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InvestingStocks Rally, Copper Extends Fall as Investors Assess Recession Risk
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Global Equity Funds Gain Weekly Inflows After Big Selloff
Date: June 24, 2022
(Reuters) – Global equity funds obtained capital inflows in the week ended June 22, following a heavy selling in the previous week, as a slide in commodity prices slightly assuaged investor fears over rapid inflation. According to Refinitiv Lipper, investors secured global equity funds of $7.51 billion in net purchases. That compares with withdrawal of...
Ukraine Loses Key Town as Russia Claims It Surrounds Troops
Date: June 24, 2022
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said Russian forces had “fully occupied” a town south of the strategically important city of Lysychansk in the eastern Luhansk region as of Friday, and Moscow claimed it had encircled about 2,000 Ukrainian troops in the area. The loss of Hirske and several other settlements around it leaves Lysychansk, the last major...
Rouble Stays Near 7-yr Peaks, Ofz Bonds Climb Higher
Date: June 24, 2022
(Reuters) – The Russian rouble stabilised near seven-year peaks on Friday, supported by capital controls and high prices for Russian exports, such as oil and gas, while OFZ government bond prices climbed higher. At 0715 GMT, the rouble was 0.1% weaker against the dollar at 53.50, near its strongest level since mid-2015 of 52.80 it...
Ukraine and Russia: What You Need to Know Right Now
Date: June 23, 2022
(Reuters) – Ukraine will be accepted as a candidate to join the European Union on Thursday, a move that will boost the country’s morale as the battle with Russian troops for two cities in the east reached what one official called a “fierce climax”. FIGHTING * Ukrainian forces are defending the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk...
Oil Falls as Investors Eye Recession Risks
Date: June 23, 2022
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices continued to retreat on Thursday as investors reassessed the risks of recession and the impact of interest rate hikes in major economies on fuel demand. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell $1.4, or 1.3%, to $104.78 a barrel by 0643 GMT. Brent crude futures fell $1.3,...
What’s Stopping ESG in Pension Planning?
Date: June 22, 2022
By Andrew Megson, executive chairman of My Pension Expert The foundations of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) were laid nearly two decades ago now, and in recent years the approach has skyrocketed. While pushes for sustainability have always been around in some form or another, the term ESG appeared in the early 2000s when...