Short-selling saw a 34 percent boost on trading and investment platform Capital.com in Q2, according to the latest Pulse report from the firm.
Thirty-eight percent of traders using the platform carried out short-position trades last quarter – a figure 34 percent higher than in Q1 this year a...
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Half of investors want corporates to shore up balance sheets amid what Bank of America (BofA) describes as ‘dire levels of investor pessimism’.
This is now the most popular choice among investors responding to the monthly BofA Fund Manager Survey (FMS) – far more so than looking for companies to increase capex (29 percent) or buybacks (15 percent).
The July survey shows global growth expectations to be at an all-time low at net -79 percent.
The f...
More than half (55 percent) of investors and analysts say their view of the market is either ‘neutral to bearish’ or ‘bearish,’ a rise from 43 percent last quarter, according to the latest survey by Corbin Advisors.
The research, which polled 80 institutional investors and sell-side analysts globally between June 2-J...
With different standards around the world and the SEC, ISSB and EU proposing different frameworks, inconsistency around ESG terminology and methodology is a ‘major concern’ among global financial institutions working across jurisdictions, IROs heard during the NIRI 2022 conference.
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Investors are looking beyond voting at AGMs and adopting a broader range of tools for engaging with listed companies, according to new research from the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC).
The study polled the views of 55 asset managers and owners following the introduction of the UK Stewardship Code 2020, ...
– Reuters (paywall) reported that a growing number of large US companies have said they will cover travel costs for employees who must leave their home states to access abortions, but these new policies could expose businesses to lawsuits and even potential criminal liability, according to legal experts. Amazon.com, Apple, Lyft, Micr...