South Korea and Russia agreed to launch talks next month that could lead to a free-trade accord between South Korea and the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union. “We will be able to create a new blue […]
Markit lowered its composite reading for eurozone economic activity in August, with the combined purchasing managers’ index registering 52.9 compared with July’s 53.2. The reading suggests “the economy is losing rather than gaining momentum,” said […]
Despite signs that the UK economy is doing well after the Brexit vote, Prime Minister Theresa May said that difficulties lie ahead as the country begins the yearslong process of leaving the EU. In preparation, […]
China gave Hong Kong a stern warning after several candidates favoring independence won legislative seats in the city’s first major election since 2014’s pro-democracy demonstrations. The vote drew a record turnout that reflected sharp differences […]
Indian digital-payments and e-commerce startup Paytm is raising $300 million in a funding round led by Taiwan’s MediaTek Inc. and other investors, more than doubling its valuation to $5 billion, a person with knowledge of […]
The corporate controller’s role continues to transform. Driven primarily by advances in technology and the need for organizations to capture, manage and leverage data to enhance an organization’s performance, the controller is at the center of the corporate universe. Increasingly, companies are expecting […]
A big fall in consumer confidence in stocks helped pull Taiwan’s overall consumer sentiment index down 0.62 point to 79.56 this month. All six subindices were lower, leaving the broad reading far beneath the break-even […]
The European Central Bank has purchased more than €1 trillion in government bonds over the 18 months of its quantitative-easing scheme. While bond yields have risen slightly over the past couple of weeks, the ECB […]
By Tristan Van Iersel. Indexing is at the heart of a process that has moved the investment industry from art to science, and the growing popularity of index-based investment has forced all asset managers and advisers to improve […]
PureFunds has brought to Nasdaq two technology-focused exchange-traded funds, one targeting financial technology and the other giving exposure to medical technology. The PureFunds Solactive FinTech ETF tracks a fintech index, while the PureFunds ETFx HealthTech […]
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