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Brookfield Asset Management Inc.’s newly formed credit arm will cater to its parent’s insurance business and will also pitch other insurers on overseeing their assets, the unit’s chief executive officer says.

The FTX bankruptcy estate has outlined its target to initiate repayments to customers by the end of 2024, as disclosed during a meeting of FTX Digital’s Joint Official Liquidators in the Bahamas. 

The impact of the Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster in Baltimore is «hard to comprehend» when it comes to the local economy and governments, according to tax revenue expert and CEO Niko Spyridonos.

AlTi Global, a global wealth and alternatives manager, announced that it is acquiring independent advisory firm East End Advisors, which manages approximately $5.6 billion in assets for UHNW families and foundations.

European and US equity futures rose Monday as US inflation figures did little to alter views that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year.

Developing economies of East Asia and the Pacific are set to see slowing growth, with higher-for-longer interest rates and worsening geopolitical tensions clouding the outlook for the region, the World Bank said.

Gold rose to a record as indications the Federal Reserve is getting closer to cutting interest rates added impetus to a rally that’s also been driven by geopolitical tensions and robust Chinese demand.

NEW DELHI : Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd (ABFRL) is evaluating a vertical demerger of the Madura Fashion & Lifestyle business from itself into a separate listed entity, the company said in an exchange filing on Monday. The proposed demerger will help create two separately-listed companies as independent growth engines with distinct capital structures and parallel value-creation opportunities, ABFRL added.

Mai apke ghar ka naam badal dun to mera ghar ban jayega kya? [If today I change the name of your house, will it become mine]." ALSO READ: US recognises Arunachal Pradesh as Indian territory, strongly opposes ‘unilateral attempts by China’, says official Jaishankar emphasised that "Arunachal Pradesh was, is and will always be a state of India". He said changing names does not have an effect. When asked about claims of alleged encroachments by China in Ladakh, Jaishankar said, “Our army is deployed there (Line of Actual Control)...they know what they need to do." Meanwhile, Ladakh-based climate activist Sonam Wangchuk alleged that China has encroached upon Indian territory.

America needs more plumbers, and Gen Z is answering the call. Long beset by a labor crunch, the skilled trades are newly appealing to the youngest cohort of American workers, many of whom are choosing to leave the college path. Rising pay and new technologies in fields from welding to machine tooling are giving trade professions a face-lift, helping them shed the image of being dirty, low-end work.

Binance executive Nadeem Anjarwalla absconded from Nigerian custody in February after his arrest. At the time, he was detained along with American colleague Tigran Gambaryan on accusations of misconduct related to the exchange.

worst atrocity against Jews since the Holocaust, conflict has spread across the Middle East. In all, ten countries are now caught up in fighting. In Gaza Israeli soldiers and Hamas are still killing each other, even as 2m people face famine.

Behind the blockbuster success of drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy is a less-noticed phenomenon: Some people don’t lose much weight on them. There is wide variation in weight loss on these types of drugs, called GLP-1s. Doctors say roughly 10% to 15% of people who try them are “non-responders," typically defined as those who lose less than 5% of their body weight.

The entity behind the layer-1 blockchain Tron has requested the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against it, arguing that the regulator’s focus on “predominantly foreign conduct” goes beyond its jurisdiction. 

demat account is as crucial as choosing the appropriate bank account for seamless banking transactions. Your demat account acts as the gateway to stock investing and trading in various securities like derivatives, bonds, commodities, and mutual funds. In recent years, there has been a significant increase in demat account additions, driven by growing awareness about stocks.

₹7,531 crore in assets under management (AUM), which tracks the performance of the Nasdaq 100 index. Another large passive fund, the Motilal Oswal S&P 500 Index Fund, also remains open for fresh investments. It tracks the broader S&P 500 rather than the Nasdaq 100, which is dominated by US technology stocks.

Some of the biggest U.S. companies in artificial intelligence have asked their Taiwanese manufacturing partners to step up production of AI-related hardware in Mexico, seeking to diminish reliance on China. Taiwan-based Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, and other Taiwanese companies are heeding the call and investing more in Mexico, according to industry executives and analysts.

Bollywood, cricket and food because they add fun to his job, not just the policy work but connecting with people. Politicians, according to him, come and go, but personal connections last a lifetime.

S Jaishankar on Monday said that India's national security interests are involved in its investigation into the alleged involvement of a government official in the assassination plot aimed at Khalistani extremist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. As reported by PTI, Jaishankar while replying to a question about US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti's statement that the involvement of a government official in an assassination bid on the citizen of another country is an “unacceptable red line", said, “It is something we are investigating as we believe our own national security interests are involved in that investigation." Also Read: Katchatheevu row: Jaishankar says ‘6,184 fishermen, 1,175 vessels detained by Sri Lanka in 20 years’ Jaishankar further noted that the US ambassador will say what he feels is the thinking or position of his government.

production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for smartphones in August 2021, as per an Economic Times report. The majority of those employed are first-time time job seekers aged between 19 and 24 years, it added citing estimates from government officials and experts. Companies that get PLI benefits are required to report employment data to the government.

Stock Market News: The beginning of the new financial year saw new highs for the domestic equities benchmark indices, the Sensex and Nifty 50, driven by metal stocks following positive data from China. An improvement in a crucial US inflation figure also helped the overall sentiment. The BSE Sensex rose by 0.81% to reach an all-time high of 74,254.62, while the blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index climbed by up to 0.91% to a new record high of 22,529.95.