(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-17 12:51 UPDATE 1-Canada Jan wholesale trade leap confirms recovery
OTTAWA, March 17 (Reuters) - Canadian wholesale trade jumped by a much greater-than-expected 3.0 percent in January from December, providing more proof that the recovery is well underway, Statistics Canada data indicated on Wednesday. The increase, the strongest since the 5.0 percent leap recorded in December 2006, was far larger than the 0.5 percent rise forecast by market operators. Statscan ...
LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - Emerging markets specialist Ashmore has launched eight new funds with daily dealing in a bid to make its strategies more accessible to retail clients who are showing heightened demand for the sector. Group finance director Graeme Dell told Reuters last month the firm intended to target retail investors through wholesale distributors in order to broaden its client ...