US corporate earnings are booming, but investment gains are making the surge look much stronger than the underlying businesses justify, according to University of Florida finance professor Baolian Wang. He expects stock-market valuations to keep falling …

“Mgmt at WFC are a bunch of douchebag assclowns.” That is, literally, one of the comments posted under an investment article about Wells Fargo. Funny, perhaps. It could be the English-language version of Het Laatste Nieuws (The Latest News). But it is not …

The UK equity market remains relatively cheap and has defensive qualities. Its sector composition also offers protection against a correction in technology stocks. After years of underperformance, investors have turned their attention back to UK equities. …

Ever since the 60/40 portfolio let investors down in 2022, an increasing number of industry players have been advocating to add alternative assets or strategies to traditional stock-and-bond portfolios. The talk has mainly been on private markets, …

Investors can now map which assets are exposed to drought, heat and water stress. Candriam says they still struggle with the harder question: how much those risks should affect valuations. Candriam is known as a specialist in sustainable investing, which …

Angélique Krebs has joined Mourant, an offshore law and governance services group, as managing director and head of its Luxembourg chartered accountant entity, part of the firm’s governance services business. Krebs joins after more than 10 years at a Big …

A year after M&G Investment agreed a partnership with one of the largest insurance companies in Japan, Daiichi Life is contributing considerably to the inflows. M&G now is preparing for a broader test of the alliance: winning business from Japanese retail …

Law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is setting up more Shariah-compliant private-credit and other alternative funds for Gulf clients than two or three years ago. Most sit outside official lists, leaving the exact scale of the increase unclear. Geoffroy …

The US midterms are struggling to command investors’ attention. Earnings, AI and the Fed matter more to stocks. Neither party offers bondholders relief from the deficits and Treasury supply pushing up long-term yields. Valentin Bissat, chief economist and …

After strong labor market data and inflation that remains above the Fed’s target, the market has reached its conclusion: the policy rate is almost certain to rise next week. The probability increased from 59 percent to 87 percent after last week’s …

Wall Street’s earnings boom is less solid than it looks, says valuation expert

The price of a tirade

‘UK equities are a hedge against a big tech correction’

Morningstar: AQR versus Man Group in Multistrategy

Investors struggle to price physical climate risk

Transfers: Mourant, Banking Circle, EQT, VP Bank, Astorius, Eurex, LBP, AEW, Briarwood

M&G set to test promise of Daiichi alliance

Norton Rose sees Gulf fund revival in private markets

US Midterms promise little for stocks or bonds

What does Warsh actually want?