Global government bond returns finished January on a positive note, buoyed by expectations of further quantitative easing, such as in Canada, the E.U. and the U.K., or rates staying the same, such as in the U.S., according to a new report by FTSE Russell. It found long Canadian real returns were up 2.6 per cent, […]
Most U.S. universities made money on their financial investments last year, but their returns were tempered by a global economic slowdown fueled by America’s trade war with China, according to an annual survey of school finance chiefs. The survey, released Thursday, found that college and university endowments returned an average of 5.3 per cent in […]
The top three extreme risks for investors to watch are global temperature change, global trade collapse and cyber warfare, according to a new report by Willis Towers Watson’s Thinking Ahead Institute. In the report, extreme risks are considered events that are highly unlikely to occur — but could have a large impact on economic growth […]
Watch equity markets closely as trade tension continues: experts