Hints and tips:
...said García-Herrero at Natixis. “But when they push me, I don’t know what to tell them, because there is no sector.”...
...Francisco Garcia reports. Additional reporting by Irwin Cruz and Benjamin Wilhelm...
...Last month S&P upgraded Paraguay’s rating to BB+, one rung below investment grade, bringing it in line with Moody’s and Fitch....
...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....
...DD’s Arash Massoudi and the FT’s Joshua Franklin reported earlier this week that Mark Sorrell, who co-leads M&A and is the son of advertising executive Martin Sorrell, and Gonzalo Garcia, co-head of European...
...It’s no coincidence that the S&P 500 is also having a stellar run....
...The S&P 500 index was back on form with a sterling total return approaching 10 per cent, European equities surged and even Japanese shares enjoyed rich gains after a long stint in the doldrums....
...“Things are pretty bad,” said Alicia García-Herrero, chief Asia-Pacific economist at French investment bank Natixis....
...A purchasing managers’ survey published by S&P Global last week pointed to more strong growth in wages and companies’ selling prices, particularly in the services sector....
...Now the waterfront — which forms part of Liverpool Waters, Peel L&P’s £5bn, 30-year project to transform the city’s northern docks — is taking on a new life itself....
...One good read A global economy whistle-stop tour with Matt Klein and Cardiff Garcia....
...Or, as the WSJ reported in December, that the company has rather convoluted business ties with the family of its founder, Ernie Garcia III. Just another day in madcap markets eh?...
...It is very difficult to find an active manager on the US equity market that can beat an index, such as the S&P 500.”...
...Whether the activist and Jope can work out their differences over a few pints of Cherry Garcia is another thing....
...We are at the beginning of this journey,” Garcia-Zarate said....
...“iShares Core S&P 500 and Vanguard S&P 500 are both physical ETFs. Some investors in these funds have switched to synthetic competitors.”...
...The collateral will be a basket of non-dividend paying S&P 500 stocks. This should allow the synthetic ETF to outperform BlackRock’s existing Dublin-domiciled physical S&P 500 ETF....
...In Europe last year, the average leveraged buyout used equity for more than half of the deal’s enterprise value, according to data from S&P Global....
...“Guo’s plans will need to wait,” said Alicia García-Herrero, chief economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis....
...“This means investors do not fully trust the government interventions,” said Alicia García-Herrero, chief Asia-Pacific economist at Natixis....
...S&P said China’s NPLs remained highly sensitive to economic growth, even for sizeable banks....
...“I am not sure why the PBoC has not opted for a different option, such as a takeover by a bigger institution,” Alicia Garcia-Herrero, chief economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis....
...“As a result a lot of new money is flowing into straight S&P 500 ETFs or the new sector ETFs and I think smart beta funds have done well to show any growth.”...
...Following the announcement, S&P lowered OEC’s rating to D, or default, from CC....
...Rival agency S&P Global is expected to publish its latest assessment of Italy at the end of the week....
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