RIYADH / WAM A senior Russian trade official said that the UAE has demonstrated how a nation can successfully transform its economy, “by expeditiously investing its income from oil.” Speaking on the sidelines of the Future Investment Initiative currently running in Riyadh until October 31, the Head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev told the Russian state …

Bloomberg US equity-index futures drifted alongside stocks in Europe on Wednesday while Asian shares were mixed as markets largely entered a holding pattern in the countdown to the Federal Reserve’s policy decision. Treasuries reversed a small gain and the dollar erased a decline as growth data for the world’s largest economy beat expectations. Contracts on all three main American equity …

Bloomberg Just when UK equities were starting to look good on receding Brexit uncertainty, a general election comes along that could make or break the market. After being long-time market pariahs, British stocks have been slowly gaining favour from both the buy and sell sides in recent weeks. An exchange-traded fund tracking UK mid-caps enjoyed record inflows, UBS Global Wealth …