MSCI Financial News

09.08 / 22:01

Lowe's Fitch MSCI show performer Marketmind: China deflation, U.S. inflation - both dent sentiment

By Jamie McGeever

09.08 / 03:49

UPS Lowe's MSCI Nikkei show Asian shares hesitant on China deflation risk, bank jitters

By Stella Qiu

09.08 / 03:21

UPS MSCI Nikkei show blues inflation data Asian shares hesitant on China inflation data, US bank jitters

Asian shares were on the defensive on Wednesday after China inflation data confirmed the recovery in the world's second-biggest economy is losing steam, while resurfacing concerns about U.S. bank stability also capped sentiment. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.1% after a 1.2% tumble a day earlier.

08.08 / 18:29

COST UPS Provident Align MSCI Emerging big in a market near you

India is on course to displace Taiwan as the second most-weighted emerging market in the MSCI EM Index. The export-oriented Chinese and Taiwanese economies are facing the effects of a global trade slowdown, which in India's case is cushioned by domestic consumption. This widens the funnel for foreign investment in Indian equities through higher allocations by passive funds.

08.08 / 13:21

NASDAQ Strategy DAX Moodys MSCI show fall Global stocks fall, dollar rallies as weak China data disappoints

By Harry Robertson and Scott Murdoch

08.08 / 11:55

UPS Provident Lowe's FIVE MSCI show New Lending by Mortgage REITs Has Dried Up

Some of the biggest names in commercial real-estate lending have all but turned off the spigot. Blackstone Mortgage Trust and KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, two of the biggest mortgage real-estate investment trusts, have halted loans to any new borrowers. While these firms continued to provide financing related to existing loans, they didn’t originate any new loans during the first half of this year, according to the companies.

08.08 / 11:27

Strategy MSCI LPL adds direct indexing to its Model Wealth Portfolios program

Financial advisors using LPL Financial’s Model Wealth Portfolios unified account management program will now have access to direct indexing.

07.08 / 12:59

UPS NASDAQ Disney MSCI show Markets on guard for US, China inflation risk

By Nell Mackenzie

07.08 / 09:27

UPS Reuters Browser MSCI Nikkei show Asia shares on guard for US, China inflation risk

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07.08 / 02:27

Lowe's NASDAQ MSCI Nikkei show inflation data Asian shares wary ahead of US, China inflation data

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan were a fraction lower in thin trade, after losing 2.3% last week. Japan's Nikkei slipped 1.0% to test its July low. A summary of the last Bank of Japan meeting showed members felt making yield policy more flexible would help extend the life of its super-easy stimulus.

07.08 / 00:39

ETF Compilation Chase MSCI performer country EM stocks are having a moment as growth bets return

Investors in emerging markets are shifting to stocks from bonds as they prepare for the world after monetary tightening. There are early signs of a rotation under way, with equity benchmarks beating local-currency bonds since the beginning of July. And traders are already starting to chase the rally, with Bank of America Corp.

06.08 / 19:23

FIVE Extreme Strategy Chase Allianz MSCI Returns China is losing out as global funds chase returns in Japan stocks

Foreign buying of Japanese equities has exceeded that of Chinese peers for the first time since 2017, according to a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. report, which cited data for the first six months of the year. Long-only managers continued to sell stocks in China and Hong Kong on a net basis in July despite a sharp rally, while buying shares in Japan, strategists at Morgan Stanley wrote in a report last week.

06.08 / 17:15

ETF Compilation Parke MSCI performer country Latin Emerging market stocks are having a moment as growth bets return

debt markets, bigger gains will come from stocks. The macro backdrop is also tilting in favor of developing nations. Emerging economies are expected to expand almost three percentage points quicker than advanced nations over the next three years, led by China, albeit at a slower pace, and India.

05.08 / 04:51

Provident COMPOSITE MSCI Cummins exclusive PFC, HDFC AMC, Cummins likely to enter MSCI Global

Power Finance Corporation, HDFC Asset Management Company, IDFC First Bank, Ashok Leyland, Cummins India, and Astral are likely to be included in the MSCI Global Standard Index in its forthcoming rejig to be announced on August 11, according to Nuvama Alternative & Quantitative Research. IDFC First Bank is expected to see inflows of $200 million from global passive funds if included in the MSCI index.

04.08 / 02:41

UPS Provident Fitch MSCI Nikkei show Asian shares rise as investor focus turns to US payrolls

Asian shares rose on Friday, while the dollar pulled back from a one-month peak as investors took stock of the slew of U.S. economic data that showed a resilient labour market ahead of a crucial non-farm payrolls report due later in the day. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.46% higher after dropping 2.3% on Thursday.

03.08 / 19:17

Provident ETF Action BlackRock MSCI track exclusive BlackRock, State Street scramble to manage greenwashing risk

Global asset managers including BlackRock and State Street are scrambling to understand whether they could be hit with greenwashing lawsuits after the action brought against Vanguard because they rely on similar global indices to structure ESG investment options.

03.08 / 18:45

Lowe's NIFTY SENSEX Fitch MSCI Stocks extend losses as FPIs continue the selling spree

MUMBAI : Benchmark indices closed in the red for the third straight session on selling by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), despite global brokerage Morgan Stanley upgrading India’s sovereign rating to overweight, citing economic resilience. However, domestic funds’ buying in the last 45 minutes of trading contained the losses by the day’s end. The FPI selling, in the wake of a Fitch Ratings’ downgrade of US credit ratings on Tuesday, contributed to the rupee weakening to 82.73 to the dollar.

03.08 / 04:43

UPS Extreme MSCI track country India upgraded to No.1 slot in Morgan Stanley's emerging markets list

Morgan Stanley on Thursday upgraded Indian stocks to overweight rating and ranked India as the No. 1 market in its basket of Asian emerging markets ex-Japan. Beating the likes of Korea and UAE, India jumped 5 places in Morgan Stanley's list on the back of a structural uptrend, secular leadership and relative valuations being less extreme than in October.

02.08 / 17:19

Lowe's Reuters Fitch MSCI ADP show Dollar shrugs off Fitch's US downgrade, advances on strong jobs data

dollar rose on Wednesday as investors shrugged off Fitch's U.S. credit rating downgrade while data showing a larger-than-expected increase in private payrolls in July bolstered the greenback as it suggested further labor market resilience. Private payrolls rose by 324,000 jobs last month, the ADP National Employment report showed, more than an increase of 189,000 that economists polled by Reuters had forecast.

02.08 / 11:01

FIVE BlackRock MSCI lawmakers BlackRock, MSCI probed by lawmakers over China investments

A US congressional committee is investigating BlackRock Inc. and MSCI Inc. for allegedly helping to facilitate American investment into Chinese companies that the government has blacklisted for human rights abuses and aiding the military.

02.08 / 07:59

NASDAQ Fitch MSCI Nikkei show track Drop Japanese shares post biggest one-day drop this year; US rating cut weighs

Japanese shares slid on Wednesday to their biggest one-day percentage drop this year, as caution prevailed across Asia after a surprise cut on the U.S. credit rating weighed on sentiment. Japan's benchmark Nikkei average closed down 2.30% at 32,707.69 in its sharpest one-day drop since Dec.

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