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After a Long, Cold Year, Investors Are Flocking Back to Europe
Date: January 24, 2023
By Alun John and Danilo Masoni MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) – A European recession looked like a no-brainer just a few weeks ago, but that picture has changed dramatically, and investors have started pouring money into the region’s stocks, currency and bonds. Warmer temperatures and well-filled gas storage facilities mean there’s less concern about power shortages and...
Stocks, Euro Gain Amid Divergent Fed, ECB Rate Hike Outlooks
Date: January 23, 2023
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global equity markets surged on Monday as easing recession fears and hopes of a less aggressive Federal Reserve buoyed sentiment, while the likelihood of more jumbo interest rate hikes in Europe pushed the euro to a nine-month peak against the dollar. Gains in chipmakers boosted beaten-down U.S. tech stocks...
Qatar Investment Authority Raises Stake in Credit Suisse to Just Under 7%
Date: January 23, 2023
By Hadeel Al Sayegh, Oliver Hirt and Andrew Mills DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has increased its stake in Credit Suisse to just under 7%, becoming the Swiss bank’s second-largest shareholder after Saudi National Bank, in a sign that its Gulf investor base is growing in importance. The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) bought...
Shares in Italy’s Intesa Rise After Reassurances on Capital, Paybacks
Date: January 23, 2023
MILAN (Reuters) – Shares in Intesa Sanpaolo rose 3% in early trade on Monday after Italy’s top bank reassured investors on its capital buffers and ability to reward investors as planned, despite supervisory concerns over internal models to assess risks. Intesa said late on Friday it would end the year with a core capital ratio...
Great Expectations: What the Private Markets Need to Welcome a New Generation of Investors
Date: January 19, 2023
By Eliot Hodges, CEO, Anduin Investing in private funds may have felt like an exclusive, invite-only event for a select few, but that’s no longer the case. In 2020, the SEC began amending investor requirements like modernizing the definition of an “accredited investor” to broaden access to the private markets and welcome new knowledgeable individuals,...
FTSE 100 Snaps Four-Day Winning Streak as Britain’s Ocado Slumps
Date: January 18, 2023
By Johann M Cherian and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -UK’s blue-chip index closed lower on Tuesday, ending a four-day winning streak after weak economic data from China raised concerns about global growth, while shares of Ocado Group slumped after disappointing results. The FTSE 100 dipped 0.1% to 7,851.0, hovering below its record high of 7,903.5 hit...