Companies, financial institutions, and investors alike have been preparing for an increasingly dynamic landscape in 2025 and beyond, with implications across trade, currencies, consumer spending and supply chains.

This episode of Need to Know explains Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and explores how the asset class spans sectors and evolves with the market.

LONDON, Jan 6 Reuters The pound firmed on Monday, rising from an eightmonth low touched last Thursday, as investors reversed some of the moves seen in thin trading during the holiday period. Sterling rose as high as 1.2489 and was last up 0.37 at 1.247. It dipped to 1.2353 last week, its lowest since April, […]

SHANGHAI, Jan 6 Reuters The Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges recently held meetings with foreign institutions, both bourses said, assuring investors that they would continue to open up China39;s capital markets. The Shanghai stock exchange said in a post on its website late on Sunday that China39;s economy was supported by solid fundamentals and has […]

Dollar eases slightly ahead of various US economic data releases Canadian dollar rises on reports of Trudeau39;s likely resignation Yuan struggles on weaker side of 7.3 per dollar SINGAPORE, Jan 6 Reuters The dollar eased on Monday but held close to a twoyear peak, as traders awaited a raft of U.S. economic data this week […]

RollsRoyce, Unilever fall after rating downgrades German December inflation data at 1300 GMT STOXX 600 up 0.2, tech index rises 2.9 Jan 6 Reuters European shares ticked up Monday as chip stocks advanced following Microsoft39;s bumper AI investment announcement, kicking off a week packed with economic data around the world including inflation readings in Europe […]

RollsRoyce, Unilever fall after rating downgrades Dec. UK Composite PMI at 50.4 vs 50.5 in November FTSE 100 down 0.2, FTSE 250 adds 0.1 Jan 6 Reuters UK39;s FTSE 100 inched down on Monday as rating downgrades on index heavyweights RollsRoyce and Unilever weighed at the start of a datafilled week worldwide, including a jobs […]