Bloomberg Fiera Capital Corp’s property unit wants to go global. Quebec’s biggest publicly traded asset manager is looking to make its first real-estate foray outside of Canada by the start of the next decade to diversify its holdings, according to Pierre Pelletier, a senior vice president at the company. All of the Fiera Properties’ assets under management, which are valued ...

Bloomberg Brazil’s inflation slowed more than expected in the month through mid-November, reinforcing expectations that the policy makers will leave their key interest rate unchanged this year. The IPCA-15 index rose 0.19 percent from mid-October, after a 0.58 percent jump in the prior month, the national statistics institute reported. The reading was below the median forecast for a 0.24 percent ...

Bloomberg Sales of previously owned US homes rose in October for the first time in seven months, suggesting demand is stabilising at a lower level as available properties become less scarce. Contract closings increased from the prior month to an annual rate of 5.22 million, the National Association of Realtors said. That compared with economists’ projections for sales of 5.2 ...