6:25am

Vanguard and BlackRock keep gun stakes

Chicago mayor calls for end of investment in gun makers

Industry trends

A clearing house ©Bloomberg
The future slowly becomes clearer
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Many Americans have no idea how to plan for retirement
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5:53am

Investors apply ESG to assess bond risks

Pension investors are using environmental, social and governance criteria to try and determine the creditworthiness of sovereign bonds

5:42am

Frontier equity markets cause a stir

Returns have outpaced emerging markets since the beginning of January

5:41am

Climate change influences investment risk

A new project aims to quantify and publicise investors’ exposure to high-carbon assets

5:33am

Middle East ‘honey’ tempts asset managers

Getting business in the region depends on strong contacts and good returns

Alchemy
Rush Hour and Business District Day ©Bloomberg 5:06am

Big switch to direct sales in India

Many institutional investors have already moved away from traditional channels in the country

5:06am

Brazil reassessed after losses

Artemis Global Energy fund manager says he was wrong last year

4:56am

New funds: February 11

Morgan Stanley offers Ucits version of the hedge fund Winton Capital’s Diversified Program

The sign for the Virgin Media headquarters is seen, in Hook, Hampshire, U.K., Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. Virgin Media Inc., the second-largest U.K. cable-television service, is pushing fast Web access to stem customer losses and reverse this year's 26 percent stock slide. ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES 4:58pm

Equity and debt markets reawaken M&A

Stirring of ‘animal spirits’ among dealmakers

Locals take in the view of the city of Doha ©Getty From WORLD 4:41pm

Global deals put Qatar debt in spotlight

Financing structures are rarely made public

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