Michael Bloomberg, the founder of the Bloomberg media empire and a potential independent candidate in the 2016 US presidential...Read more

An investor group led by Chongqing Casin Enterprise Group (Casin Group) has agreed to buy the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) in the...Read more

After public consultation, MSCI has decided to cut 18 Hong Kong-listed stocks from its indexes because of their high concentration of...Read more

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Berkshire Hathaway chief Warren Buffett and other major investors have held...Read more

Board members are increasingly meeting with investors and companies are reaching out more to sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), according...Read more

Total hedge fund capital increased in the fourth quarter as performance gains amid sharp volatility more than made up for net capital...Read more

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has named experts in responsible investment, sustainable finance, risk management, climate change...Read more

Saudi Arabia plans to create a new sovereign wealth fund (SWF) that will likely skip asset managers and invest directly in companies...Read more

Institutional investors are braced for disappointment in quarterly results as fourth quarter reporting starts and are expecting ‘muted...Read more

Investors now view scripted answers to questions during earnings calls as a negative signal, at least partially negating the advantage...Read more

Singapore Exchange (SGX) will introduce sustainability reporting rules on a ‘comply or explain’ basis to replace the voluntary...Read more

China’s securities regulator will extend a six-month ban on stock sales by major investors after the country’s main stock indexes...Read more

IPO activity declined from 2014’s record-setting numbers but remained in line with the 10-year annual global median of IPOs amid a...Read more

Hedge fund closures rose, assets under management fell and a key hedge fund index suffered its biggest drop in four years in the third...Read more

India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE) has signed an agreement with London Stock Exchange (LSE) Group that could lead to the creation...Read more

Euronext Group’s five European exchanges plus six others from around the globe have joined the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative...Read more

Boards of directors should focus on sustainability issues that significantly affect revenue, promote board diversity and establish...Read more

The proportion of companies on Australia’s ASX 200 that offer earnings guidance has fallen steadily in the last three years amid fear...Read more

Companies with strong female leadership outperform others by 36 percent in terms of return on equity, according to MSCI analysis of...Read more

India’s securities regulator will allow stock exchanges such as the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange of...Read more

Global investor sentiment deteriorated in November as markets worldwide brace for a move toward tighter monetary policy by the US...Read more

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has gone live with ELITE Connect, a new platform the company says will help IR professionals...Read more

Most activist investors see opportunities for their brand of investment at small to mid-cap companies, particularly in the energy and...Read more

Investors and companies are both placing greater emphasis on corporate governance, but are increasingly diverging on the areas of...Read more

Index provider MSCI will include the ADRs of Alibaba, Baidu, NetEase and 11 other US-traded stocks in some of its largest indexes...Read more

Peabody Energy, the world’s largest publicly traded coal producer, misled shareholders and investors about the financial risks it...Read more

US activist investors are increasingly targeting European companies because they perceive share prices to be low and local...Read more

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched an investigation into ExxonMobil to determine whether the company has lied to...Read more

A high-frequency trader in the US has become the first person ever convicted of spoofing after the government won a case against him...Read more

Global investor confidence fell in October, led by investors in North America and Europe, amid uncertainty over economic growth and...Read more

Facebook, which has been steadily advancing into the professional world, has signed up the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) – its biggest...Read more

The world’s largest banks are failing to adequately measure, disclose or manage the risks presented by global climate change and are...Read more

Companies with strong and improving ESG reporting in emerging markets have higher annual returns and are much less likely to suffer...Read more

A sharp drop in hedge fund income from performance fees combined with lower overall returns in the industry could spur a wave of...Read more

The world’s largest sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) of oil-producing nations have been selling European equity holdings as lower oil...Read more

Company management teams were three times more likely to be bearish in the third quarter than the second, according to a survey of...Read more

London has surpassed New York to become the world’s top financial center , according to Z/Yen Group’s Global Financial Centers Index...Read more

Activist hedge funds are facing redemptions and increased pressure from investors after suffering heavy losses in the summer amid...Read more

The 2015 proxy season in the UK has seen ‘much more purposeful engagement’ but was marked by discontent with governance at several...Read more

Q4 Web Systems has acquired market intelligence firm Oxford Intelligence Partners as it targets expansion into a full-service investor...Read more

Proxy adviser ISS has acquired Scandinavia-based Ethix SRI Advisors, which offers sustainable and responsible investment (SRI)...Read more

Q4 Web Systems has launched a package of services, website and webcast tools that will be offered free of charge to companies going...Read more

Recent turmoil in Chinese stock markets may delay a plan to connect the stock exchanges of Hong Kong and Shenzhen until next year,...Read more

A US court has ordered the SEC to speed up its creation of a final rule obliging oil, gas and mining companies to disclose payments...Read more

A group of 44 US senators are calling on SEC chairman Mary Jo White to oblige companies to tell investors how much money they spend –...Read more