 | | | | A fund backed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners has made a cash offer to buy Germany's Tele Columbus AG in an agreed deal that values the fibre network operator at over 400 million euros ($487.84 million), Tele Columbus said. | | | | | | President-elect Joe Biden will be plenty busy battling the pandemic when he takes office next month, and Social Security will likely not be on top of his agenda. But nudging higher reforms for Social Security, our most important retirement program, would be a very smart move. | | | | | | U.S. households across the board built up savings during the pandemic, but low-income households are burning through their cash more quickly than higher-income families and could be out of savings soon if more aid is not delivered, according to a study released on Wednesday. | | | | | | (Reuters) -U.S. custodian bank State Street Corp is exploring options for its asset management business, including a merger with a competitor, as it seeks to gain scale, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. | | | | | | The U.S. Department of Labor on Friday finalized a rule requiring pension funds to vote on shareholder proposals only when there is an economic reason, a change that would curb investors from casting their ballots on many corporate proxies. | | | | | | Bank of America will join the Netherlands as a primary dealer in 2021, the Dutch State Treasury Agency said on Friday in its outlook for next year. | | | | | | BofA said on Friday that its wealth management clients further increased allocation to equities in their portfolios last week, closing in on the record levels seen in March 2015, as they prepare for stronger returns in 2021. | | | | | | Morgan Stanley said on Friday that it expects the FTSE 250 index to drop 6% to 10% if Britain fails to agree a trade deal with the European Union before the end of a transition period. | | | | | | Fraud risk analyst Rajendran Raj was used to the odd out-of-hours alert from authorities, but a call one Saturday in March heralded a new era, of tackling criminals seeking to cash in on coronavirus. | | | | | | U.S.-based equity funds posted a $7.7 billion net outflow in the latest week, ending a four-week streak of inflows, according to Lipper. | | | | | |
