“Particularly worrisome” is that this slowdown “has taken place in a context where the US economy is growing above potential.”More
Woodford’s Shuttered Fund Crushed Further by Plunging Stocks in its Holdings, such as Muddy-Waters Target Burford Capital
Hedge funds have field day front-running the liquidation. 300,000 investors left twisting in the windMore
Liquidity Crunch Mangles UK Equity & Real Estate Funds
Exodus from funds with illiquid assets forces more funds to block redemptionsMore
HSBC Runs into Buzzsaw in Hong Kong & China, its Home Market Generating 75% of its Profits
HSBC’s pleas of innocence have won little sympathy in BeijingMore
Argentina Crisis Slaps Foreign Banks & Companies Operating in the Country
Peso collapse and inflation force Spanish companies and banks — second largest investors in Argentina, behind US companies — to tally their losses.More
One of World’s Construction Giants Admits Using Risky Hidden-Debt Loophole “Across Group.” Australian Subsidiary Crushed
This “crack cocaine for CFOs” was also extensively used by Carillion until it collapsed.More
Investor Sentiment Goes to Heck After Draghi’s Easing Promise
Bitter irony: As Draghi’s term is about to end, investor expectations plunge to where they’d been when he made his “whatever it takes” speech in 2012.More
UK Auto Production Plunges to 7-Year Low on Slumping Global Demand & “No Deal” Brexit Fears
Investment in the auto sector grinds to a haltMore
ECB’s NIRP-Forever Policy “Destroys Banks’ Profitability Equation”: Bankia CEO. Spanish Banks Reel. Problems Stack Up
Spain’s Big Five banks (already down from the Big Six) could soon be four.More
Hit by Epic Construction Downturn, Mexico Faces Reality: New President Tries to Get Folks to Play by the Rules, and Everything Stalls
Construction industry has worst month since 2006, fourth month in a row of declines.More
