Euro zone governments have raised 15 billion euros ($15 billion) from green bonds over the last two weeks, pushing volumes above a year ago even as heightened volatility cuts issuance…
Stretched valuations and the resulting pullback in equities have prompted more interest in long/short fund strategies that can provide some protection against market declines and wild swings, hedge fund and…
Individual investors have been working the phones for advice in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcements which have sparked fears of a recession. Among the most…
The Federal Reserve’s decision to keep its policy rate steady was the most significant economic development of the past week. Their announcement suggested that the economy might face some challenges…
Markets no longer think Donald Trump is full of bluster and are moving quickly to anticipate a slowdown in US and global growth as he raises a wall of tariffs…
Behind a record surge in cocoa prices this year, a corner of financial markets that drives the cost of chocolate underwent a seismic shift: the hedge funds that oiled its…
Markets are tentatively optimistic France’s budget may eventually pass through its fractured parliament, but remain sceptical about how quickly the country can tidy up its finances just as rating reviews…
Government bond markets, which have enjoyed a summer of solid price gains, now face a reckoning with their bets for speedy central bank rate cuts and slowing inflation, not to…
Mounting unease over the US economic outlook and a seasonally weak month for stocks have created another perfect storm of global market volatility, leaving investors scrambling for protection and fearing…
Big investors are bracing for this summer’s stock market rout to run into the autumn, fearing a broader wave of selling will follow the turmoil sparked by US recession concerns…
