January flows to emerging markets largest in two years – IIF
By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – Emerging market equities and debt attracted the largest monthly net inflow in January in two years as better …
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Column-Faced down by Fed, markets dab 6% onto risk radar :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – Market pricing tends to swing back and forth like a pendulum around eventual outcomes – and investors may now …
Biden expected to announce Brainard, Bernstein for top posts after markets close -source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is expected to name Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard and his trusted confidant Jared Bernstein as top economic …
IMF chief says markets have good reasons to be more upbeat on economy
DUBAI (Reuters) – The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Monday that financial markets have good reason to be more upbeat, pointing …
Exclusive-Credit Suisse markets CSFB as ‘super boutique’, sees revenue rebound
By Paritosh Bansal (Reuters) – Credit Suisse Group AG is marketing its First Boston investment banking unit to investors as a “super boutique” and sees …
Markets to central bankers: we don’t believe you
By Naomi Rovnick and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – Central bank policy announcements, once viewed as the rule book for how markets should move, are …
Goldman Sachs raises emerging markets equities forecast
(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs on Thursday revised its forecast for emerging market equities upwards as it sees the developing world benefiting from the reopening of …
Marketmind: Markets go all in for disinflation
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. Push back? What push back? …
Goldilocks is back! Markets start 2023 in red-hot form
By Naomi Rovnick, Marc Jones and Yoruk Bahceli LONDON (Reuters) – From stocks to government bonds, markets have had one of their best starts to …
Fed’s words in focus as markets bet rate hikes will soon end
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) – U.S. central bankers have unambiguously telegraphed this week’s policy decision: a quarter-of-a-percentage-point increase in their benchmark interest rate, the smallest …
Debt ceiling ‘game of chicken’ will terrify markets -Bain Capital’s Lavine
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – If the U.S. Congress becomes mired in an argument on whether to raise the debt ceiling, this will hurt …
Aircraft lessors cool on risky markets after $10 billion Russia blow
By Conor Humphries and Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) – Aircraft leasing companies, which own most of the world’s passenger jets, face a tricky balance between …
In 2022 inflation data trumped Fed comments for moving markets, report says
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – Last year, the inflation data that forced the Federal Reserve to embark on a historically aggressive path …
South Korea seeks to improve foreign access to its markets
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea will unveil a range of measures in the coming months to open its domestic financial markets, including plans …
‘Here To Stay’: These Asset Managers Say Markets Are Underestimating Inflation
‘Here To Stay’: These Asset Managers Say Markets Are Underestimating Inflation John Hugh DeMastri on January 10, 2023 Major asset managers are pushing back on …
Whiplash: energy markets start 2023 with biggest weekly dive in years
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – Energy futures for crude oil, refined products and natural gas have plummeted in the new year as traders …
Factbox-Details of Tesla price cuts in China, other Asian markets
(Reuters) – Tesla cut electric car prices in China and other Asian markets on Friday, part of efforts to stoke demand for output from its …
Dollar’s vice grip on FX markets to loosen this year – analysts
By Hari Kishan BENGALURU (Reuters) – The dollar’s vice grip on FX markets will loosen a bit this year, according to analysts in a Reuters …
Most major Gulf markets drop as China COVID surge sours sentiment
(Reuters) – Most major stock markets in the Gulf fell in early trade on Thursday as soaring COVID cases in China unsettled investors and cast …
Wall Street Whiffed On Predicting The Markets In 2022
Wall Street Whiffed On Predicting The Markets In 2022 John Hugh DeMastri on December 26, 2022 Wall Street analysts are entering 2023 with less confidence …
Citi appoints new co-heads of emerging markets division in EMEA
(Reuters) – Citigroup Inc on Thursday named Hamza Girach and Rizwan Shaikh as co-heads of emerging markets at its banking, capital markets and advisory division …
Indian stocks top Asian markets, strong economic growth fuels hope
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – In a year when Indian equities emerged as the best performers in Asia and the country took advantage of …
Private debt markets face reality check as companies grapple with rising rates, recession
By Chiara Elisei LONDON (Reuters) – Stellar growth in private debt markets over the past decade looks set to face a reality check as a …
Small Businesses Revolt Over Liberal City’s Open-Air Drug Markets
Small Businesses Revolt Over Liberal City’s Open-Air Drug Markets Laurel Duggan on December 15, 2022 A group of San Francisco merchants is petitioning for the …
Markets may still be underestimating how high ECB rates have to go -Rehn
HELSINKI (Reuters) -The European Central Bank will need big rate hikes at least at its next two meetings and markets may still be underestimating how …
Italy minister takes swipe at ECB after policy moves hit markets
ROME (Reuters) – An Italian minister and co-founder of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party sarcastically took aim at the European Central Bank, pointing to how …
South Korea authorities to continue efforts to stabilise markets -finance minister
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s finance minister said on Thursday that local financial markets have comparably stabilised recently, while reaffirming that authorities will continue to …
Nov U.S. CPI cools down, spelling relief for markets
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S consumer prices barely rose in November amid declines in the cost of gasoline and used cars, leading to the smallest …
Marketmind: Markets eye China PPI, CPI
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Chinese producer and consumer price inflation reports for …
Emerging markets November foreign inflows most since June 2021 – IIF
By Rodrigo Campos (Reuters) – Foreigners dumped the most cash into emerging market portfolios in November than any month since June 2021 even as Chinese …
EU markets watchdog raps national regulators over Brexit hubs
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Regulators in Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands allowed investment funds shifting operations from London to the European Union after …
Analysis-Peru markets take in political drama as investors focus on fundamentals
By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – On a day of high drama for Peruvian politics that saw the president threaten to dissolve Congress before …
Europe’s BNP Paribas appoints senior executives to Global Markets Americas division
(Reuters) – BNP Paribas SA has appointed several senior executives to its Global Markets Americas division, the European bank said on Wednesday, in a move …
EU starts crackdown on commodity firms using derivatives markets
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union flagged tougher requirements on Wednesday for commodity companies using derivatives markets after failing to meet higher …
World Bank, partners launch tracking system to clean up carbon markets
By Susanna Twidale and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – The World Bank and partners including Singapore on Wednesday launched a global tracking system to clean …
BlackRock and Tradeweb Markets partner on credit trading
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The world’s largest asset manager BlackRock Inc and trading platform Tradeweb Markets Inc are partnering to enhance electronic bond trading, the …
Marketmind: Why payrolls might not matter to markets
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Dhara Ranasinghe. It’s payrolls Friday, yet the most keenly awaited U.S. economic data …
Bank of Montreal posts lower quarterly profit as capital markets slump
(Reuters) – Canada’s Bank of Montreal posted a lower fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, as revenue from its capital markets business tumbled and the lender increased …
GM’s Cruise plans to enter ‘a large number of markets’ in 2023
By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) – Cruise, General Motors Co’s robotaxi unit, plans to enter a “large number of markets” and scale operations up to …
S&P Global lowers 2023 growth forecast for emerging markets
(Reuters) – S&P Global Ratings lowered its 2023 growth forecast for emerging economies on Tuesday, citing persistent pressures from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, a lingering COVID-19 …
Marketmind: China + policy hawks = drag on markets
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. The social unrest flaring up across China – …
Rare China protests roil global commodities markets
By Noah Browning, Pratima Desai and Michael Hogan LONDON (Reuters) – Global commodities markets were hit on Monday by worries over rare demonstrations in China …
A tale of two stock markets: how London still trumps Paris for investors
By Joice Alves, Vincent Flasseur and Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – Paris’ luxury-laden stock exchange is now worth more than London’s. But although size matters, …
Analysis-In emerging markets, the bulls are back again
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – After some of the biggest losses in emerging markets on record this year the bulls are back, betting that …
European companies are tapping bond markets again as investors return
By Chiara Elisei LONDON (Reuters) – European companies are again looking to sell bonds after months of turbulence in world markets as investors warm up …
Malaysian markets slip on election stalemate, Islamist party’s gains
By Rae Wee and Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Malaysia’s share market and ringgit currency weakened on Monday, after a national election over the weekend …
Sovereign investors favour U.S., India as top 2022 investment markets – study
LONDON (Reuters) – India has emerged as the second most coveted investment market after the United States for sovereign wealth funds and public pensions funds …
Brazil VP-elect Alckmin vows debt reduction, seeks to appease markets
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s incoming government will be fiscally responsible, Vice President-elect Geraldo Alckmin said Thursday, promising a budget surplus and reduction in public debt …
Credit Suisse wealth boss De Ferrari targets growth markets, tech boost
By Oliver Hirt, Noele Illien and Michael Shields ZURICH (Reuters) – Francesco De Ferrari, the head of Credit Suisse’s wealth management business, is focused on …
U.S. Treasury’s Yellen says crypto markets need better oversight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that crypto markets need more robust oversight, days after cryptocurrency exchange FTX collapsed. “The recent …