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Ken Leech Agrees to $3 Million SEC Fine Over Cherry-Picking Case automated-news
Ken Leech Agrees to $3 Million SEC Fine Over Cherry-Picking Case

Ken Leech, the former co-chief investment officer at Western Asset Management Co., agreed to pay $3 million to settle a US Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit claiming he’d cherry picked winning trades.

06 Oct 2026 🔒
American investors’ trick to lower taxes: lose money automated-news
American investors’ trick to lower taxes: lose money

The taxman is losing patience with the shrewd use of tax losses

06 Oct 2026 🔒
S&P 500 Sets First Record Since August as Bulls Downplay Risk automated-news
S&P 500 Sets First Record Since August as Bulls Downplay Risk

The S&P 500 rose 0.7%, reaching its first record high since August, buoyed by resilient corporate profits and a pullback in oil prices.

06 Oct 2026 🔒
Ares Faces 50% Loss on Money It Piled Into TalkTalk With BT Deal automated-news
Ares Faces 50% Loss on Money It Piled Into TalkTalk With BT Deal

Ares Management Corp is set to lose about half of the hundreds of millions of pounds it invested in TalkTalk, after BT Group Plc agreed to buy the telecommunications firm out of insolvency.

06 Oct 2026 🔒
Bolsonaro’s Strong Showing Leaves Brazil’s Left on the Ropes automated-news
Bolsonaro’s Strong Showing Leaves Brazil’s Left on the Ropes

Brazil’s election results Sunday make one thing clear: The country is turning further to the right, and not even the old lion of Latin America’s left, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, can stand in its way anymore.

05 Oct 2026 🔒
Survey results: How Iraqis view al-Zaidi’s government, 100 days in automated-news
Survey results: How Iraqis view al-Zaidi’s government, 100 days in

During the first hundred days of the al-Zaidi government, the Independent Institute for Administration and Civil Society Studies (IIACSS) surveyed Iraqis nationwide, and the data offer valuable insights into how Iraqis assess the new administration at this early stage. The post Survey results: How I

05 Oct 2026 🔒
Mark Walter Charity’s CLO Tie-Up Maps Intricacies of His Empire automated-news
Mark Walter Charity’s CLO Tie-Up Maps Intricacies of His Empire

Even at the time, it was considered an unconventional alliance: Mark Walter committing $160 million through his education-focused nonprofit to help a Chicago credit investment firm comply with Dodd-Frank regulations in return for funding.

05 Oct 2026 🔒
Bolsonaro’s Strong Showing Leaves Brazil’s Left on the Ropes automated-news
Bolsonaro’s Strong Showing Leaves Brazil’s Left on the Ropes

Brazil’s election results Sunday make one thing clear: The country is turning further to the right, and not even the old lion of Latin America’s left, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, can stand in its way anymore.

05 Oct 2026 🔒
Survey results: How Iraqis view al-Zaidi’s government, one hundred days in automated-news
Survey results: How Iraqis view al-Zaidi’s government, one hundred days in

Months of political deadlock after Iraq’s November 2025 parliamentary elections ended in May 2026 when coalition talks among the Shia Coordination Framework (CF), Kurdish, and Sunni leaders led to the nomination of Ali al-Zaidi as prime minister. During the first hundred days of the al-Zaidi governm

05 Oct 2026 🔒
CFTC Proposes Registering Crypto Exchanges Offering Leverage automated-news
CFTC Proposes Registering Crypto Exchanges Offering Leverage

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission unveiled a proposal Monday to regulate digital asset transactions and markets.

05 Oct 2026 🔒
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