Risk aversion was on display this week given geopolitical concerns and uncertainty over North Korea as investors in U.S.-based funds pulled $1.1 billion out of stock funds in the week ended Sept. 6, and moved money into "safe haven" money-market and gold funds... More »
Revenue at the world’s 12 largest investment banks rose in the first six months of 2017 thanks to a stronger performance in the underwriting of debt and equity issues compared with a year ago, a survey showed on Thursday. More »
The unexpected resignation of America's No. 2 central banker on Wednesday only complicates decision-making by global investors and business leaders already worried that international economic expansion may be short-lived, according to U.S. money manager Richar... More »
U.S. fund investors regained their risk appetite during the latest week, draining money market funds and pouring their cash into stocks after six straight weeks of withdrawals. More »
Investors socked savings away and opted against loading up on U.S. stocks during the latest week, Lipper data for U.S.-based funds showed on Thursday. More »
Investors recoiled during a turbulent week for markets, pulling the most cash from high-yield bond funds since March and billions more from stock funds, Lipper data for U.S.-based funds showed on Thursday. More »
China's real estate investment growth slowed in July, as official curbs continued to cool an overheated property market, reinforcing expectations of further slowing in second-half 2017. More »
Trian Partners cut its stake in snack maker Mondelez International Inc. during the last quarter, and boosted its shares in conglomerate General Electric, according to the activist fund's latest securities filing. More »
Dan Loeb's Third Point took a 1.6 million-share stake in BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) and reinitiated a stake in Alibaba Group Holding (BABA.N) of 4.5 million shares during the second quarter ended June 30, according to regulatory filings late on Friday. More »
U.S. fund investors reduced their exposure to stocks and bought bonds during the latest week, Lipper data showed on Thursday, as saber-rattling between the United States and North Korea appeared to shake investor sentiment. More »
Investors poured $1.8 billion into U.S.-based taxable bond funds during the latest , marking the fourth straight week of inflows into the funds, Lipper data showed on Thursday. More »
U.S. fund investors sidestepped stocks in favor of bonds during the latest week, Lipper data showed on Thursday, showing little confidence as a heavy dose of second-quarter corporate earnings results rolled in. More »
Investors soured on U.S.-based stock funds for a third straight week and opted for non-domestic equity funds as compelling valuations in overseas markets lured new money, data from Thomson Reuters’ Lipper service showed on Thursday. More »
China Investment Corp’s (CIC) $13.7 billion acquisition of warehouse firm Logicor tripled the total value of sovereign wealth funds’ (SWFs) M&A deals in the second quarter to $31.7 billion, just shy of a record set in the third quarter of 2016. More »
FILE PHOTO – Investor Warren Buffet arrives for the premiere of the film ”Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” in New York, U.S. on September 20, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo It took less than 24 hours for Warren Buffett, one of the world’s savviest deal... More »
A U.S. five dollar note is seen in this illustration photo June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration Investors pulled back from U.S.-based stock funds after pouring the most cash into those investments since February the previous week, Lipper data showed... More »
A U.S. five dollar note is seen in this illustration photo June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration Investors poured $3 billion into U.S.-based taxable bond funds during the latest week despite incurring some losses, Lipper data showed on Thursday. More »
Investors in U.S.-based funds poured $1.4 billion into mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that invest in U.S. Treasuries in the week ended June 7, marking the biggest inflows since late January, data from Thomson Reuters’ Lipper service showed on Thursday.... More »
FILE PHOTO: A view of the London skyline shows the City of London financial district, seen from St Paul’s Cathedral in London, Britain February 25, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo Global investors are distinguishing between the UK and the rest of Europe as ... More »
A demonstrator shows a picture of President Michel Temer near a burning barricade during a protest against Temer and the latest corruption scandal to hit the country, in Brasilia, Brazil, May 24, 2017. Picture taken May 24, 2017. The sign reads: ‘Out Temer!.’ ... More »
Students of investing will need to start cramming for a new subject: computer science. More »
Hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb speaks during a Reuters Newsmaker event in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Some of the biggest U.S. mutual and hedge funds, including Daniel Loeb’s Third Point and Daniel Och’s Och-Ziff Capital... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. dollar notes are seen in this November 7, 2016 picture illustration. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Investors stampeded into U.S.-based stock funds that invest in Europe, plowing the second-largest amount on record into those produ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Logos of Tencent are displayed at a news conference in Hong Kong, China March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo Struggling to seal deals in the United States as regulatory scrutiny tightens, Chinese companies looking to invest in promising te... More »
Vlad Tenev, co-founder and co-CEO of investing app Robinhood, speaks during the TechCrunch Disrupt event in Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., May 10, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Commission-free trading startup Robinhood has raised $110 million in a round ... More »
FILE PHOTO: A DNA double helix is seen in an undated artist’s illustration released by the National Human Genome Research Institute to Reuters on May 15, 2012. REUTERS/National Human Genome Research Institute/Handout/File Photo Scientists are getting closer to... More »
Investors grew more confident during the latest week, reversing last week’s withdrawals from U.S.-based stock funds, data from Lipper showed on Thursday. More »
Investors eased off from “Trump trade” bets during the latest week, snatching the most money from bank sector funds in more than a year and stockpiling bonds, Lipper data for U.S.-based funds showed on Thursday. More »
Investors recoiled from debt issued by low-rated companies during the latest week, pulling the most cash since August 2014 from U.S.-based, high-yield bond funds, Lipper data showed on Thursday. More »
Fund managers who are usually seen as the market’s more patient investors are not holding shares long enough to encourage firms to adjust for a more environmentally sustainable future or deal with other long-term risks, an influential think-tank said. More »
Investors are spurning U.S.-based high-yield junk bond funds, Lipper data showed on Thursday, as they keep gobbling up stocks and other risky assets. More »
The Google logo adorns the entrance of Google Germany headquarters in Hamburg, Germany July 11, 2016. REUTERS/Morris Mac Matzen Alphabet Inc’s venture arm has invested in Currencycloud, a UK startup that provides technology to enable businesses to provide cros... More »
China will take further steps to support private investment, an official from the state planner said on Monday, as the country looks to maintain strong economic growth while undergoing structural reforms. More »
Investors piled into riskier assets again in the latest week, pouring cash into U.S.-based funds invested in stocks and bonds girded against inflation, Lipper data showed on Thursday. More »
Investors are showing increasing comfort wading into the markets, lavishing cash on U.S.-based stock and corporate bond funds in the latest week, Lipper data showed on Thursday. More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, May 12, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Bond trading revenue at the world’s top banks rose last year for the first time since 2012, thanks to increased activity after Britons’ voted to leave the European... More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is broadcast on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S. December 27, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Investors boosted their bets on U.S.-based equity funds in the latest week a... More »
Financial services software developer OpenFin has raised $15 million in a funding round that included JPMorgan Chase & Co and the venture capital arms of high-speed trading firm DRW Trading Group and interdealer broker NEX Group Plc, the company said on Thursd... More »
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, smiles before speaking with Bill Gates (not pictured), at Columbia University in New York, U.S., January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) was an aggress... More »
A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen in front of a displayed stock graph in this illustration taken November 3, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Top U.S. hedge funds trimmed bets on a group of closely-watched technology stocks in the fourth quarter in an ap... More »
Billionaire activist-investor Carl Icahn gives an interview on FOX Business Network’s Neil Cavuto show in New York, U.S. on February 11, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn increased his holdings in Herbalife Ltd ... More »
FILE PHOTO – President and Portfolio Manager of Paulson & Co. John Paulson speaks during the Sohn Investment Conference in New York, May 16, 2012. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz Soros Fund Management LLC got out of gold in the fourth quarter of 2016 while Paulson & Co ... More »
George Soros speaks on stage at the Annual Freedom Award Benefit Event hosted by the International Rescue Committee at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York November 6, 2013. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Soros Fund Management LLC eliminated its shares in Barrick ... More »
Business magnate George Soros arrives to speak at the Open Russia Club in London, Britain June 20, 2016. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor/File Photo Soros Fund Management, the firm that invests the personal fortune of billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros... More »
Daimler AG sign is pictured at the IAA truck show in Hanover, Germany, September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo Daimler (DAIGn.DE) said on Tuesday it was investing a double-digit million euro amount into AutoGravity, a smartphone-based vehicle leas... More »
A new residential quarter of the Country Garden is seen in Shanghai, China, February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song Chinese real estate developers surveyed by Reuters mostly plan to increase their land investments in 2017 as they shrug off record prices and govern... More »
Hedge fund manager Dan Loeb’s Third Point LLC took new equity stakes in Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Bank of America Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co during the fourth quarter, according to regulatory filings on Friday, on a bet that interest rate hikes and operating lev... More »
A commuter passes by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in the financial district in New York City, U.S., February 7, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Global investors poured money into stocks, emerging markets and corporate debt in the week to Wednesday, as the... More »
Investors pulled cash from stock funds and bought government bonds during the latest week, favoring a defensive stance over the risk-trading spectacle that has followed the presidential election, Lipper data for U.S.-based funds showed on Thursday. More »
Investors in U.S.-based funds poured $4 billion into investment-grade corporate bond funds in the week ended Jan. 11, marking the funds’ biggest inflows since early February 2015, data from Thomson Reuters’ Lipper service showed on Thursday. More »
U.S.-based taxable bond funds netted cash for the first time in four weeks, Lipper data released on Thursday showed, a sign that savers may be less wary than the Federal Reserve of inflation under the incoming Trump administration. More »
U.S.-based stock funds pulled in $11.8 billion in the week ended Dec. 28, data from Lipper showed on Thursday, ending 2016 with an enthusiasm for stocks that had been lacking for the better part of the year. More »
U.S.-based stock funds posted $21.6 billion in withdrawals during the latest week, Lipper data showed on Thursday, adding to a trend of outflows from actively managed mutual funds that has lasted much of the year. More »
Investors piled into stock exchange-traded funds at the fastest pace since their record-setting haul following the U.S. presidential election, Lipper said on Thursday, as policymakers raised interest rates. More »
The Credit Suisse logo is seen at the headquarters in Milan, Italy, March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/File Photo Credit Suisse on Friday said it would lower investors’ hurdle to redeeming two popular exchange-traded notes, used to bet on the price of o... More »
Investors are paying a price for not finding buyers for popular exchange-traded notes (ETN), used to bet on oil prices, that delisted from U.S. exchanges this week. More »
U.S. dollar notes are seen in this November 7, 2016 picture illustration. Picture taken November 7. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Investors pulled $4.1 billion from U.S.-based taxable-bond mutual funds, the most since June, as a bond selloff forced interest ... More »
People walk past the headquarters of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, as two paramilitary police officials patrol around it in Beijing November 20, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo China said on Monday it will stick to its opening up poli... More »
Investors pulled more money from U.S.-based bond funds during the latest week, Lipper data showed on Friday, adding to an onslaught following the U.S. presidential election. More »
Billionaire activist-investor Carl Icahn gives an interview on FOX Business Network’s Neil Cavuto show in New York February 11, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid U.S. voters’ decision to install Donald Trump in the White House may extend the life of the aging, se... More »
Steven Einhorn, Vice Chairman of Omega Advisors, Inc., speaks during the Reuters Global Investment Outlook Summit in New York City, NY, U.S. November 14, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Bayliss and Lawrence Delevingne More »
Dawn Fitzpatrick, global head of equities, multi-asset and the O’Connor hedge fund businesses at UBS Asset Management, speaks during the Reuters Global Investment Outlook Summit in New York City, U.S., November 17, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Investors who ... More »
Investors in U.S.-based funds poured $1 billion into inflation-protected bond funds in the week ended Nov. 9, marking the funds’ second-biggest inflows since records began in October 2002, data from Thomson Reuters’ Lipper service showed on Thursday. More »
U.S.-based bond funds charged back into the good graces of investors during the latest week, attracting $3.4 billion, Lipper data showed on Thursday. More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid U.S. fund investors are bolstering their bets that the Federal Reserve will bypass an interest-rate increase later this month by p... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson The party looked to be waning for some popular investments in the latest week, with investors trimming expo... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., August 23, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Investors trimmed risk assets before a gathering of central bankers on Friday, pulling $6.4 billion from U.S.-based stock funds in... More »
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By Trevor Hunnicutt | NEW YORK NEW YORK Investors reversed course and poured money into even the riskiest bonds in the latest week, for inflows into U.S.-based high-yield bond funds of $1.7 billion after two straight weeks of outflows, Lipper data showed on Th... More »
LONDON Alternative investments such as a Ferrari 335 S Scaglietti, a rare blue diamond or a case of Romanee-Conti Grand Cru wine from Burgundy are going mainstream as investors grapple with ultra-low interest rates and volatile stocks. Spooked by the end of a ... More »
NEW YORK Ride-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] has decided to invest $500 million into an ambitious global mapping project to wean itself off dependence on Google Maps and pave the way for driverless cars, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The San Francisc... More »
NEW YORK Algorithms are proving to be poor at timing currency markets, if a group of new exchange-traded funds is any indication. In January, ETF-industry leaders BlackRock Inc’s iShares unit and WisdomTree Investments Inc both launched slates of international... More »
BEIJING Borrowing costs and access to funding are the key obstacles to private investment in China, a senior official at the top economic planning agency said on Monday, after private investment growth shrank to a record low. A government spending spree and ho... More »
BEIJING China has promised to implement measures to improve laws and government services for businesses in response to slowing private investment growth, state media reported late on Saturday. China is counting on the private sector to invest more in the econo... More »
BEIJING Xia Xiaokang and Bruno Chen, who both run private-sector companies, are the sort of businessmen that Chinese leaders are increasingly concerned about as economic growth slows. Beijing is counting on the private sector to invest more in the economy and ... More »
NEW YORK Exchange-traded fund investors showed continued confidence in U.S. markets, delivering stock ETFs based in the country $3.5 billion and their sixth straight week of net new cash during the latest week, Lipper data showed on Thursday. Stock mutual fund... More »
NEW YORK S&P Dow Jones Indices is negotiating with asset managers to license its new index, which it says represents companies that focus on the long term rather than the current quarter. The Long-Term Value Creation Global Index .SPLTVCUN could be the basis f... More »
NEW YORK A new type of investment fund starts trading on Wall Street on Friday amid hope from backers that it could become big enough to supplant traditional mutual funds. The Eaton Vance Stock NextShares is the first so-called actively managed nontransparent ... More »
SINGAPORE A surge in socially responsible investments to $59 trillion globally over the past decade is nudging Asian firms to change a notoriously insular management style to one that actively addresses corporate governance concerns. As earnings growth and Chi... More »
SINGAPORE Countries should not bank on oil prices remaining low when formulating their energy policies, as supplies could tighten from mid-2016 due to a drop in investment and falling U.S. output, a senior industry official said on Monday. Global oil prices LC... More »
HONG KONG China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd on Monday said it will spend $1 billion to support information and communication technology developers over the next five years. “The aim is to help developers create innovative services and rapidly respond to custo... More »
SEOUL SK Hynix Inc, the world’s No. 2 DRAM chip maker, on Tuesday said it plans to spend 31 trillion won ($25.94 billion) to build two new chip plants in South Korea, aiming to update its production technologies to boost competitiveness. The firm, which compet... More »
