January 31, 2025

Category: Markets

Sharia pension funds swell amid returns boost
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Sharia pension funds swell amid returns boost #NewsMarket

CashNews.co Some of the UK’s biggest pension providers saw record flows into sharia-compliant funds last year following much better returns than their default products. National Employment Savings Trust (Nest), the UK’s state-backed pension scheme, drew more than £180mn into its sharia fund last year, boosting assets under management by around a third. Meanwhile People’s Partnership’s […]

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what’s wrong with the London stock market?
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what’s wrong with the London stock market? #NewsMarket

CashNews.co Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Investments myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The UK equity market is dead. Long live the UK equity market. What can investors expect from Britain’s evolving, some would say dissolving, capital markets? The debate about how to revive the moribund local bourse […]

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Public or private, investment banks win either way
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Public or private, investment banks win either way #NewsMarket

CashNews.co Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When David Solomon publicly downplays the value of companies going public, it might sound like a turkey voting for Christmas. The Goldman Sachs boss said on Wednesday that the reasons for start-ups to consider […]

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Leave synthetic risk transfers alone!
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Leave synthetic risk transfers alone! #NewsMarket

CashNews.co Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Last year the IMF dug into the burgeoning “synthetic risk transfer” phenomenon, warning that it “can generate risks to financial stability that need to be assessed and monitored”. Naturally, Alphaville couldn’t resist taking a […]

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