Analysis: Sterling returns to the 1980s, and it may get cheaper still
Sterling’s slide against the dollar to a rate last seen in 1985 has sparked talk of a dramatic spiral downwards that ends in a collapse in confidence in British assets and a balance of payments crisis.
Funds begin parking sanction-hit Russian assets in ‘side pockets’
Some of the world’s biggest money managers are talking to investors and regulators about stripping Russian assets from their funds, helping them unlock billions of dollars of investments which became illiquid due to the war in Ukraine.
BlackRock misses profit estimates as market turbulence spooks investors
BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) posted a bigger-than-expected fall in quarterly profit on Friday as the turmoil in the global markets shrank the world’s largest asset manager’s fee income.
LIC’s looming IPO weighs on India insurer shares, investors say
Next month’s mammoth stock market debut for India’s Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has battered shares in other insurers as investors trim their holdings to make room for the state-owned giant, fund managers and analysts said.
