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Wall Street was closed yesterday for Martin Luther King Jr Day

Investors find comfort in US tariff delay

Global investors are assessing the potential impact of President Donald Trump's second term in office, and appear encouraged that he would not immediately launch trade tariffs against some of America's largest trading partners.

Business • 21 Jan

Retail investor fees are 40% higher than those institutional investors pay

EU lays out plans to reduce retail investor commission

The European Union has set out plans to cut how much retail investors pay banks and insurers for financial products to encourage investment and make its capital market deeper and more efficient.

Business • 24 May 23

The troubles of over-indebted property giant China Evergrande are coming to a head

Investors brace for a great fall in China

International investors that have been piling into China in recent years are now bracing for one of its great falls as the troubles of over-indebted property giant China Evergrande come to a head.

Business • 17 Sep 21

Some big Ryanair shareholders are maintaining or adding to their holdings despite the airline's industrial woes

Ryanair keeps big investors onside after rocky 2017

Several institutional investors are backing Ryanair to bounce back from a pilot rostering mess-up and a decision to recognise unions that jolted confidence in Europe's most profitable airline.

Business • 10 Jan 18

The move would prevent RBS from repeating the chain of events that triggered the lender's crash during the financial crisis, according to investor groups ShareSoc and the UK Shareholders' Association (UKSA)

Investors want RBS to create shareholder committee

About 160 investors are demanding the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) shores up corporate governance by creating a shareholder committee to sniff out "poor stewardship" and avoid a rerun of the bank's near collapse in 2008.

Business • 30 Dec 16

Capital exodus from China is crucial for emerging markets more generally

Investors set to pull €476 billion from China

Global investors are expected to pull $538 billion (€476 billion) out of China's slowing economy in 2016, the Institute of International Finance has estimated, although the pace of outflows has dropped.

Business • 26 Apr 16

The Bank of Japan's meetings are considered top secret with media waiting in a closed room

Bank of Japan probing media report on stimulus

Japan's central bank is investigating a high-profile media report that revealed it was mulling a negative interest rate policy just before it made the formal announcement.

Business • 03 Feb 16

Argentina has to reach a deal with investors by 4am Irish time

Argentine banks may be key to preventing default

A consortium of Argentine banks is reported to be offering to buy out the country's debt held by holdout investors suing Argentina.

Business • 30 Jul 14

Financial Conduct Authority said there was a 'significant risk' Santander UK gave unsuitable advice to customers

UK fines Santander record £12m for advice failings

Britain's financial watchdog has fined Santander UK £12.4m for serious failings in the way it offered financial advice.

Business • 26 Mar 14

The vast majority of those surveyed had a positive outlook on the economy

Increased confidence among Irish investors: Survey

Confidence among Irish investors in both the domestic and global economies has seen an increase over the last year, according to the latest RaboDirect Investment Barometer.

Business • 24 Mar 14

73% of investors optimistic about the global outlook over the next three months

Investors less optimistic about their finances

Investors are less optimistic about their financial situation in the run-up to Budget 2014, the latest RaboDirect's Investor Barometer shows.

Business • 16 Sep 13

Sentix euro zone break-up in index eases

Euro break-up risk falls by two thirds - survey

The number of investors who think a country will leave the euro zone soon has dropped by two thirds since last year.

Business • 29 Jul 13

Overseas investors step up their interest in buying part of the UK banking group

Lloyds shares rise on overseas buyers' interest

Lloyds Banking Group shares have jumped to a two and a half year high as overseas investors stepped up their interest in buying part of the bank.

Business • 08 Jul 13

RBS is 82% owned by the British government

£3.5bn compensation claim launched against RBS

Thousands of investors have launched a potential £3.5 billion compensation claim against Royal Bank of Scotland.

Business • 03 Apr 13

Paris market lost 2.3 million investors since 2008

The Paris stock exchange has lost 2.3 million participants since the end of 2008 as the financial crisis turns people off investing, a study by firm TNS-Sofres-SoFia said today.

Business • 05 Jun 12

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