Equities
Microsoft’s $26bn LinkedIn deal prompts mixed views
News of Microsoft’s LinkedIn acquisition has generated mixed views over its merit.
Leveraged and inverse ETFs debut in Hong Kong
Samsung Asset Management has launched Hong Kong’s first leveraged and inverse ETFs.
Investors in wait-and-see mode as data give few hints
Financial markets have lacked direction in recent months, with the main equity indices all very close to where they were at the start of the year. Macroeconomic data are not strong enough to reinvigorate the bull market, yet not sufficiently weak to stoke fears of recession.
ANALYSIS: Global flexibility key for proposed Woodford fund
When Woodford Investment Management contemplates a new fund, the market tends to sit up and take notice and, with good reason.
ANALYSIS: The other side of the Brexit coin
As the Brexit vote looms the focus is on what it will mean for Britain, but there is another side to this coin.