Man Group has joined forces with Japanese investment banking giant Nomura to launch a fixed income hedge fund aiming to deliver double-digit returns annually.
The UK could leave the European Union by this autumn should the eurozone debt crisis intensify further, it has been suggested in a study by Japanese bank Nomura.
Research from Nomura and data produced by Morningstar for Investment Week challenge the view concentrated equity portfolios are riskier propositions in volatile markets.
Japanese bank Nomura has slashed assets linked to Italy by 83%, among other cuts, on debt crisis fears, Bloomberg reports.
The earnings results season for Q3 2009 (October-December 2009) has almost finished.