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GAM to post $931mn loss, cut jobs

Bloomberg GAM Holding AG forecast a large loss, scrapped its dividend and plans to eliminate 10 percent of jobs as the firm struggles to contain a scandal prompted by the suspension of a star fund manager. Shares of the Swiss asset manager fell as much as 17 percent after the company outlined a 925 million-franc ($931 million) loss for the ...

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Brexit drives UK housing to weakest in six years

Bloomberg The Brexit battering of the UK housing market has no end in sight. An index of prices by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors slipped in November to the weakest level since 2012, while the outlook for pricing and sales for the next three month slumped. The persistent uncertainty around Britain’s impending exit from the European Union was the ...

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Blackstone, KKR vie for $1bn Cosco terminal

Bloomberg Cosco Shipping Holdings Co’s sale of a container terminal in Long Beach, California has drawn interest from potential buyers including Blackstone Group LP and KKR & Co, people familiar with the matter said. EQT Partners and an arm of Macquarie Group Ltd have also been studying a deal for the asset, the people said, asking not to be identified ...

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