Confidence is low, says poll October 2, 2011 EXPECTATIONS of economic growth are weakening, according to 200 fund managers surveyed by Capital Spreads, City A.M. can exclusively reveal. Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets is reporting low business confidence in a separate study, also out today. Fund managers are 18 per cent more pessimistic than they were in May, according to Capital Spreads. At the [...]
ANALYST VIEWS: WHAT CENTRAL BANK DECISIONS DO YOU EXPECT? October 2, 2011 LUIGI SPERANZA | BNP PARIBAS “Despite Eurozone inflation rising sharply from 2.5 per cent to 3 per cent we remain of the opinion that the ECB will act boldly in the meeting this week. We expect a 25 basis point rate cut, the announcement of a 12-month LTRO and possibly a new covered bond purchase [...]
Star hedge fund Winton hits $25bn October 2, 2011 THE hedge fund run by star trader David Harding has defied the industry’s poor performance this year to make returns on investments of around 6.3 per cent so far. City A.M. understands that Winton Capital, which uses scientific research to spot patterns in market behaviour, has seen funds under management rise by about 45 per [...]
Reduced profitability for Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley set to bite into bankers’ payouts October 2, 2011 MARKET turmoil is expected to have taken its toll on US investment banks in the past quarter, slashing revenues and bonus pots as the major Wall Street brokers suffer from shrinking trading volumes. Analysts expect Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to be hit particularly hard, with Goldman’s own proprietary investments seen as likely to record [...]
Intel agrees to buy Telmap October 2, 2011 Chipmaker Intel has agreed to acquire mobile navigation software maker Telmap, the chief executive of the Israel-based company said yesterday. Details of the deal were not disclosed but Israeli media said Intel is paying about $300m (£192m) to $350m. Telmap chief Oren Nissim declined to comment on the price and said the deal was expected [...]
Old Mutual mulls sale of Dwight October 2, 2011 Old Mutual Asset Management, a subsidiary of London-based investment company Old Mutual, is looking to sell Dwight Asset Management Company, according to Reuters. Dwight, which had $45.3bn (£29bn) in assets as of 30 June, is an institutional fixed income asset manager that specialises in stable-value funds for retirement plans.
Vale faces bar on Amazon mine October 2, 2011 Vale, the world’s second-largest mining company, may be unable to develop a massive new iron-ore mine in the Amazon after archeologically and environmentally sensitive caves were found at the site, the Estado de S. Paulo newspaper reported yesterday. The caves permeate much of the iron formations in the 3.4- billion-tonne Serra Sul deposit, Estado said. [...]
Fitness First pulls £1.2bn Singapore IPO October 2, 2011 GYM chain Fitness First has pulled its Singapore flotation as global market turmoil shows little sign of easing. Private equity owner BC Partners was expected to raise around £500m in a listing which would have valued Fitness First at between £1bn and £1.2bn. It has postponed the initial public offering (IPO), however, because of the [...]
E.ON hires Goldman to oversee sale of gas unit October 2, 2011 E.ON is understood to have hired Goldman Sachs to oversee the sale of its €2.5bn-rated (£2.15bn) Open Grid Europe gas distribution network. Open Grid Europe is a subsidiary of Ruhrgas, the business E.ON acquired for €10bn in 2003. The company is under pressure due to Germany’s decision to abandon nuclear power, which tipped it into [...]
UK advertising spend falls by 1.2 per cent October 2, 2011 ADVERTISING spend in the UK fell by 1.2 per cent in the second quarter, adding to an increasingly gloomy outlook for the sector. The fall was in stark contrast to the global advertising spend, which increased 5.7 per cent, according to new figures from Nielsen. In an increasingly polarised field, emerging markets saw spending rocket, [...]
