Goldman Sachs Group Inc. plans to dismiss underperformers as soon as next month, as part of the Wall Street firm’s annual evaluation of staff, the Financial Times reported. Reductions this year will be at the lower end of the bank’s usual range of 1% to 5% of its workforce, the...
Former FTX executive Ryan Salame pleaded guilty to criminal charges stemming from the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange. Salame, who was the co-chief executive of FTX’s Bahamas subsidiary before the exchange imploded last November, appeared in Manhattan federal court on Thursday afternoon. Flanked by lawyers and wearing a blue suit and Bitcoin...
HSBC Holdings Plc has made a u-turn on its dollar forecast, predicting the world’s reserve currency will now strengthen well into next year given weaker global economic prospects. The greenback should gain as faltering growth in Europe and China weigh on risk sentiment and drive demand for assets linked to...
Global food prices resumed declines to the lowest in more than two years amid ample supplies of cooking oils and dairy, even as worries persist over flows of key staples from some regions. An index of food-commodity costs fell 2.1% last month on subdued demand and good output of vegetable...
Crypto exchange-traded-products issuer 21Shares and Cathie Wood’s Ark Investment Management are seeking to offer the first U.S. ETF that invests directly in ether. The firms are hoping to debut the ARK 21Shares Ethereum ETF, according to a Wednesday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Their application is the first...
Stocks declined, while Treasury yields climbed after a stronger-than-estimated reading on the US services industry bolstered speculation the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates higher for longer. The S&P 500 closed below 4,500 and the Nasdaq 100 fell almost 1% — with Apple Inc. leading a slide in big tech...
The dollar’s recent strength has confounded naysayers, and according to some hedge funds, the rally isn’t over. K2 Asset Management says the greenback will continue to charge higher as US interest rates remain elevated while AVM Capital expects rising Treasury yields to boost the currency. Alternative asset manager Clocktower Group...
Gold investment has risen over the past year, driven by central bank purchases, with overall implied allocations by non-bank investors at the highest since end-2012, JPMorgan Chase & Co. analysts including Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou said in a note. The implied allocation to gold has been rising since the pandemic and looks...
With economic storm clouds gathering, Canada’s bank regulator is considering stricter capital requirements that some analysts say have the potential to force Royal Bank of Canada, the nation’s biggest lender, to sell equity. The banks, which make up the largest sector weighting on the S&P/TSX Composite Index, have dropped 4.6%...
Australian Retirement Trust, the country’s second largest pension fund, is scouring the world for a new chief executive officer after Bernard Reilly announced he was stepping down. Reilly, who will leave in February, oversaw the largest merger to date in Australia’s fast-growing pensions industry when Sunsuper and QSuper combined last...