The number of new mutual funds launched in the US fell sharply in 2016, reflecting the crisis of confidence in active management and the shift by investors into exchange traded funds. The number of…
With the US Federal Reserve raising interest rates, and President Mario Draghi of the European Central Bank seemingly unable to escape…
Russia is set to round off a year of rejuvenated global standing with the distinction of watching its currency stand apart…
M&A: back with a bang Deal activity was vigorous with much of it concentrated just below the level of the industry’s…
The FTSE 100 was within touching distance of a closing high on Wednesday, as optimism about the outlook for metal prices…
When the direct trading link between stock markets in Shenzhen and Hong Kong opened this month, local dignitaries were easy to spot…
After a two-year experiment with free markets, the pain of low oil prices forced the world’s biggest producers to join forces…
Global debt sales reached a record in 2016, led by companies gorging on cheap borrowing costs that are now threatened by…
The low-for-long era is over. Central banks, fiscal activism and populism pricked the bond bubble in 2016. Next year will be…
The eurozone’s biggest stock markets are closing in on double-digit gains for the final quater of 2016, as a combination of…
The vote for Brexit will change the course of Britain’s history, Philip Hammond announced last month. The UK chancellor may be…
“The boundaries of uncertainty have increased [for fixed-income markets],” says Dan Ivascyn, chief investment officer at Pimco, the bond specialist that…
The renminbi’s seemingly endless grind lower against the US dollar has been one of the financial stories of 2016, triggering a…
Each year at the Ira Sohn conference a group of the world’s best known hedge fund managers present their top ideas…
What a difference a year makes. Having ended 2015 as the worst performing sector on the S&P 500, energy stocks are…
Christmas is almost here (and so is Hanukkah), and so it is time for the Long View to revisit the offices…
How long ago it seems — that post-referendum panic in the UK stock market. The pound plunged and the crowd ran…
Net redemptions from emerging market equity funds reached a five-week high in the latest week amid pressure from the rising dollar…
Friday 02:50 GMT Overview Asian markets not already shut for the holidays went into retreat, following a negative lead from Wall…
US trade policies under Donald Trump will be key to agricultural commodities next year, as the world continues to grapple with…
Hygge, the Danish art of cosiness that has become Europe’s latest lifestyle trend, is boosting demand for spices such as cinnamon,…
The pound stumbled towards Christmas, falling for the fourth consecutive day against the euro reflecting investors’ concerns about the UK’s economic…
After five grinding years of losses, commodities are set to end higher in 2016 and investors are staking out increasingly bold…
Thursday 08:10 GMT Overview European stock indices are slipping back, following Wall Street’s lacklustre lead as the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
This is part of a series on the global rise of exchange traded funds You only need to look back to the…
Wednesday 02:10 GMT Overview Stocks across Asia were on the rise, with sentiment buoyed by continued gains for Wall Street as…
Italian bank shares are on track for their best month in more than seven years as signs the government may intervene…
The “animal spirits” that Donald Trump’s incoming US administration may unleash would have more far-reaching consequences on the economy and financial…
