South Korean retail investors hit as China equity derivatives tumble
By Jihoon Lee and Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean retail investors have been caught out by an 11% fall in a key Hong Kong stock market index this…
By Jihoon Lee and Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean retail investors have been caught out by an 11% fall in a key Hong Kong stock market index this…
By Summer Zhen and Samuel Shen HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Hedge fund Bridgewater Associates’ China business is set to grow to about 40 billion yuan ($5.56 billion) following a fresh…
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LONDON (Reuters) – Investors pared back expectations for Bank of England interest rate cuts over the coming year after data on Wednesday showed an unexpected rise in Britain’s rate of…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s government said on Wednesday it plans to implement a package of financial policies to support stock investors and small business owners squeezed by high interest…
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By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cracks are forming in the market’s bullish consensus for bonds, as resurfacing fiscal concerns duel with expectations that cooling inflation will push the…
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Traders on Friday piled into U.S. stock options contracts that would pay out if volatility jumped from the current four-year lows, even…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Australian inflation tops the Asian-Pacific economic calendar on Wednesday with the latest Chinese lending figures potentially…
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. healthcare sector is showing signs of life after lagging in 2023 as investors bet cheap valuations will offset a tendency to…
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(Reuters) – U.S. investors reduced holdings in equity funds, shifting to money market funds amid caution before key payroll reports, as a stock market rally eased and they awaited further…
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge fund withdrawals slowed in November as customer interest rose to the highest in 2023, data firm Nasdaq eVestment said on Wednesday. Investors removed…
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 Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – A year-end rally in U.S. government bonds has potentially limited further gains in some Treasury maturities, said Rick Rieder, chief investment officer of…
(Reuters) – Global equity funds saw significant withdrawals in the week up to Dec. 20 as investor enthusiasm over potential rate cuts waned and profit-taking set in ahead of the…
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Allkem investors have approved Livent Corp $10.6 bln merger on proxy votes at a shareholder meeting in Perth on Tuesday. (Reporting by Scott Murdoch in Sydney;…
LONDON (Reuters) – Investors dumped cash and bought stocks in the week to Wednesday, according to BofA Global Research, as hopes of interest rate cuts drove equity and bond prices…
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