Australians fear for privacy as hackers steal personal data
When Emma, a lawyer, found out that details of her mental health problems had been breached in a massive cyberattack on Australia’s largest private health insurer, she feared her career…
Downed but not out: Expulsion no body blow for GE shareholders
New York General Electric Co's expulsion from the elite Dow Jones Industrial Average may be a bitter pill to swallow for shareholders, but it could be little more than a…
Swiss traders look for hedges
Switzerland's banking and monetary system is facing the possibility of a huge shake-up, and while the possibility looks remote, investors are buying up insurance against swings in the franc and…
Dollar recovery seen as an earnings risk on horizon
Late last month, the chief financial officer at Akamai Technologies Inc identified an emerging risk for the network technology company's profit outlook: the U.S. dollar. Specifically, the surprisingly strong American…
Venture fundraising in yuan soars
China-focused venture capital funds are increasing their bets on local technology companies and a further opening of Chinese domestic capital markets, raising money in the yuan at the fastest pace…
A year after Trump’s election, coal’s future remains bleak
A year after Donald Trump was elected president on a promise to revive the ailing the US coal industry, the sector's long-term prospects for growth and hiring remain as bleak…
Western banks make push into Japanese deal-making as fee pool hits record
Western banks are bulking up in Japan, attracted by record investment banking fees and expectations of a rise in deal-making as cashed-up companies in the world's third-largest economy step up…
Bull market aging but still has juice to break record
The bull market for stocks turns nine years old on Friday and, despite being long in the tooth, appears poised to set the record as the longest in history, buoyed…
Firmer US dollar boosts corporate interest in currency hedging
US multinational companies are starting to reevaluate their currency hedging strategies after a surge in the dollar in recent months, as the impact of the stronger greenback starts to show…
Investors seek cover as trade battles rattle world markets
Investors have sharply increased their use of hedging strategies, signaling concerns that the intensifying trade battle between the United States and China might hit economies from Germany to South Korea.…
