 | | | | Goldman Sachs ranked as the top adviser to companies targeted by activist investors during the first half of 2020 while Morgan Stanley dropped into fourth position as the coronavirus weighed on corporations, new Refinitiv data show. | | | | | | Influential proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis on Monday said it is replacing its head of research and head of sales with two outsiders, marking another shakeup in its top ranks one year after its chief executive officer left. | | | | | | Global investors yanked almost $24 billion out of cash funds in the past week to redirect money into emerging markets, while slowing down on chasing the summer's winners, technology and gold, BofA's weekly fund flow statistics showed on Friday. | | | | | | U.S.-based stock funds posted $6.2 billion in outflows in the week to Wednesday, according to Lipper. | | | | | | Berkshire Hathaway Inc's $6.2 billion foray into Japan's five largest trading houses may signal billionaire Warren Buffett's expectation that inflation and a falling U.S. dollar may make international equities more attractive when economies worldwide recover from the coronavirus pandemic. | | | | | | Funds recommended equity holdings be trimmed to the lowest in over four years in August, despite record-breaking gains by world stocks, as the pandemic drags on and new data suggest the nascent economic rebound is stalling, Reuters polls found. | | | | | | The option of a one-time payment holiday during times of intense crisis might enable countries to pandemic-proof their bonds, a prominent debt fund believes. | | | | | | Brexit safeguards to stop asset managers in Britain running "shell" investment funds in the European Union to retain access to its markets should be hardwired into EU law, the bloc's securities watchdog said on Wednesday. | | | | | | The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is considering enforcement action against United States Oil Fund LP, the largest crude oil exchange-traded fund, due to statements made after oil prices plunged into negative territory in April. | | | | | | Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Friday it has sold shares of some of the largest U.S. banks, slashing its stakes in Wells Fargo & Co and JPMorgan Chase & Co and exiting an investment in Goldman Sachs Group Inc . | | | | | |
