UK equities are not a fashionable buy, but they might be a good one. Small caps in particular are trading at a significant discount, based on Morningstar data, and a shifting economic environment could give them a boost. The research company’s analysts believe UK small caps are trading 30% below their fair value. Given the
The latest suit, Holly Hendrickson v. UnitedHealth Group, was filed in federal court in Minnesota, alleging that UHG held on to forfeited funds from employees after they left the company and used it to improperly lower its own costs, the plaintiffs argue. Plan forfeitures are portions of an employee’s retirement account balance that are returned
A financial incentive program offered by the City of St. Thomas and Elgin County to attract and retain family doctors has doled out funds this year to seven physicians, including at least three new to the region. It’s among financial incentives on offer across Ontario from municipal and county governments with the aim of curtailing growing doctor
Homeowners in Sarasota County can now apply for assistance to pay for damages done by Hurricane Ian in 2022 and 2024’s hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton through the Resilient SRQ Housing Recovery program, funded with federal dollars. Launched with $55 million in 2024 to aid victims of Ian, an additional $33.3 million is proposed in
Shares of YES Bank rose marginally today after the private sector lender said its board would consider raising of funds on June 3, 2025. YES Bank rose 0.61% to Rs 21.24 on Thursday against the previous close of Rs 21.11 on BSE. Market cap of the bank stood at Rs 66,328 crore. Total 45.93 lakh shares
Normally, both debt funds and conservative hybrid funds are poised to benefit mainly due to the inverse relationship between interest rates and bond prices. Debt funds invest mainly in bonds and other fixed-income securities, and benefit when interest rates go down. As rates fall, the prices of existing bonds rise because these bonds offer higher
Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund, launched on May 24, 2013, has been a consistent performer over 1-, 5-, and 10-year periods in the flexi-cap funds category. In terms of returns over the last one year, the fund has been among the top three flexi-cap schemes. As for its 5-year performance, the Parag Parikh Flexi Cap
A union representing 150,000 federal workers faces allegations of financial improprieties at one of its chapters. In an era of mass federal layoffs, here’s why it matters. The labor union that represents more than 450 train engineers for New Jersey Transit walked off the job after contract talks stalled. The labor union that represents more
After the University announced it would no longer host or fund affinity group celebrations for Commencement, Harvard funded an interpreter for a Tuesday disability affinity ceremony but told organizers to distance the event from traditional affinity celebrations held in previous years. The University Disability Resources office funded an American Sign Language interpreter for the ceremony
With jobs on the line as state funding tightens, a group of faculty members from the state’s public universities went to a Connecticut State Colleges and Universities’ Board of Regents meeting Wednesday morning, hoping to convince them to use its multimillion-dollar reserve funds to directly fund teaching in the classrooms. But they got no guarantees,