markets. Equity financings rose to C$36 billion ($27.23 billion) ... More »

Swiss watchdog opens bank probe into precious metal collusion

ZURICH The Swiss competition regulator has opened an investigation into possible collusion in the precious metals market by several major banks, it said on Monday, the latest in a string of manipulation probes. Switzerland’s WEKO watchdog said its investigatio... More »

Fed decision unlikely to calm markets, fund managers say

NEW YORK The global market volatility that upended investors over the last six weeks may last deep into autumn now that the Federal Reserve has decided to keep interest rates unchanged, several equity and fixed income portfolio managers said on Thursday. The F... More »

When financial planning meets wedding planning

As the fall wedding season begins, advisers should make sure they have a comprehensive plan to help clients who are getting married. Advisers need to look at the big picture, like if the couple’s retirement goals align, and the nitty gritty, such as insurance ... More »

BNY Mellon expects to fix pricing glitch before markets open

BNY Mellon Corp (BK.N) expects to fix the computer glitch that disrupted pricing of U.S. mutual funds and exchange-traded funds before markets open on Monday, its chief executive said. The resolution of the issue, which affected the calculation of billions of ... More »

Ashley Madison courted several buyers, landed none before attack

TORONTO The owner of adultery website Ashley Madison had already been struggling to sell itself or raise funds for at least three years before the publication of details about its members, according to internal documents and emails also released by hackers as ... More »

Scotiabank energy-sector bad loans climb- profit tops estimates

TORONTO Bank of Nova Scotia, which reported a quarterly profit that beat market expectations on Friday, said bad loans in the energy sector climbed as the oil price selloff took a toll. Shares of Scotiabank, Canada’s third-largest bank, were down nearly 1 perc... More »

Investors still in the dark as cyber threat grows

LONDON/BOSTON Investors are being poorly served by a haphazard approach from fund managers to the growing threat of cyber crime damaging the companies in which they invest, with a lack of clarity from the businesses themselves compounding the problem. Banks ha... More »

Athletes’ habits die hard in new lives as financial pros

College and professional athletes may be clients financial advisers love to get, but many also find good homes on the other side of the desk. Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, for example, is discovering that its three-year, $1.5 million sponsorship, through... More »

Canadian banks brace for impact from oil price selloff

TORONTO/OTTAWA Canadian banks are expected to begin feeling the impact of an extended downturn in the energy sector as they exercise caution with new and existing loans to companies and individuals. Investors will this week be poring over the balance sheets an... More »

Indonesia’s president reshuffles economy team as growth sags

JAKARTA Indonesian President Joko Widodo put two experienced technocrats into economic management posts on Wednesday in a cabinet reshuffle designed to reassure investors worried about a policy drift that has allowed growth to slip to a six-year low. Widodo’s ... More »

Credit Suisse in talks to settle ‘dark pool’ allegations: WSJ

Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN.VX) is in talks to settle allegations related to its Crossfinder “dark pool” trading venue, which could result in a fine running in the high tens of millions of dollars, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with... More »

Buffett’s biggest deal casts light on pension burden

NEW YORK Growing pension obligations at Precision Castparts Corp (PCP.N), which Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to buy for $32 billion, highlight an issue that large U.S. corporations still face, almost a decade into a low-interest rate environment. Berkshire’s ... More »

Berkshire profit falls 37 percent on investment, insurance slump

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N) said on Friday its second-quarter profit fell 37 percent, reflecting a significant decline in investment gains and an underwriting loss from insurance operations, which include Geico. Net income for the... More »

NBCUniversal close to investing in BuzzFeed: source

LOS ANGELES Comcast Corp’s (CMCSA.O) NBCUniversal film and television unit is close to making an investment in online publisher BuzzFeed and is in talks to raise its stake in Vox Media, a person with knowledge of both sets of discussions said on Thursday. The ... More »

Lloyds to set out dividend plan ahead of retail sale

LONDON Lloyds (LLOY.L) is due to set out its dividend plans next week, including how and when it might return surplus capital to shareholders, making the stock more attractive ahead of a planned sale of some of the government’s shares to retail investors, indu... More »

China stocks fall again despite support measures

SHANGHAI Chinese stocks fell on Tuesday, taking little comfort from a slew of support measures unleashed by Beijing in recent days, and unnerved by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s failure to mention the market chaos in a statement on the economy. Before the marke... More »

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Nasdaq plan market for trading stakes in buyout funds: WSJ

Pedestrians walk past the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York’s Times Square in this June 4, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/Files Private equity firm KKR & Co LP (KKR.N) plans to allow investors to sell parts of their stake in buyout funds through a new privat... More »