Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management is planning to switch 18 of its largest synthetic ETFs to physical replication, reports ft.com. The switch will happen in the first half of 2014, and includes the following ETFs: STOXX EUROPE 600; EURO STOXX 50; FTSE 250; MSCI Europe; MSCI Mexico; FTSE 100; IBEX 35; MSCI Europe Small Cap; […]
Lululemon CEO Christine Day and founder Chip Wilson are stepping down as the yogawear company continues to expand globally, reports Reuters.
The economic slowdown in emerging markets will continue until more countries “enact structural reforms to adjust to new conditions after the boom of recent years,” Unilever CEO Paul Polman told Bloomberg. Polman added EMs are fragile, saying their lackluster growth will affect consumer sales. Read more. Also read: Go global for dividend growth Key Asian […]
The price companies paid for acquisitions was reduced by 15.4% when women were on the board.
U.S. policymakers still expect to dial down bond purchases within a few months.
In light of the recent tragedy in the Philippines, a Canadian investor activist group is calling for banks to stop charging fees so that money can get to victims more quickly.
Tim Hortons will soon be offering a new blend of dark roast coffee.
Even though members of the U.S. Congress continue to believe Apple isn’t paying as much tax as it should, the SEC recently stated this wasn’t the case. Read: How Apple paid almost no tax In fact, Forbes is reporting that as far as the SEC is concerned, Apple isn’t dodging taxes — it’s simply delaying […]
Some auto companies in Canada are offering eight-year interest free loans, and this is causing a spike in car sales, reports the Globe and Mail. But because these cars are being purchased on credit, this news is cause for concern, says General Motors Canada president Kevin Williams. In fact, it’s comparable to the spike in […]
Halloween is still weeks away, but the after effects of the crisis are haunting the U.S. housing market year-round. Almost half of the 525,000 bank-owned foreclosed homes are still occupied by the previous owners, reports ft.com. These “vampire properties” couple with “zombie properties,” which are the 150,000 houses that’ve been vacated by their owners but […]