Analysis-Wall Street heavyweights warn of pain ahead despite market’s recent reprieve

By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Some of Wall Street’s biggest names are throwing cold water on expectations that the U.S. economy will scrape through 2023 without a recession, even as hopes of easing inflation and resilient growth propel stocks higher. Banks and asset managers that have reiterated recession calls include BlackRock, Wells Fargo…

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U.S. targets ’08 crisis trader conflicts in new rule, decade after 1st try

By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Wall Street’s top regulator on Wednesday unanimously voted to propose a rule barring traders in asset-backed securities from betting against the very assets they sell to investors, behavior that became infamous in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis. The rule is among the last to be adopted under…

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New York pension seek stricter climate emissions rules from bank portfolios

By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – Shareholder resolutions filed by New York City’s top pension official will ask top Wall Street banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co and Bank of America to set stricter 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets for portfolio companies. If the advisory proposals come to a vote at bank shareholder meetings this…

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Top hedge funds earned sharply less for clients in 2022, LCH data shows

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) -The 20 best performing hedge fund managers earned $22.4 billion for investors in 2022, marking their slimmest gains since 2016 as many firms, including Tiger Global Management, struggled with slumping financial markets, LCH Investments data show. The top 20 managers, led by Ken Griffin’s Citadel, Bridgewater Associates and D.E. Shaw Group,…

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China reopening spurs record inflows into emerging market funds -BofA

LONDON (Reuters) -Investors poured a record $12.7 billion into emerging-market debt and equity funds in the week to Wednesday, in response to China’s easing of its COVID-19 restrictions on activity, data on Friday from BofA Global Research showed. The sudden shift in Chinese policy has boosted many different asset classes, from commodities and mining stocks…

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