(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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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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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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Bludgeoned bond markets hope peak inflation will bring revival in 2023
By Dhara Ranasinghe, Davide Barbuscia and Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) -Many of the world’s big bond fund managers, from BlackRock to Vanguard, are optimistic that sovereign debt markets have turned[...]
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2023 to be most promising for bonds in over a decade-Goldman AM
LONDON (Reuters) – The year ahead is shaping up as the most promising for fixed income in over a decade, Gurpreet Gill, macro strategist, global fixed income at Goldman Sachs Asset Management sa[...]
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BNP Paribas hands its London bankers standardised job titles to ensure transparency
By Sinead Cruise and Stefania Spezzati LONDON (Reuters) – BNP Paribas is introducing titles to grade hundreds of investment bank employees in the UK, a move to ensure a transparent job evaluatio[...]
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Global equity funds record biggest weekly outflows in three months
(Reuters) – Outflows from global equity funds in the week ended Dec. 7 hit a three-month high on fears that interest rates could stay higher for longer than expected amid mounting worries about[...]
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Audacious BlackRock challenge is Bluebell’s David vs Goliath playbook
By Simon Jessop, Nell Mackenzie and Svea Herbst-Bayliss LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bluebell Capital Partners’ attempt to oust BlackRock Inc CEO Larry Fink represents the small activist he[...]
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