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Why Foreign Exchange Should Draw on Banking’s Appetite for Disruption

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Stocks Hold Firm Even as U.S. Yields Hit Multi-Year Highs

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Is Investment in Cryptocurrencies Becoming Mainstream? Lessons Learned From KPMG’s Investment in Bitcoin and Ethereum

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Oil Prices Up, Well Over $100/bbl but Headed for Weekly Loss

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European Stocks Post Their Best Week Since November 2020

Date: March 18, 2022

By Sruthi Shankar and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) -European shares rose on Friday adding to the strong gains earlier this week, as investors focussed on Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations and digested the talks between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The pan-European STOXX 600 index closed 0.9% higher with technology stocks, leading the...

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UK Investors See 113 Billion Pounds of BoE Bond Sales by 2025

Date: March 18, 2022

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Bond market experts expect the Bank of England to sell 113 billion pounds ($148 billion) of government bonds over the next three years, on top of 150 billion maturing from its 875 billion pound stockpile, a BoE survey showed on Friday. Britain’s central bank announced last month that it...

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Stocks Cling to Week’s Gains, Biden Talks Russia With Beijing

Date: March 18, 2022

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Global stocks were just below water on Friday with most of their strong gains for the week still intact but the mix of rising interest rates, high oil prices and war in Ukraine kept risk-taking at bay. U.S. stocks were also set for a pause, with trading on Wall...

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Demand for Sustainable Funds Wanes as Ukraine War Puts Focus on Oil and Gas

Date: March 17, 2022

By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – Demand for sustainable stock funds waned in February as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hit investor sentiment and higher gas prices and energy security fears bolstered the appeal of the traditional Oil & Gas sector. Interest in environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues such as climate...

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Superyacht Maker Ferretti Presses Ahead With $1 Billion Hk Listing Despite Choppy Markets -Sources

Date: March 17, 2022

By Scott Murdoch and Valentina Za SYDNEY/MILAN (Reuters) – Italian luxury yacht maker Ferretti is expected to kick off on Monday the process to list its shares in Hong Kong, aiming for a valuation of around $1 billion as it sells a 25% stake, two sources close to the matter said. Ferretti, controlled by Chinese...

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Is AI Better Than Humans at Making Investment Decisions?

Date: March 15, 2022

By Michael Kodari, CEO of KOSEC – Kodari Securities Can AI make better investment decisions than humans? Maybe, but the answer is a bit more complicated than that. AI is already widely used in investment markets,and we’ve now seen all forms of ‘algorithmic trading’ used by large-scale hedge funds and specialist fund managers. In fact,...