Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Crypto investors are eagerly awaiting an imminent ruling from the SEC that will likely approve the trading of a spot bitcoin ETF, more than a decade after initial attempts were rejected. 13 companies have filed for a spot bitcoin ETF: Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Ark/21 Shares Bitcoin Trust Bitwise
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From baby bonds to pension funding, 2023 was a year for progress in Connecticut, according to the annual report released Wednesday by State Treasurer Erick Russell. “The work done by our agency often focuses on the long-term — sustained investment success, low-cost infrastructure funding, helping families save for college, and now our landmark ‘CT Baby
Howard Davies, chairman of Natwest Group Plc. Bloomberg | Getty Images The chair of one of Britain’s biggest banks faced a backlash Friday after saying it is not “that difficult” to get on the property ladder. NatWest chair Howard Davies told the BBC’s “Today” program that the current economic landscape — which has seen interest
Continued financial pressure will impact the nonprofit healthcare system in 2024, Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings analysts said Thursday. “We think we have another tough year ahead of us,” Fitch Senior Director Kevin Holloran said during a webinar. Despite some positives, such as an increase in demand, labor costs remain a major problem for
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Widespread flooding across the UK this week is expected to put upward pressure on home insurance prices, which are already rising swiftly as insurers respond to inflation in rebuilding costs and the effects of a
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A record number of large healthcare companies filed for bankruptcy in the US last year, underlining the industry’s struggles with problems ranging from rising costs to falling patient numbers and tougher regulation. Eighteen companies with
Bonds used to buy eight senior living properties in Michigan and Ohio are likely to default within six months, S&P Global Ratings said. On Dec. 21, S&P placed bonds issued for Great Lakes Senior Living Communities LLC — already rated deep in the speculative grades at CCC-minus — on CreditWatch with negative implications. The bonds
The Office of Management and Budget would be required to disclose any infrastructure projects that are more than $1 billion over budget or more than five years behind schedule under a bill that has passed a Senate committee. A companion bill in the House has been introduced in two committees. The Senate Committee on Homeland
Ken Griffin, Citadel at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha, Sept. 28, 2022. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Billionaire investor Ken Griffin’s various hedge fund strategies all posted double-digit returns for 2023, but they failed to beat the broader market. Citadel’s multistrategy Wellington fund gained 15.3% last year, according to a person familiar with the returns. The flagship fund had
Cliff Asness. Chris Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cliff Asness’ longest running multistrategy fund at AQR Capital Management returned 18.5% last year, net of fees, according to a person familiar with the performance. The AQR Absolute Return strategy, which was created in 1998, benefited the most from profitable picks among value stocks in 2023, according
My personal style signifier is a large-brimmed hat, often in prints to match my dresses. The colour palette is always shades of soft pastels – blues, lilacs and pinks. I got married in a wonderful straw hat wrapped in a long veil. Very Scarlett O’Hara. One of Beccaria’s hats made from flower petals, designed and created in-house ©
As Bangladesh prepares for an election on Sunday, Minarul Islam, 37, is already resigned to the outcome. “If there was competition then I’d have a choice,” he said on a busy street in Dhaka, the capital. “But there isn’t, so I have to vote for the Awami League”, the ruling party of Prime Minister Sheikh
Municipals were little changed Wednesday, while U.S. Treasury yields fell slightly and equities ended the session down after the Federal Open Market Committee’s December meeting minutes offered little insights into future rate cuts. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Wednesday was at 56%, the three-year at 58%, the five-year at 58%, the 10-year at 58% and the
The Puerto Rico Oversight Board issued a revised proposed Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority plan of adjustment that incorporates a recent deal with unsecured creditors, which sets aside $254 million more to pay them than the prior plan did. The revised plan of adjustment, if approved, would pay off unsecured creditor claims using a combination
The Federal Reserve‘s effort to bring down inflation has so far been successful, a rare feat in economic history. The central bank signaled in its latest economic projections that it will cut interest rates in 2024 even with the economy still growing, which would be the sought-after path to a “soft landing,” where inflation returns to the Fed’s
A “For Sale” sign sits in front of a new home May 27, 2004 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Mortgage demand ended 2023 on a sour note, despite a sharp drop in mortgage interest rates during December. Total application volume was down 9.4% for the week ended Dec. 29, compared with two
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. There is a fair chance that by the time the trees come into leaf in Washington, Frankfurt and London, this decade’s inflation crisis will definitively be over. The eye of the storm has already passed
In this article Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Investor Steve Eisman of “The Big Short” fame is questioning the level of bullishness on Wall Street — even with the market’s tepid start to the year. From enthusiasm surrounding the “Magnificent Seven” technology stocks to expectations for multiple interest rate cuts this year, Eisman believes
Municipals were lightly traded and little changed in the first session of 2024 while U.S. Treasuries were weaker and equities lost ground as markets pulled back to reassess expectations after the end-of-year’s large rally. Triple-A yields were softer in spots while USTs saw yields rise six to 10 basis points with the larger losses on
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has opened its search for three new board members: two public representatives and one representative from the regulated side, to serve for the 2025 fiscal year. Selected nominees will be elected to four-year terms beginning Oct. 1, and will join the full fifteen-member Board which represents a cross section of
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