Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages Norway’s $1.6 trillion sovereign wealth fund, reported a 5.8% return for the third quarter, equivalent to a profit of 1.03 trillion Norwegian crowns ($102.56 billion). Deputy CEO Trond Grande attributed the strong result to “robust returns in equities, particularly in basic materials, telecommunications, and the financial sector.” The...
Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed plans to stop publishing the identities of short sellers, marking a major shift toward deregulation as part of the UK’s post-Brexit drive to streamline financial markets. Under the new regime, the FCA will disclose only anonymised, aggregate net short positions for investors holding more than 0.2% of a...
The $10.9 billion sale of Comerica to Fifth Third Bancorp, led by HoldCo Asset Management, is shaking up Wall Street’s regional banking landscape — signaling that activist investors are back to shaping deals in one of America’s most regulated sectors. HoldCo’s success in pressuring Comerica to sell has emboldened others. PL Capital recently urged Horizon...
Amundi (AMUN.PA) — Europe’s largest asset manager — reported €15.1 billion ($17.6B) in net inflows for Q3, surpassing analyst expectations amid continued ETF growth and robust performance from its Asian joint ventures. This pushed total assets under management (AUM) to a record €2.32 trillion ($2.71T), up 5.7% year-on-year, despite currency headwinds from the USD and...
A coalition of investors overseeing $11.5 trillion in assets is urging global food producers and retailers to diversify toward plant-based proteins to strengthen supply-chain resilience and reduce climate and health risks. The call, coordinated by the FAIRR Initiative, targets 20 major companies — including Nestlé, Danone, Kraft Heinz, Amazon, Carrefour, and Walmart — urging them...
Long-term investors in UnitedHealth Group (UNH) — including Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway — are pinning their hopes on a leadership revival under Stephen Hemsley, the company’s returning CEO, following one of the toughest years for the healthcare giant in more than a decade. Hemsley, who previously led UnitedHealth through a period of sustained growth, returned...