Investors pin hopes on Canada’s mid-sized EQ Bank after blockbuster 2023
By Nivedita Balu TORONTO (Reuters) – In a tough year for Canadian banks, shares in mid-sized lender EQB Inc jumped more than 50% on solid earnings growth, making it the…
By Nivedita Balu TORONTO (Reuters) – In a tough year for Canadian banks, shares in mid-sized lender EQB Inc jumped more than 50% on solid earnings growth, making it the…
(Reuters) – Global equity funds attracted substantial inflows in the week through Dec. 27 as data showed U.S. inflation cooled further in November, cementing expectations that the Federal Reserve would…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Investors seem more confident than ever that the U.S. economy is gliding towards the hallowed ‘soft…
TRENTON, NJ – Senator Jim Beach introduced new legislation in the New Jersey Senate aimed at combating anti-Semitism and encouraging the reporting of bias-related crimes. This move comes amidst a…
By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) – Asset managers, insurers and pension funds are pushing to soften a proposed rule aimed at enhancing U.S. Treasury market stability which could require…
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) – Renault hopes it can lift the curse of its negative value next year thanks to the creation of two specialised businesses, Ampere and Horse,…
By Yoruk Bahceli, Dhara Ranasinghe and Naomi Rovnick (Reuters) – A stellar rally in equities and bonds suggests market confidence is high for the world economy to reach a soft…
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A senior Hezbollah politician said on Tuesday he hoped a truce would continue and his Iran-backed group had started paying compensation to people who had suffered losses…
By Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) – An exchange-traded fund tracking artificial intelligence stocks saw investors pouring money after six straight weeks of outflows, on the backdrop of strong quarterly results…
(Reuters) – Global equity funds attracted robust inflows in the seven days leading to Nov. 22, spurred by growing expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will stop raising interest rates…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes Russia will give policy support for Chinese automobile enterprises to produce, sell and operate in Russia, Chinese state media cited China’s ambassador to Russia as…
By Pavel Polityuk and Gus Trompiz KYIV/PARIS (Reuters) – Ukraine’s efforts to revive sea exports in defiance of Russia’s military blockade have given a glimmer of hope to a teetering…
(Reuters) – Global equity funds saw significant inflows in the week ending Nov. 15, buoyed by investor hopes that cooler-than-expected U.S. inflation would prompt the Federal Reserve to pause interest…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Asian markets open on Wednesday with stocks, risk assets and…
By Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) – Foreign investors are tiptoeing back into Asian equities in November, reversing a trend of heavy selling over the past three months, as easing concerns over…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook said she hopes the central bank’s current target interest rate is adequate to return inflation to the Fed’s 2% target. The Fed…
By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) – Danish energy firm Orsted’s shock decision to cancel two offshore wind farms off New Jersey this week was based in large part on big delays…
By Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) – After a dizzying rally in September, exchange-traded funds tracking cannabis stocks have fallen to earth on fading hopes over pot legalization in the United…
By Gabriela Baczynska and Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders meeting later in October will demand “decisive progress” on using Russian assets frozen by sanctions to help Ukraine,…
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shifting views on the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy trajectory are roiling the U.S. Treasury market, as investors gauge how close the central bank…
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – Daniel Noboa, who grew up accompanying his businessman father during the latter’s five failed attempts to become president of Ecuador, is betting his employment-focused…
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Even as the U.S. economy bounds along, rising interest rates on government bonds could threaten the plans of elected officials and central bankers who…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – The surge in long-dated U.S. bond yields currently underway and driving the so-called ‘bear steepening’ of the yield curve will dramatically reduce the…
By Matt Tracy (Reuters) – U.S. corporate bond spreads widened on Tuesday and are expected to widen further after the latest jobs data helped confirm many investors’ expectations of higher-for-longer…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes the United States will “do more things” conducive to Sino-U.S. dialogue, the foreign ministry said on Monday, days after Washington angered Beijing with accusations of…