Swedish Pensions Agency Suspends Three Eastern European Funds in Sweden
The Swedish Pensions Agency (SPA) on Monday announced that three Eastern European funds that were suspended due to the war in Ukraine have now been deregistered from its premium pension fund market.
Analysis: Wall Street’s hiring frenzy eases as worries grow over economy, market slump
With mounting uncertainty around the U.S. economic outlook and the resulting slump in financial markets, Wall Street is easing up on hiring after a recruiting frenzy last year.
Blackstone makes sweetened $6.2 bln play for Australia’s Crown
Investment giant Blackstone Group Inc (BX.N) made a $6.2 billion approach for troubled Australian casino firm Crown Resorts Ltd (CWN.AX), sweetening an earlier offer as its main rival bidder is beset by regulatory problems.
Japan panel urges govt to launch $88 bln university fund
Japanese premier Fumio Kishida’s new advisory panel called for an $88 billion university fund on Monday and another one aimed at backing research and development on digital and green innovation as pillars of the country’s new growth strategy.
Blackstone and Hudson Pacific plan $1 billion film studios in UK
U.S. firms Blackstone (BX.N) and Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP.N) said they planned to create a major film, TV and digital production complex in Broxbourne, north of London, in the first overseas expansion of their Sunset Studios platform.
EXCLUSIVE 3G founders launch investment partnership with former Third Point co-CIO Islam
Three Brazilian billionaires who cofounded investment firm 3G Capital are backing a veteran U.S. investor who played a key role in hedge fund Third Point’s activist campaigns, to make big, long-term bets on companies, three people familiar with the plans said.
London fintech funding soars in first half of the year
Fintech companies based in London raised more funding from venture capital investors in the first six months of 2021 than in any other year, demonstrating the British capital’s resilience as a hub for digital financial services post-Brexit.
Global equity funds see third successive weekly inflows- Lipper
July 2 (Reuters) – Global investors were net buyers of equity funds for a third successive week in the week to June 30. However, a resurgence of coronavirus cases in Asia and concerns over high inflation levels and their impact on monetary policy capped inflows. According to Refinitiv Lipper data, global equity funds received inflows […]
EXCLUSIVE Chile wins Euroclear access for corporate bond market
Chile has sealed a long-awaited deal with Europe’s biggest securities settlement house Euroclear to include the country’s corporate bonds on the firm’s international investor platform
Goldman, Blankfein, Cohn must face shareholder lawsuit over 1MDB scandal
Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) and two former top executives were ordered by a U.S. judge on Monday to face a lawsuit accusing them of misleading shareholders about the bank’s work for 1MDB, a Malaysian fund that became embroiled in a corruption scandal.
