Swiss central bank throws financial lifeline to Credit Suisse after shares pummelled
By Noele Illien, John Revill and Tom Sims (Reuters) – Swiss regulators pledged a liquidity lifeline to Credit Suisse in…
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Hedge funds stand to lap up bearish profits from bank stock rout
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds ended last week positioned to scoop up winning profits from bearish positions…
Silicon Valley Bank is largest failure since 2008 crisis, billions stranded
By David French, Echo Wang and Alun John (Reuters) – Startup-focused lender SVB Financial Group became the largest bank to…
Global equity funds draw first weekly inflow in four weeks – Refinitiv data
(Reuters) – Global equity funds drew their first weekly inflow in four weeks in the seven days to March 8…
Markets start signalling Fed may be going too far – Amundi
By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) – Recent moves in bond and equity markets show that investors are starting to worry that…
Hedge funds’ Europe stock buying spree unlikely to be maintained -JP Morgan
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds’ bullish equity positioning in Europe is in line with some of the…
Taking Fed’s lead, UK investors fully price in BoE hike in March
LONDON (Reuters) – British investors on Wednesday fully priced in a 0.25 percentage point increase in Bank of England interest…
Stock pickers reckon it’s time to move on from central banks
By Naomi Rovnick LONDON (Reuters) -Stock market investors are calling time on the idea that the Federal Reserve, and other…
Hedge funds that did best in 2022 could fare worst in 2023 – BNP
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Trend following hedge funds that outperformed rivals in 2022 will likely underperform this year,…
UBS set to apply for China mutual fund license – WSJ
(Reuters) -Switzerland’s biggest bank UBS Group AG is looking to apply for a mutual fund license in China, the Wall…