Bloomberg Stocks rise on Friday as planned talks between Russia and the US over Ukraine alleviated some investor gloom about geopolitical risks. Europe’s Stoxx 600 Index and US equity futures advanced after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed to meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for talks in Europe next week. On Thursday, President Joe Biden warned that ...

  Bloomberg 74-year-old Ng Kok Song has built one of Singapore’s fastest-growing investment companies with plans to make it a global player. Avanda Investment Management’s assets have more than doubled to around $10 billion since it was co-founded by Ng in mid-2015 — soon after he retired from sovereign wealth giant GIC as its chief investment officer following a 42-year ...

  DUBAI / WAM A new wave of business opportunities spanning the global food ecosystem will be unlocked at the ground-breaking Food For Future Summit and Global Agtech Expo later this month as the industry looks to address an impending agricultural shortfall that could fail to produce enough to feed the world’s anticipated 10 billion population by 2050. More than ...