Asian equities attract largest inflows in 7 years as cenbanks shift monetary policy
By Gaurav Dogra and Patturaja Murugaboopathy (Reuters) – Asian equities attracted their biggest inflows in seven years in 2023, encouraged by major central banks’ deceleration in rate hikes to prioritize economic stimulation…
China, equities weigh as EM sees another month of outflows – IIF
By Rodrigo Campos (Reuters) – Emerging market portfolios saw another month of foreign outflows in September, the seventh of the last eight, as non-residents pulled money out of EM stocks and away…
Emerging Asia equities see biggest monthly foreign inflow in 20 months
By Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) – Emerging Asian equities ex-China saw massive foreign purchases in August due to a rise in risk appetite based on tempered inflation expectations. Data from stock exchanges in…
Foreigners return to Indian equities on hopes over earnings
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Sethuraman N R (Reuters) – Foreigners are returning to Indian stocks after dumping them in the first half as they look for higher returns amid expectations that major…
Japanese investors were big buyers of foreign equities in July
(Reuters) – Japanese investors purchased heavily in foreign equities in July, as global stocks rebounded last month on the back of positive earnings and hopes of less aggressive monetary tightening measures from…
Russian equities brace for selling pressure as fraction of foreign investors return
MOSCOW – Russian stocks are expected to decline in August as investors from so-called “friendly” countries, a fraction of foreign investment power, return to the unchartered waters of an equity market now…
Foreigners cut China debt, dump equities in July – IIF
SHANGHAI – Foreign investors continued to cut holdings in Chinese bonds in July and dumped equities for the first time in four months, according to a report by the Institute of International…
Emerging Asian equities see first monthly inflows in seven months
By Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) – Emerging Asian equities ex-China saw monthly foreign inflows in July, after six months of capital withdrawals, as investors bet that the size of U.S. interest rate hikes…
Hefty losses at foreign funds with holdings in Sri Lankan equities
(Reuters) – Foreign mutual funds which have exposure to Sri Lankan equities have posted steep losses in their net asset values this year, prompting their fund managers to look for ways to…
Morgan Stanley’s institutional equities head David Russell to retire
(Reuters) – Wall Street giant Morgan Stanley’s global co-head of institutional equities David Russell would be retiring after 32 years with the investment banking powerhouse, according to an internal memo seen by…
Factbox-Wall Street sees gray skies ahead for equities as Fed tightens policy
(Reuters) – With inflation in the United States running at levels not seen in four decades, market participants worry the Federal Reserve will need to deliver hefty rate hikes to tame the…
Investors fear earnings season will spark new equities selloff
By Danilo Masoni and Medha Singh MILAN – The upcoming corporate earnings season could prompt another sharp fall in global share prices with profit forecasts looking far too upbeat given mounting recession…
Foreigners cut China debt, buy equities in June – IIF
SHANGHAI – Foreign investors continued to cut holdings in Chinese bonds in June but added positions in equities, bucking the trend in other emerging markets (EM), the Institute of International Finance (IIF)…
Emerging Asian equities post biggest foreign outflows since March 2020
By Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) – Emerging Asian equities ex-China recorded massive outflows in June, as risk assets took a hit due to heightened concerns over a potential recession, with major central banks…
European equities per-share profit could drop over 6% – HSBC
(Reuters) – European equities could see a drop between 6.4% and 8.5% in earnings per share this year compared to consensus estimates of a rise of more than 11%, HSBC said on…
Foreigners pull out of Asian equities for fifth straight month in May
By Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) – Asian equities continued to witness foreign outflows for a fifth consecutive month in May, hit by concerns over monetary tightening measures by major central banks and supply…
Global mutual funds investors could sell $350 billion worth equities this year -Barclays
(Reuters) – Barclays said on Wednesday global mutual funds investors could sell equities worth a further $350 billion this year, unless fears of recession diminish, due to an uncertain macro backdrop and…
Two major banks expect more pain for U.S. equities
By Saikat Chatterjee LONDON – Two major banks expect more pain for the U.S. stock markets after benchmark indexes posted on Wednesday their worst one-day losses in two years. In a report…
Asian equities face biggest foreign outflows in March in two years
By Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) – Asian equities witnessed steep foreign outflows in March, hit by worries over higher inflation as commodity prices soared due to an escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine.…
Equities see sizeable weekly inflows as BoFA warns of recession risks
LONDON – Investors pumped in $18.9 billion into equities and $6.3 billion into bonds in the last week after weeks of outflows as BoFA strategists warned against reading too much into the…
BlackRock favors U.S., Japanese equities vs European
(Reuters) – BlackRock said on Monday in a market strategy research note that it now favors U.S. and Japanese equities over European stocks due to energy shock related to Russia’s invasion of…
Citigroup hikes U.S. equities to ‘overweight’, sees demand for growth stocks
– Citigroup upgraded U.S. equities to “overweight” rating on Thursday on analysts’ expectations of a revival in appetite for growth stocks due to a sharp drop in bond yields following the Ukraine-Russia…
Asian equities see outflows for second straight month in Feb
By Gaurav Dogra – Asian equities suffered a second successive month of outflows in February as investors jettisoned riskier assets due to rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine and on fears of…
Blackrock increases its strategic overweight on equities
– Asset manager Blackrock said on Tuesday that it has increased its strategic overweight on equities, as an early-2022 selloff created “compelling opportunity.” “We see the combination of low real rates, strong…
JPMorgan cuts Russian equities to ‘neutral’ as Ukraine crisis worsens
-JPMorgan analysts downgraded Russian equities to “neutral” from “overweight” on Tuesday, after Moscow sent troops to two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine after recognising them as independent. President Vladimir Putin’s announcement on…
Credit Suisse downgrades global equities on key macro concerns
– Credit Suisse on Friday downgraded global equities to “benchmark” rating from “overweight”, citing the need for the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates above market expectations amid higher wage growth…
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