Tuesday 22 January 2019

Your Money: Baby boomer primer - Perfecting the art of giving art

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Your Money: Baby boomer primer - Perfecting the art of giving art

Baby boomer art collectors have a problem: Their heirs may not know the difference a $100 print from a garage sale and a $1 million paradigm of Abstract Expressionism.

Asset managers brace for more job cuts amid market turbulence

Turmoil on financial markets is expected to deepen layoffs and accelerate acquisitions in the fund management industry.

LJM Partners sues unnamed 'manipulators' it blames for volatility losses

LJM Partners Ltd on Friday filed a lawsuit against unnamed parties it holds responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars it lost after last year's jump in stock market volatility that effectively put the fund manager out of business.

Investors punish poorly performing hedge funds by pulling billions

Hedge funds suffered their worst quarterly outflows in two years when investors pulled $23 billion from the industry during the last three months of 2018, new data released on Friday show.

A.J. Gallagher's 'clean coal' business draws ire of green investors

Two of America's best-known green investors are reassessing their stakes in global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co after a Reuters investigation into the company's lucrative side-business in "clean coal".

Trian to skip PPG board challenge after new commitments: sources

Trian Fund Management LP will not challenge PPG Industries Inc's board of directors at its 2019 shareholder meeting after the U.S. paints and coatings company met some of the activist hedge fund's demands and announced new financial targets, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Return of risk-on fuels worst government debt outflows since October: BAML

Government bonds suffered the biggest weekly outflows since October last year as investors plowed money into emerging market and high-yield debt, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) said on Friday.

Gulfport pledges share buybacks after hedge fund demand

Natural gas and oil firm Gulfport Energy Corp said it would buy back $400 million of shares on Thursday, just hours after a public demand to that effect from hedge fund investor Firefly Value Partners.

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