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...The blue-chip S&P 500 closed up 0.9 per cent, at a new record, continuing a rally that has pushed the index 27 per cent higher since October. The Nasdaq Composite gained 1.3 per cent....
...The ship’s liability insurance is provided in the first instance by Britannia P&I, part of a global group of liability insurers that share their losses between themselves and $3bn worth of reinsurance....
...Tim Rourke, UK head of P&C pricing, product, claims and underwriting at WTW, said the data suggested “the relentless rise in prices may finally be turning a corner”....
...Wall Street’s S&P 500, the tech-dominated Nasdaq Composite, Japan’s Nikkei 225, Germany’s Dax and France’s CAC 40, among other indices, have all hit their highest-ever levels in recent weeks, amid hopes...
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...The S&P 500 experienced its sharpest decline since the middle of February and US government bonds also rose as investors sought safe-haven assets....
...Berkshire’s line-up of managers, however, is to P/C insurance what Cooperstown’s honorees are to baseball.”...
...their debt in 2024 than in any start to the year since the global financial crisis as inflationary pressures and high interest rates continue to weigh on the world’s riskiest borrowers, according to S&P...
...The Russell 2000 index has risen 24 per cent since the beginning of 2020, lagging behind the S&P 500’s more than 60 per cent gain over the same period. Read the full story. 4....
...CERAWeek, the global energy conference sponsored by S&P Global, begins today in Houston, with guest speakers including the chair and chief executive of ExxonMobil Darren Woods....
...S&P this month downgraded Thames Water’s top-ranked class A debt to BBB-, the bottom rung of investment-grade, just one notch above junk....
...This cover is provided in the first instance to the Dali by Britannia P&I Club....
...Eric Platt, along with worthy collaborators Eva Xiao, Patrick Mathurin, Ian Smith and Myles McCormick, have produced a tremendous series about the future of Berkshire Hathaway without Warren Buffett....
...demand for foreign currency-denominated long-term savings policies remains strong, given [the] interest rate differential between Hong Kong and mainland China,” said Billy Teh, associate director at S&P...
...Chart of the day The S&P 500 stock index yesterday crossed the milestone of 5,000 points for the first time....
...Dennis Kelleher, chief executive of Washington-based Better Markets, which advocates for tighter regulation, said the figures were more reflective of bad practice in newer corners of finance than an improvement...
...Economic data: S&P Global will release its purchasing managers’ indices for manufacturing and services for February and annualised existing home sales for January will also be published....
...More than half of Thames Water’s debt is index-linked, according to rating agency S&P, burdening it with higher interest repayments as inflation soared over the past 18 months.The utility may also face large...
...Corporate results: Aston Martin Lagonda, Computacenter, GSK, Haleon, Next and Smith & Nephew will post results....
...And here’s what I’m keeping tabs on today: Economic data: The Institute for Supply Management will release its monthly US manufacturing survey while S&P Global publishes its Mexico manufacturing survey....
...The EU, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain will publish S&P Global and HCOB manufacturing purchasing managers’ indices data....
...Economic data: S&P Global publishes manufacturing purchasing managers’ indices for the eurozone, UK, US, Canada and Mexico today....
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