L&G’s fund arm to back climate votes at U.S., Canadian banks

By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s biggest asset manager, Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), said on Thursday it would back a number of climate-focused shareholder resolutions at the annual meetings of eight leading U.S. and Canadian banks. LGIM, insurer Legal & General’s fund arm, which manages around $1.5 trillion, said it was going public…

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Crisis jolts Wall Street bankers already resigned to tough job market

By Tatiana Bautzer NEW YORK (Reuters) -Wall Street bankers face an increasingly gloomy job market after last month’s banking crisis worsened an already bleak outlook for pay and staffing. The failure of two U.S. banks – Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank – shook confidence in the industry and prompted government intervention to protect the…

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Hedge funds retrench after getting pummeled during wild March

By Nell Mackenzie, Carolina Mandl and Summer Zhen LONDON/NEW YORK/HONG KONG (Reuters) – March’s market turmoil has forced many macro and trend-following hedge funds to cut bait on bad portfolio bets and caused at least one bank that lends to them to scrutinize its clients’ exposure, according to sources and preliminary data reviewed by Reuters….

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BlackRock calls on clients to rethink hedging strategy after UK pension crisis

By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) – BlackRock’s liability-driven investment business is urging some smaller UK pension fund clients to stop splitting assets across multiple managers, as it tries to cut the complexity and risks of a strategy that imploded last year. Asset managers worry new rules to make LDI investing more robust could render the…

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Don’t hold your breath – banking crises last years: McGeever

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -The most extraordinary outcome of the March banking shock would be if the problem dissipated quickly. Many people hope the crisis of confidence infecting global banking this month can be repelled almost as quickly as it appeared. After all, regulators and policymakers are faster and more comprehensive in their…

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Short sellers make $100 million betting against Deutsche Bank in two weeks-Ortex

LONDON (Reuters) – Short sellers have made a profit of over $100 million on paper betting against Deutsche Bank stock over the last two weeks, financial data company Ortex said on Friday. Ortex said short interest in Deutsche Bank’s European and U.S.-listed shares has doubled over that period to $360 million. Deutsche’s German shares were…

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