Reuters - European shares climbed on Friday while most Asian shares fell as investors sought to balance economic worries with a new era of lower interest rates ahead of […]

Bloomberg - Komodo Capital Management Pte’s hedge fund outperformed rivals as Chief Investment Officer Angus Cameron employed strategies he developed during Japan’s slump in the 1990s to profit from the global financial turmoil.
The Singapore-based firm’s KC Asia Fund has gained 8.3 percent this year, Cameron said yesterday. Other macro hedge funds, which seek to profit […]

Telegraph.co.uk - The American Presidential election next month may have significant implications for investors because the US remains by far the largest economy in the world.
Senators McCain and Obama have articulated differing approaches to taxes, trade, foreign policy and the government’s role in its citizens’ lives. The question is, will the candidates’ distinguishing campaign […]

Bloomberg- South Korean life insurers are shunning U.S. and European corporate bonds because of a rising risk of default and plowing money into domestic debt.
Samsung Life Insurance Co., Korea’s biggest insurer, is diverting $500 million into 10-year government bonds, said Koo Sung Hoon, head of investments at the company. Kyobo Life Insurance Co., the third-largest, […]