Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group swung to a ¥1.2tn ($7.8bn) profit in its latest quarter, driven by a string of successful initial public offerings in India and better tech valuations. The company’s results easily beat analysts’ … Read more
Jordan Strah has taken on the position of Portfolio Manager for the catastrophe bond funds and other insurance-linked securities (ILS) strategies at Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions.Strah joined K2 Advisors, the hedge fund focused unit of Franklin Templeton, back in 2022 working as a Research Analyst and Portfolio Manager within the team that looked after the … Read more
Paul Tudor Jones made some waves last week on a CNBC interview: He’s worried government spending and deficit levels are going to lead to a crisis: “The question is after this election will we have a Minsky moment here in the United States and U.S. debt markets?” Jones said, referring to shorthand for a dramatic … Read more
Posted October 21, 2024 by Ben Carlson Today’s Talk Your Book is sponsored by Dimensional Fund Advisors: See here for more information on DFAs factor focused suite of funds On today’s show, we discuss: How DFA separates itself in the advisory world Converting a mutual fund to an ETF How DFA tries to outperform How … Read more
The case concerns Dutch pension funds, some of which are compulsory occupational pension funds, sectoral pension funds and company pension funds, and the question of whether these pension funds are regarded as investment funds whose management is exempt from VAT under Article 135(1)(g) of the VAT Directive. The pension funds in question had contracted the … Read more