 | | | | HSBC Holdings (HSBA.L) has agreed to acquire French insurer Axa's (AXAF.PA) Singapore assets for $575 million, part of its strategy of scaling up its wealth-management business in Asia to boost fee income. | | | | | | Investors have made a beeline into so-called "value trades", adding cash into European stocks and financial and material shares during the past week, BofA's weekly statistics showed on Friday, keeping the region's markets on a record-breaking run. | | | | | | Based on expectations that U.S. inflation will be transitory and that the Federal Reserve will clearly communicate its plans to taper asset purchases, major global fund managers say they remain invested in risky assets. | | | | | | Activist investor Cevian Capital said on Thursday that British insurer Aviva (AV.L) has made a "good start" in returning four billion pounds ($5.54 billion) to shareholders but that more needed to be done. | | | | | | Australia's AMP Ltd (AMP.AX) reported a smaller-than-expected drop in profit for the first half on Thursday, pushing up its shares even as earnings at its core wealth and funds businesses continued to deteriorate. | | | | | | Two powerful proxy advisory firms support an activist investor's proposal to overhaul the financial structure at auto service company Monro Inc (MNRO.O), according to reports seen by Reuters, paving the way for all shareholders to have a say on hot-button issues where one person now has veto power. | | | | | | A consortium led by BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has invested in assets managed by Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala and in a private equity fund, Mubadala said on Wednesday. | | | | | | From container ships to cardboard, tighter environmental regulations are stoking shortages and price spikes as 'greenflation' takes a grip, adding a new twist to corporate valuations. | | | | | | Dire warnings about climate change are a call to action for investors who put their money into helping the environment. But the news also heightens a debate about how to make these strategies effective, financial executives said. | | | | | | Marathon Asset Management's long-serving president and chief operating officer, Andrew Rabinowitz, is leaving the $22 billion hedge fund and his duties will be split among a trio of firm veterans, two people familiar with the matter said. | | | | | |
