Cheap debt and low organic growth prompt investors to reward acquisitions
As organic corporate growth remains slow or stagnant since the financial crash, investors have turned to rewarding companies for...
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Investor perspectives Archive
Investors want higher corporate investment, BofAML survey shows
Investors increasingly want companies to boost investments as global optimism rises, and most call for higher capital expenditures...
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Optimism keeps ZEW indicator at near seven-year high
Investor optimism in the German economy hovers near a seven-year high in January, indicating steady confidence in economic...
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Fund managers increasingly optimistic about company profits in 2014
Investment managers are optimistic about corporate profits and US economic growth in the first quarter of 2014 even as they brace...
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Regulators target ‘too big to fail’ investment firms
Investment firms with more than $100 bn in assets under management may be ‘too big to fail’, according to regulators. Fund...
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First western fund manager given direct China access
Ashmore Group, the UK fund manager, has become the first company outside of Hong Kong to receive China’s RMB Qualified Foreign...
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Hedge funds grew at fastest pace in five years in 2013
Hedge funds added $229 bn to their combined assets under management in 2013, the fastest growth since 2007, according to...
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Global investor optimism rises in December
The outlook of investors around the world improved in December on a wave of renewed optimism from Europe.The Global Investor...
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Hedge fund launches decline, liquidations rise
Launches of new hedge funds dropped to nearly a three-year low in the third quarter of the year and the number of hedge fund...
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European stocks most ready for correction
An improvement in the European economic situation and outlook are spurring a rise in investor optimism ahead of 2014 that may...
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