CashNews.co Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As they jostle for supremacy in semiconductor chips and green technology, America and China have been locked into an increasingly disruptive game of tit-for-tat trade warfare. They have unleashed a panoply of export controls, […]
Betting big on a new boss is not necessarily a mug’s game #NewsMarket
CashNews.co Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Highly paid bosses like to think they make or break a company’s performance. Investors — not averse to the narrative of the all-powerful executive — have been known to froth up a stock on […]
Bermuda premier defends ‘robust’ insurance sector after 777 Re crisis #NewsMarket
CashNews.co Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Bermuda’s premier has defended the robustness of the island’s life reinsurance sector, saying “you can never prevent all problems from occurring”, following a crisis at a Hamilton-based reinsurer linked to private equity firm 777 […]
West Yorkshire Pension Fund buys 25% stake in flood prevention investor #NewsMarket
CashNews.co Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Financial services myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. One of the UK’s largest local government pension schemes has bought a significant stake in the first UK fund manager specialising in returns from cutting companies’ flooding and water-quality risks. The West Yorkshire Pension […]
Companies issue record level of US debt to avoid market turbulence and election risk #NewsMarket
CashNews.co Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Companies issued record volumes of US debt this week as they moved to head off possible volatility from closely watched economic data, a Federal Reserve meeting and a fast-approaching presidential election. Twenty-nine US investment-grade […]
Indonesia warns of ‘chaos’ from EU deforestation law #NewsMarket
CashNews.co Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Indonesian palm oil producers have warned of global supply chain disruption if the EU proceeds with a ban on the import of commodities linked to deforestation this year. Indonesia is the world’s biggest palm […]
Orange juice squeezed by Brazilian drought #NewsMarket
CashNews.co Orange juice prices have skyrocketed to all-time highs as severe drought and widespread crop disease have crushed yields in Brazil, the world’s top exporter, leaving soft-drink companies facing a “dire” situation. Concentrated orange juice futures traded on Intercontinental Exchange in New York hit $4.92 a pound on Friday, almost three times higher than prices […]
The way forward for ESG #NewsMarket
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Costly cat bonds help vulnerable countries weather the storm #NewsMarket
CashNews.co Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. From earthquakes to tornadoes, natural disasters have inflicted billions of dollars of damage this year. But so far they have had minimal impact on the catastrophe bond market. These disaster risk financing tools are […]
Why I think these Reits deserve a second look #NewsMarket
CashNews.co Finally, slowly, interest rates are set to fall — probably to between 4 and 4.75 per cent in the UK and the US. That’s refocused investors’ attention on rate-sensitive sectors. And, since they are built on mountains of debt, you don’t get much more rate-sensitive than real estate investment trusts, or Reits, companies that […]