 | | | | BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Reuters) - Hedge funds, following an extended period of low investor confidence and unspectacular returns, are poised to be great again, according to managers at a West Coast gathering of some of the world's largest investors. | | | | | | (Reuters) - A potential new U.S. fund could help investors profit from their devotion to cats, dogs and other house pets. | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Slow revenue growth and challenges from the recent U.S. tax reform are hurting many U.S. states' credit quality, said global investment management firm Conning on Tuesday as it issued a negative outlook for the sector for the rest of 2018. | | | | | | WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand financial authorities have met with the country's biggest banks seeking assurances they are not engaged in the sort of misconduct exposed at their Australian parent banks by a powerful judicial inquiry. | | | | | | (Reuters) - Chinese conglomerate HNA Group has dropped its bid for most of SkyBridge Capital, a hedge fund investment firm founded by U.S. President Donald Trump's former aide Anthony Scaramucci, as the deal was still stuck with U.S. regulators after more than a year. | | | | | | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The windfall gains from the tax cuts passed by the U.S. Congress in December have brought back "animal spirits" that encourage risk-taking throughout corporate America, according to some of the participants at the annual Milken Institute Global Conference in California on Monday. | | | | | | BEVERLY HILLS, Calif (Reuters) - Women speakers at the Milken Institute Global Conference on Monday called for a new push for change in the corporate world and investing now that the #MeToo movement has spread to industries outside of Hollywood. | | | | | | Highlights from this week's Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills. | | | | | | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The global social media movement known through the Twitter hashtag #MeToo has highlighted sexual misconduct in business, entertainment and politics, and will be on the agenda at this year's Milken Institute Global Conference, which starts on Sunday. | | | | | |
