By Tom Sims and Marta Orosz FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank’s investment banking bonus pool for last year will fall by somewhat less than 10%, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Friday, providing more evidence of tougher times in finance. Bankers working on M&A origination and advisory will face around a 40%…
(Reuters) – Global equity funds secured weekly inflows for a second straight week in the week to Jan. 18 on hopes over waning inflationary risks and more measured rate hikes from the Federal Reserve, though recent data showed a drop in consumer spending. Refinitiv Lipper data showed global equity funds obtained $5.24 billion worth of…
By Lananh Nguyen and Noor Zainab Hussain DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -U.S. consumers are still in “pretty good shape,” even as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates to tame inflation, Bank of America Chief Executive Brian Moynihan told Reuters during the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting. “The consumers are spending, their wages are growing and…
By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – Fund managers’ allocation to U.S. equities collapsed in January, with 39% saying they had an underweight position, the most since October 2005, a BofA survey of global investor views on Tuesday showed. Global growth optimism hit a one-year high, while inflation expectations have peaked, according to the global Fund…
LONDON (Reuters) – The bosses of global investor Fidelity International and accountancy giant EY have voiced concerns about a fracturing of relations between the U.S. and China, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday. Anne Richards, CEO of the $610 billion money manager Fidelity International, put her level of worry about a…
LONDON (Reuters) -Investors poured money into equity and bond funds and moved money out of gold in the week to Wednesday, according to BofA Global Research, taking heart from a string of positive data points and policy changes. “You don’t get more Goldilocks than that,” the report said of Thursday numbers that showed U.S. consumer…
By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Investment Strategy Group expects U.S. equities to generate positive returns for investors in 2023 even if the economy enters a recession, according to its outlook report released on Friday. The bank’s wealth management team expect the benchmark S&P 500 to end 2023 at between 4,200 and…
(Reuters) – Activist hedge fund Bluebell Capital Partners shows no sign of halting its run of challenging the policies and executives of some of the world’s biggest companies. The group has taken on the likes of GSK Plc, Glencore Plc, Vivendi SE and Danone SA while owning minor stakes, as well as attempting to oust…
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) -An investor with a large stake in Venator Materials Plc has asked for board seats, criticizing the chemical company’s poor financial performance and a 96% drop in its share price, in a letter it sent to the board on Tuesday. J&T MS 1 SICAV owns 14.3% of Venator and…
By Nell Mackenzie (Reuters) – Investment management firm AQR’s Absolute Return Strategy in 2022 saw its best year since its inception since 1998, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Friday. The $100 billion firm AQR reaped top performances from several of its strategies, taking advantage of strong trends across futures and markets…
