HEADLINES

Wealth managers are cutting some credit they extend to wealthy clients as worldwide financial markets chaos triggers a significant increase in margin calls according to Reuters.

The coronavirus outbreak, that started in China late last year, has left businesses around the world counting costs.

HSBC has said it will axe around 35,000 jobs over three years and cut $100 billion of assets as part of a major shake-up to revive its fortunes and boost returns to investors. The bank's interim chief executive, Noel Quinn, confirmed on Tuesday (Feb.

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE),  formerly the Federation Internationale des Bourses de Valeurs (FIBV), or International Federation of Stock Exchanges,  has set out its business priorities for the new year.

The world’s 2,153 billionaires have more wealth than the 4.6 billion people who make up 60 percent of the planet’s population, reveals Oxfam’s new report, "Time to Care", released ahead of this week’s Davos meeting of business and political leaders. 

After a year dominated by trade wars, political turmoil, geopolitical risks and worsening economic data in many countries around the world,  2019 comes to a close. Vanguard, one of the world's largest investment management companies, J.P.

As central banks around the world are experimenting with subzero borrowing costs, Riksbank is worried that negative rates are damaging the economy. Sweden's central bank, ended five years of negative interest rates on Thursday (Dec.

Australia is the world’s greatest loser in economic outcomes this year.

Tiffany & Co has given up the fight to remain an independent company.

Dealmaking in the exchange sector continues to gather pace. Switzerland’s SIX Group and the Pan-European stock market operator Euronext battle to acquire Madrid-based Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME), one of Europe’s last substantial independent exchanges.