NEW YORK (Reuters) – Benchmark U.S. Treasury yields rose on Friday on a report that Germany may be open to running a deficit to boost growth, while stronger stock markets also reduced demand for safe haven debt. FILE PHOTO: A… Read moreYields rise on German fiscal stimulus hopes

(Reuters) – Canadian property and casualty insurer Intact Financial Corp said on Thursday it agreed to buy The Guarantee Co of North America and Frank Cowan Co for C$1 billion ($750.6 million) in cash from Princeton Holdings Ltd. The deal,… Read moreCanada’s Intact Financial to buy Guarantee Co, Frank Cowan for C$1 billion

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Big companies are increasing incorporating virtual technology and care options into employee benefit plans to combat the rising healthcare costs that long been corporate America’s bugaboo, according to the annual survey of the National Business Group… Read moreYour Money: Big companies explore virtual care to curb healthcare costs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators have circulated a new draft of the “Volcker Rule” that would further ease its requirements and scrap a proposed new test that had been met with fierce resistance from Wall Street, according to two people… Read moreU.S. regulators to drop accounting test in ‘Volcker’ rewrite: sources

BOSTON (Reuters) – Hedge fund Third Point LLC said on Tuesday that it recently cut its investment in United Technologies Corp (UTX.N), becoming the second activist hedge fund to sell shares after the company announced a merger with Raytheon Co…. Read moreThird Point cuts United Technologies stake after opposing Raytheon deal

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury yields fell on Monday, in line with the weak stock market, as trade worries and global political tensions in places such as Hong Kong and Argentina supported safe-haven assets. FILE PHOTO: Flags of U.S…. Read moreU.S. yields tumble on trade worries, political tension

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury yields rose on Friday amid confusion over the United States policy on trade with China, while political turmoil in Italy compounded investor concerns, capping a volatile week in the bond market. FILE PHOTO: Chinese… Read moreU.S. bond yields rise on confusion over U.S. trade move

(Reuters) – Traders and analysts are considering whether U.S. bond yields would fall below zero as a record amount around the world sank into negative territory this week. The question has become a talking point, and less hypothetical, this week… Read moreMarket weighs risk of negative U.S. Treasury yields

LONDON (Reuters) – Precious metal funds recorded the fourth-largest inflows ever in the week to Wednesday and investment-grade funds sucked in money, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said on Friday, as rising trade tensions and global growth concerns prompted a… Read morePrecious metal funds reap fourth biggest weekly inflows as investors play safe: BAML

BOSTON (Reuters) – Two new BlackRock Inc funds that exclude gun makers are off to slow starts as socially-minded investors embrace other products addressing a wide range of issues like environmental and governance concerns, according to flow data at the… Read moreInvestors embrace ESG investing but don’t target gun stocks

(Reuters) – U.S.-based high-yield junk bond funds posted more than $4 billion of outflows in the week ended Wednesday, the largest weekly cash withdrawals since October 2018, according to Refinitiv’s Lipper data, triggered by an escalating trade war between China… Read moreU.S.-based high-yield junk bond funds post largest weekly outflow since October

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The amount of bonds carrying negative yields increased to an all-time peak of $13.2 trillion on Wednesday, up $1.6 trillion or 13.4% from a month earlier in the wake of a dramatic rally in bond markets… Read moreNegative-yielding bond supply hits all-time high – J.P. Morgan

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Last week’s announcement of more U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods may have undermined the prospects for small-cap stocks to rebound this year, even after a brief respite from the Federal Reserve’s recent interest-rate cut. Just a… Read moreU.S. small-cap stocks under renewed threat from tariffs

BOSTON (Reuters) – Fidelity Investments’ money-market fund assets have climbed $116 billion, or 20%, over the past 12 months as investors embrace higher yields for their idle cash, research firm Crane Data said on Thursday. At the end of July,… Read moreFidelity’s money-market fund assets surged 20% in past year

(Reuters) – Canada’s largest insurer insurer Manulife Financial Corp on Wednesday edged past estimates for second-quarter profit, helped by strength in Asia unit, its biggest. Insurers in Canada have been increasingly pivoting toward Asia for growth, looking to sell to… Read moreManulife profit beats on strength in Asia unit