Asset Management

According to industry leaders and analysts, Canada's proposal to tax corporate stock buybacks is unlikely to prevent oil and gas producers from returning cash to shareholders and may even make them less competitive. According to CIBC, Canadian energy companies have...

The UK financial services minister inserted a clause into a draught law that is currently before parliament and is almost certain to pass that would give Britain the authority to regulate all cryptoassets. The modification to the financial services and...

A Chinese official said on October 17th that the nation's growth objectives have changed and that conditions for foreign investment would also alter. In a speech the day before, on October 16th, Chinese President Xi Jinping set the tone for...

In order to position themselves for a potential rebound in battered China-related assets, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. advised investors to sell calls on the S&P 500 Index and fund the purchase of identical calls on the Hang Seng China...

To save businesses time and money, the UK government has abandoned disputed changes to the tax status of independent contractors. Two years after they were originally adopted in the private sector, the IR35 off-payroll tax rules for contractors will...

Despite investor demand, several of the best-rated U.S. companies are delaying the issuing of new bonds in favour of shorter-term debt alternatives as a means to a stronger funding climate in a year or two. Bank term loans, borrowing from...

The acquisition of NextCapital Group by The Goldman Sachs Group has been finalised, according to the company's announcement. Through customised managed accounts and digital guidance, the decision expedites Goldman Sachs' service development to the expanding defined contribution (DC) retirement...