TOKYO, April 25- Japan's life insurers, potential global market movers with $3 trillion in assets, have signalled they may boost their holdings of foreign bonds without currency hedges to the highest in five years, which could depress both overseas bond yields and the yen.
TOKYO, April 25- Japan's life insurers, potential global market movers with $3 trillion in assets, have signalled they may boost their holdings of foreign bonds without currency hedges to the highest in five years, which could depress both overseas bond yields and the yen.
April 25- KKR& Co LP:. *Assets under management totaled $78.3 billion as of March 31, 2013, up from. *Says book value was $7.1 billion on a segment basis as of March 31, 2013,.
ZURICH, April 24- Credit Suisse said its drive to cut costs, risky assets and focus on its investment bank were bearing fruit as its quarterly earnings beat analysts' expectations and it raised the prospect of a cash dividend this year.
*Gold cuts loss after fake tweet about White House bombing. NEW YORK, April 23- Gold fell more than 1 percent on Tuesday as a stronger dollar put pressure on prices and as the outflow from the world's biggest gold exchange-traded fund accelerated and accentuated an investor shift towards equities and other assets.
MILAN/ ROME, April 23- Italy's Finmeccanica confirmed on Tuesday plans to sell assets as it posted a net loss of 786 million euro for 2012, mainly because of a writedown of the value of its U.S. defence electronics unit DRS.
TOKYO, April 23- Asian shares and other riskier assets lost ground on Tuesday after a preliminary reading showed manufacturing growth in China slowed in April, highlighting recent market concerns about global growth prospects.
April 22- Credit Suisse Group AG has agreed to sell a private equity business to Blackstone Group, the latest move by an investment bank to sell a business with illiquid assets in order to appease regulators and bolster its balance sheet.
*Market ahead of itself in anticipating Japan outflows. "A move to say, sort of 105 or thereabouts, is very much on the cards," said Christopher Brandon, managing director for Rhicon Currency Management, a Singapore- based fund with about $350 million in assets under management.
HONG KONG, April 16- Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd could offload its solar power generation assets in Italy, a company spokesman said on Tuesday, as the struggling Chinese solar panel maker scrambles to trim debts of more than $2 billion.
*ETF outflows, Cyprus gold sales spook market. LONDON/ NEW YORK, April 12- Gold sank almost 5 percent into bear territory on Friday as institutional investors fled bullion in favor of other safe-haven assets amid concerns about central bank sales and souring sentiment.
HONG KONG, April 10- Cash-strapped Chinese solar panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd is seeking to sell some assets and bring in a strategic investor to repay debt and revitalise the company, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.
LONDON, April 8- Gold edged lower on Monday, after rising by nearly 2 percent in the previous session, as funds were seen cutting bullion holdings for better investment yields in riskier assets such as equities. Spot gold dropped 0.4 percent to $1,575.26 an ounce by 1406 GMT.
LONDON, April 8- Gold edged lower on Monday after rising by the most since November in the previous session, with funds seen continuing cutting bullion holdings for better investment yields in riskier assets such as equities.
*MF Global trustee says expects former customers to be made whole. NEW YORK, April 5- MF Global on Friday won court approval of a plan to liquidate its assets, pay back creditors and end the $40 billion bankruptcy that rocked the financial world in 2011..
*Bank of Japan steps up asset purchases to boost economy. Treasury debt market rallied on Thursday as investors sought higher-yielding dollar assets after the Bank of Japan said it would step up asset purchases to boost its economy, sending Japanese bond yields to record lows.
LONDON, March 28- Gold slipped below $1,600 an ounce on Thursday, as banks reopened in Cyprus for the first time in two weeks without signs of panic withdrawals, sapping demand for low-risk assets.