(Reuters) – Global equity funds attracted their first inflow in six weeks in the week ended Dec. 14, with investors optimistic that easing inflation levels would prompt central banks to scale ba[...]
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Extreme bear sentiment over as investors buy stocks and bonds – BofA
By Lucy Raitano LONDON (Reuters) -Investors ploughed cash into stocks and bonds and sold cash and gold in the week to Wednesday, BofA Global Research said on Friday, hailing the end of “extreme[...]
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Analysis-Britain takes fight to restore investor faith into 2023
By Sinead Cruise, Kate Holton and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – Major investors are rethinking their support for Britain’s economy following months of political turmoil and persisten[...]
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For bear stock pickers, 2023 is full of rich pickings
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Well-known activist short-selling hedge funds expect to find more companies squeezed by tough economic conditions in 2023, potentially increasing instances w[...]
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Foreign investors cut Chinese bonds for 10th straight month in Nov
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Foreign investors continued to offload holdings in China’s onshore bonds for a 10th straight month in November, although some market watchers expect the outflow pressu[...]
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Jana Partners tells Freshpet it plans to run for board seats in 2023
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The activist investment firm pushing Freshpet Inc to consider selling itself has told the pet-food company that it plans to launch a proxy fight and r[...]
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ECB to start offloading bond holdings in March
By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) -The European Central Bank said on Thursday it would start reducing its 5 trillion euros’ ($5.3 trillion) worth of bond holdings from March, in its next step towards t[...]
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ECB nudges up UniCredit’s capital requirement to shore up defences
By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) – The European Central Bank has slightly increased the amount of capital UniCredit must hold as it takes a fresh look at banks’ assets given risks from the[...]
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Lloyds hires ING tech boss as operations head
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s biggest domestic bank Lloyds has hired ING’s technology chief to run its operations, Lloyds said on Thursday. Ron van Kemenade will join Lloyds as group[...]
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