Stocks pulled back from near-record highs and plummeted on Wednesday, following a report that the phase one trade deal between China and the U.S. was again delayed, and now won’t be completed this year, causing renewed anxiety in the markets.
Federal Reserve officials said little about what would prompt them to resume interest-rate cuts when they signaled a pause following last month’s rate reduction.
Australian pension funds are stepping up direct lending to companies, following their global peers into the booming market for private credit in a hunt for higher-yielding assets.
Why are public pension plans so poorly funded? Sure, you can blame politicians’ meddling, or irresponsible benefit increases, or decisions to take contribution holidays, but, to take the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund as a case study, it was not designed to be funded in the first place.
Global buyout firm CVC Capital Partners has raised $1.6 billion to invest in growing technology companies, the latest in a wave of similar firms arming themselves with capital to back such businesses.