| | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 35 largest U.S. banks are poised to put more money toward dividends, share buybacks and business investments, after clearing the first stage of an annual regulatory stress test on Thursday, showing they have enough capital to withstand an extreme recession. | | | CHICAGO (Reuters) - The demographic trend is no secret: the populations of the United States and other major industrial countries are getting older, and fast. That means workforces are aging too, but employers are doing surprisingly little to prepare to meet the challenges or adapt to employees' needs. | | | SYDNEY (Reuters) - One of Australia's oldest financial institutions, AMP Ltd , spent years building the country's largest network of financial advisers to recommend its products, and well over a century polishing its brand. | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.-based money market funds posted $51 billion of net outflows for the week ended Wednesday, the largest cash withdrawal since 2011 and the seventh largest ever, according to Lipper data on Thursday. | | | (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Credit Suisse Group AG of withholding up to $300 million of compensation from U.S.-based brokers when it closed their private banking unit in 2015. | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - (The writer is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are his own.) | | | CHICAGO (Reuters) - (The writer is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.) | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Equity exchange-traded funds, which draw a diverse set of clients including fast-trading hedge funds, attracted $7.54 billion of net new cash in the week ended June 13, according to Investment Company Institute data released on Wednesday. | | | LONDON (Reuters) - The majority of hedge funds are passing on charges for investment research to investors under new European Union rules, despite years of poor average performance and as many large traditional asset managers absorb the cost themselves. | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - When you are grieving a departed spouse, the last thing you want to think about is changing the title to your car. | | | | |