Thu, Sep 20 2018

Swings in emerging markets and a continuing march higher by the US dollar have given a boost to one of the highest-profile yet poorest-performing classes of hedge fund, so-called macro funds. Several marquee names, including Alan Howard's Brevan…

As the US-Chinese trade war escalates, some elsewhere already see a silver lining. The battle between Washington and Beijing could allow companies in Europe, North America and Japan to steal a march on rivals facing greater barriers to doing…

Haier Group, the world's largest white goods company, has suspended plans to sell in China products made in the US by its GE Appliances brand due to the deepening trade war between Washington and Beijing, its chief executive said. Haier, based in…

Tax campaigners and academics have boycotted a “festival of tax” held by KPMG on Wednesday over concerns about the firm's past role in helping large multinationals minimise their tax bills and the inclusion of a rightwing think-tank…

China's Alibaba is ramping up its push into leading-edge technologies, developing superfast quantum computers and aiming to have its first artificial intelligence chips on the market next year. The move illustrates how the arms race in AI between…