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Fraport Sees 2023 Passenger Traffic at 80-90% of Pre-Pandemic Levels
Date: March 14, 2023
(Reuters) – Frankfurt Airport operator Fraport on Tuesday said it expected passenger traffic to keep improving in 2023 but stay below pre-pandemic levels, following the lifting of COVID-related travel restrictions. The group, which operates at 31 airports around the world and counted more than 48 million passengers in 2022, expects 2023 passenger traffic to come...
U.S. Bond Funds Saw Biggest Weekly Inflow in 18 Months in Early Jan
Date: January 13, 2023
(Reuters) – U.S. bond funds attracted their biggest weekly inflow in 18 months in the seven days to Jan. 4 on signs of cooling inflation that boosted hopes the Federal Reserve might scale back the size of its interest rate hikes. Refinitiv Lipper data showed U.S. bond funds attracted a net $10.52 billion worth of...
What’s in a Name? EU Watchdog Cracks Down on ESG Investment Funds
Date: November 18, 2022
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union’s securities watchdog on Friday proposed strict curbs on how investment funds are sold in the bloc if they tout environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials to attract cash. ESG funds have grown in popularity in recent years and in the second quarter of this year accounted...
Bank of England Says Ldi Crisis Shows Non-Banks Need Stronger Rules
Date: October 19, 2022
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – A decade on from the global financial crisis, non-banks are still not being properly regulated as rocketing interest rates point to new weak points such as emerging market funds, Bank of England Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe said on Wednesday. Liability-driven investment funds (LDI) in Britain were last week forced...
Factbox-Ticking Bomb: The Risks the IMF Sees to Financial Stability
Date: October 12, 2022
(Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday of a disorderly repricing in markets, saying global financial stability risks have increased, raising the potential of contagion and spillovers of stress between markets. The IMF’s Global Financial Stability Report, which warned of the risks to markets, came as the Fund also cut its growth outlook...
Funds Begin Parking Sanction-Hit Russian Assets in ‘side Pockets’
Date: August 12, 2022
By Carolyn Cohn and Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Some of the world’s biggest money managers are talking to investors and regulators about stripping Russian assets from their funds, helping them unlock billions of dollars of investments which became illiquid due to the war in Ukraine. So-called “side pockets”, used by hedge funds in the...