Investors are betting on heightened political uncertainty and greater volatility in European stock markets ahead of European Parliament elections in May amid growing concerns about rising populism.

HSBC has signed a deal to offer BlackRock's Aladdin investment management software to the bank's wealthy customers, in a boost to the U.S. asset manager's plans to squeeze money from technology by selling it to rivals.

Britain's big public companies will face a grilling by asset managers over their track record on diversity, excessive pension payouts to bosses and poor quality audits when they hold annual shareholder meetings over the coming weeks.

UBS is to cut an extra $300 million (227 million pounds) in costs in 2019 after investment banking revenues plunged in the first quarter, Switzerland's biggest bank said, sounding a pessimistic note about full-year prospects.

Assets worth around a trillion pounds are moving from London to hubs in the European Union ahead of Brexit, with the parallel shift in jobs likely to top 7,000, consultants EY said on Wednesday.

Shares in Inmarsat Plc jumped 17 percent on Wednesday after the British satellite operator said it was in talks about a $3.3 billion (2.5 billion pounds) cash offer from a private equity-led consortium, opening up the possibility of a bidding war.

Europe's autos and suppliers index climbed 2.4 percent on Tuesday after Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts recommended contrarian investors buy select carmakers after a survey showed investors grew more bearish on the sector.

Two U.S. law firms have filed a lawsuit against Danske Bank on behalf of institutional investors over a 200 billion euro (171 billion pounds) money laundering scandal.

Standard Life Aberdeen said it has won a legal battle to stop Lloyds cancelling a £100 billion investment management contract early, a decision which could cost the bank hundreds of millions of pounds in extra fees.

Collapsing asset price volatility has turned 'carry trading' into one of investors' top plays of 2019. Many reckon the run is far from over.

Thai voters flocked to the polls on Sunday for the first election since a 2014 coup, and an exit poll indicated the populist party linked to exiled former leader Thaksin Shinawatra would win the most seats, but not enough to form a government.

An exit poll in Thailand's first election since a 2014 coup indicated the ousted Pheu Thai Party of exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra won the most seats at 163, while the military proxy party came second at 96 seats.

The chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines has rejected media reports that optional equipment for Boeing 737 MAX planes was critical for safety aboard a flight that crashed this month.

Mozambique has recorded more deaths from a cyclone and floods around southern Africa, a government minister said on Sunday, with hundreds left in camps after homes were destroyed.

Rescue services had airlifted 397 people to safety from a luxury cruise liner with engine trouble off the coast of Norway by Sunday morning and began towing the vessel to a nearby port.

Britain must find a way to leave the European Union in an orderly fashion rather than trying to oust Prime Minister Theresa May, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Sunday.

Gunmen killed at least 134 Fulani herders in central Mali on Saturday, a local mayor said, the deadliest such attack of recent times in a region reeling from worsening ethnic and jihadist violence.

Thousands gathered in New Zealand's cities on Sunday to protest racism and remember the 50 Muslims killed by a gunman in Christchurch and as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a national remembrance service to be held later this week.

Glen Mhor Hotel, a picturesque base for tourists hunting Scotland's Loch Ness monster, is struggling to find staff for the summer season as workers from the European Union snub Brexit Britain.

U.S. lawmakers waited on Sunday for details of a confidential report into a probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 election that has cast a pall over President Donald Trump's time in office and raised questions about possible collusion between the Republican's campaign and Moscow.

The Bank of England kept interest rates steady on Thursday and said most businesses felt as ready as they could be for a no-deal Brexit that would likely hammer economic growth and jobs.

British private-sector employers expect to give staff a basic annual pay rise of 2.5 percent this year, the same as in 2018, though some will delay awards until after government Brexit plans are clearer, an industry survey showed on Thursday.

Britain's main inflation rate ticked up last month but stayed close to January's two-year low, helping consumers maintain their spending power as wage growth also picked up, even though the timing of Brexit remained uncertain.

British employers ramped up their hiring at the fastest pace since 2015 in the three months to January as the labour market defied broader Brexit weakness in the overall economy.

British households were the most downbeat about their finances in over a year this month and the approach of Brexit made them more cautious about making major outlays, a survey published on Monday showed.

Britain's financial markets regulator on Thursday proposed a package of measures aimed at improving competition in the investment platforms market, including restricting the use of exit fees.

British house prices are growing at their weakest pace since 2011 as the prospect of Brexit weighs increasingly on the housing market, according to a survey published on Thursday.

British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Wednesday he could free billions of pounds for extra public spending or tax cuts, as long as parliament resolves its Brexit impasse.

British finance minister Philip Hammond said he now had 26.6 billion pounds of fiscal "headroom" -- which is earmarked for possible increased spending or tax cuts -- up from a previous estimate of 15.4 billion pounds.

Britain has lowered its official forecast for economic growth in 2019, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Wednesday as he delivered a half-yearly budget update.

Thai voters flocked to the polls on Sunday for the first election since a 2014 coup, and an exit poll indicated the populist party linked to exiled former leader Thaksin Shinawatra would win the most seats, but not enough to form a government.

Kashmiri farmer Yusuf Malik learned that his son Owais, a 22-year old arts student and apple picker, had become an armed militant via a Facebook post.

An exit poll in Thailand's first election since a 2014 coup indicated the ousted Pheu Thai Party of exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra won the most seats at 163, while the military proxy party came second at 96 seats.

The chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines has rejected media reports that optional equipment for Boeing 737 MAX planes was critical for safety aboard a flight that crashed this month.

Mozambique has recorded more deaths from a cyclone and floods around southern Africa, a government minister said on Sunday, with hundreds left in camps after homes were destroyed.

Rescue services had airlifted 397 people to safety from a luxury cruise liner with engine trouble off the coast of Norway by Sunday morning and began towing the vessel to a nearby port.

Gunmen killed at least 134 Fulani herders in central Mali on Saturday, a local mayor said, the deadliest such attack of recent times in a region reeling from worsening ethnic and jihadist violence.

Moroccan police used water cannons early on Sunday to disperse thousands of young teachers protesting in the capital Rabat for better work conditions, a witness said.

Thousands gathered in New Zealand's cities on Sunday to protest racism and remember the 50 Muslims killed by a gunman in Christchurch and as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a national remembrance service to be held later this week.

Glen Mhor Hotel, a picturesque base for tourists hunting Scotland's Loch Ness monster, is struggling to find staff for the summer season as workers from the European Union snub Brexit Britain.

Abu Dhabi will commit up to 1 billion dirhams ($272 million) to support technology start-ups, it said on Sunday, in a dedicated hub as part of efforts to diversify its economy.

Ahead of fresh high-level trade talks this week, China is not conceding to U.S. demands to ease curbs on technology companies, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing three people briefed on the discussions.

The southern Indian state of Karnataka kept the door open on Saturday to talks with local ride-hailing service Ola to avoid a ban that could help rival Uber build market share.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook nudged China on Saturday to open up and said the future would depend on global collaboration, as the United States and China remained locked in a bitter trade dispute.

Various companies in Mexico, including Uber Technologies Inc., have shown interest in using a new mobile payments system developed by the country's central bank that seeks to promote financial inclusion, the head of the bank said on Friday.

Mike Lynch, once hailed as Britain's answer to Bill Gates, faces Hewlett-Packard (HP) in London's High Court on Monday in a multi-billion dollar showdown over the U.S. technology company's 2011 purchase of the Autonomy software business he founded.

Pinterest Inc, the owner of the image search website known for the food and fashion photos that its users post, filed for an initial public offering with U.S. regulators on Friday, looking to tap into a red-hot market for new stock offerings.

Elon Musk's lawyers said that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission failed to satisfy its heavy burden of showing that the Tesla Inc chief executive should be held in contempt, and the tweet prompting its contempt motion was both proper and "not material."

U.S. prosecutors on Friday added three new criminal charges to their indictment against British entrepreneur Mike Lynch related to the $11.1 billion sale of his software company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard in 2011.

Czech search engine Seznam urged Google on Friday to disclose more details about its plan to boost rival search apps in Android smartphones, saying it continued to lose users due to what it said were Google's anti-competitive practices.

High-end department store Barneys New York has given the marijuana lifestyle the luxury treatment, launching a range of pot-themed products this week in the latest sign a drug once associated with bohemians and deadbeats is moving up the social ladder.

Apple Inc is expected to unveil a new video streaming service and a news subscription platform at an event on Monday at its California headquarters.

Bring a hankie to the new movie version of Disney's flying elephant tale "Dumbo" because it may be a little dark for some people.

British comedy "Only Fools and Horses" ran for decades, drew the biggest home audience yet for a TV episode – and has smashed box office records with a West End musical version that resonates in a nation riven by Brexit and yearning for simpler times.

"Game of Thrones" actress Emilia Clarke on Thursday revealed she suffered two brain aneurysms during her early years with the hit television show that left her convinced she would die.

U.S. horse racing announcer Dave Johnson, who called Triple Crown races for ABC television for two decades, on Wednesday sued the makers of Bill Murray’s 2014 film "St. Vincent" for using his signature phrase "and down the stretch they come" without permission.

Since the 1960s, a narrow little New York shop has specialized in solving the fashion crises of customers who are desperate to find just the right button, a list that includes a U.S. first lady, a renowned academic and even Kermit the Frog.

Run by goblins and boasting secure vaults guarded by a dragon, Gringotts Bank is where witches and wizards come to store their money and treasures in the magical world of Harry Potter.

A descendant of an American slave on Wednesday sued Harvard University to gain possession of photos of her great-great-great grandfather that the school commissioned in 1850 on behalf of a professor trying to prove the inferiority of black people.

The highest ranking official on the French island of Reunion filed a legal suit against former film star and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot on Wednesday after receiving a letter deemed "racist" by the authorities.

Referees should not penalise players for making contact with their opponents inside the penalty area unless it is a legitimate foul, Leicester City defender Harry Maguire has said.

Australian Scott Hend beat Spanish overnight leader Nacho Elvira with a birdie on the first playoff hole to win the co-sanctioned $3 million Maybank Championship after wild weather triggered a dramatic finish on Sunday.

Saido Berahino's decision to return and play for the country his family fled when he was just a boy paid off at the weekend as the Stoke City winger helped Burundi to qualify for a first-ever African Cup of Nations finals appearance.

The Miami Open lost two of its biggest drawcards on Saturday with world number one Naomi Osaka suffering a shock third-round loss to Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei after eight-times champion Serena Williams withdrew due to a knee injury.

Roger Federer rallied from a set down to beat Moldovan surprise package Radu Albot 4-6 7-5 6-3 in a stuttering start to the 20-times Grand Slam champion's Miami Open campaign on Saturday.

Harbhajan Singh dismissed a trio of top batsmen in the Indian Premier League's opener on Saturday before underlining the importance of a finger spinner to India's cause at the upcoming Cricket World Cup.

Canterbury Crusaders coach Scott Robertson has suggested Israel Folau should work for space agency NASA after the New South Wales Waratahs fullback's aerial skills helped end his team's record Super Rugby winning streak.

Canterbury Crusaders coach Scott Robertson said the nine-times Super Rugby champions would pick themselves up, dust themselves down and start all over again after their record winning streak was brought to an end on Saturday.

Defending champion Paul Casey held on for a one-stroke third-round lead over world number one Dustin Johnson at the Valspar Championship in Florida on Saturday.

Spain captain Sergio Ramos scored another "Panenka" penalty to give his side a 2-1 home win over Norway on Saturday in their opening Euro 2020 qualifier but it was a far from convincing display from Luis Enrique's side.

Harbhajan Singh dismissed a trio of top batsmen in the Indian Premier League's opener on Saturday before underlining the importance of a finger spinner to India's cause at the upcoming Cricket World Cup.

Mar 24 (OPTA) - Standings of the Sheffield Shield on Sunday P W L T BBat BBowl Ded PTS Queensland 10 6 1 3 7.40 8.60 0 55 Tasmania 10 5 3 2 5.85 9.70 0 47.55 Victoria 10 3 2 5 8.11 8.80 0 39.91 Western Australia 10 3 5 2 8.19 8.90 0 […]

Mar 24 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at close of play on the fourth day of between Tasmania and New South Wales on Friday at Hobart, Australia New South Wales win by 149 runs New South Wales 1st innings Daniel Hughes c Matthew Wade b Jackson Bird 61 Nick Larkin c Alex Doolan b Simon Milenko 67 […]

Mar 23 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at close of play on the first day of match 1 between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday at Chennai, India Chennai Super Kings win by 7 wickets Royal Challengers Bangalore 1st innings Virat Kohli c Ravindra Jadeja b Harbhajan Singh 6 Parthiv Patel c Kedar Jadhav […]

Sri Lanka's limited-overs captain Lasith Malinga says he is ready to sacrifice his earnings from the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) in order to win a place in the country's World Cup squad.

Sri Lanka's limited-overs skipper Lasith Malinga says he is ready to sacrifice his earnings from the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) in order to win a place in the country's World Cup squad.

Mar 23 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at close of play on the fourth day of between South Australia and Victoria on Saturday at Adelaide, Australia Victoria win by 7 wickets South Australia 1st innings Conor McInerney c Matt Short b James Pattinson 12 Jake Weatherald c James Pattinson b Jon Holland 37 Kelvin Smith c Seb […]

Reeza Hendricks and Rassie van der Dussen impressed with the bat as a much-changed South Africa defeated Sri Lanka by 16 runs to seal the Twenty20 International series at Centurion Park on Friday.

Australia captain Aaron Finch scored a century as they beat Pakistan by eight wickets in the opening one-day international at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday.

Mar 22 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at close of play of 2nd t20i between South Africa and Sri Lanka on Friday at Centurion, South Africa South Africa win by 16 runs South Africa 1st innings Aiden Markram c Lasith Malinga b Isuru Udana 3 Reeza Hendricks c Kamindu Mendis b Lasith Malinga 65 Rassie van der […]

Highlights from Super Rugby week six matches:

Waikato Chiefs' emphatic 56-20 Super Rugby victory over the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday left head coach Colin Cooper relieved as the New Zealand-based outfit finally broke their winless run this season.

Canterbury Crusaders coach Scott Robertson has suggested Israel Folau should work for space agency NASA after the New South Wales Waratahs fullback's aerial skills helped end his team's record Super Rugby winning streak.

Canterbury Crusaders coach Scott Robertson said the nine-times Super Rugby champions would pick themselves up, dust themselves down and start all over again after their record winning streak was brought to an end on Saturday.

Mar 23 (OPTA) - summaries from the Super League matches on Saturday Catalans (16) 26 Tries: Yaha (18,31,59,72), Albert (34) Goals: Tomkins (19,35,60) Leeds (16) 22 Tries: Handley (3,12,48), Hurrell (24) Goals: Sutcliffe (4,14,67) Yellow cards: Ferres (34) Referee: Robert Hicks Ground: Stade Gilbert Brutus ................................................................

Mar 23 (OPTA) - results from the Super League matches on Saturday Catalans (16) 26 Leeds (16) 22 Sunday, March 24 fixtures (GMT) London Broncos v Hull (15:00) Salford v Wigan (15:00) Thursday, March 28 fixtures (GMT) Leeds v Castleford (19:45)

Waikato Chiefs ended their miserable start to the Super Rugby season with an emphatic 56-20 away victory over the Bulls on Saturday as Damian McKenzie proved the inspiration and captain Brodie Retallick scored two tries.

The Lions heaped more misery on the Sunwolves with a comfortable 37-24 victory at Singapore's National Stadium on Saturday, a day after it was announced the Japanese side would be cut from Super Rugby after the 2020 season.

Mar 23 (OPTA) - summaries from the Super Rugby matches on Saturday Hurricanes (15) 34 Tries: May (11), Barrett (23), Goosen (51,61), Barrett (69) Conversions: Barrett (12,53,70) Penalties: Barrett (19) Yellow cards: Fifita (40) Stormers (21) 28 Tries: Kolisi (29), Mbonami (42), Coetzee (57) Conversions: Marais (30,58) Penalties: Marais (3,8,37) Yellow cards:

Mar 23 (OPTA) - results from the Super Rugby matches on Saturday Hurricanes (15) 34 Stormers (21) 28 NSW Waratahs (15) 20 Crusaders (7) 12 Sunwolves (7) 24 Lions (12) 37 Sunday, March 24 fixtures (GMT) Reds v Brumbies (05:05)

Australian Scott Hend beat Spanish overnight leader Nacho Elvira with a birdie on the first playoff hole to win the co-sanctioned $3 million Maybank Championship after wild weather triggered a dramatic finish on Sunday.

Mar 24 (OPTA) - Scores from the European Tour Maybank Championship Malaysia on Saturday -15 Nacho Elvira (Spain) 65 72 66 70 Scott Hend (Australia) 69 70 67 67 -13 Jazz Janewattananond (Thailand) 66 72 68 69 -12 Johannes Veerman (USA) 72 69 69 66 -11 Oliver Fisher (England) 70 70 68 69 Maximilian Kieffer […]

Defending champion Paul Casey held on for a one-stroke third-round lead over world number one Dustin Johnson at the Valspar Championship in Florida on Saturday.

Mar 23 (OPTA) - Scores from the LPGA Tour Bank of Hope Founders Cup on Thursday -8 Celine Boutier (France) 64 -7 Na Yeon Choi (Korea Republic) 65 Nanna Koerstz Madsen (Denmark) 65 Charlotte Thomas (England) 65 Alana Uriell (USA) 65 Jin Young ko (Korea Republic) 65 -6 Carlota Ciganda (Spain) 66 Cheyenne Knight (USA) […]

Mar 23 (OPTA) - Scores from the PGA Tour Valspar Championship on Saturday -9 Paul Casey (England) 70 66 68 -8 Dustin Johnson (USA) 69 69 67 -7 Jason Kokrak (USA) 69 71 66 -6 Luke Donald (England) 67 70 70 Scott Stallings (USA) 69 68 70 -5 Austin Cook (USA) 69 67 72 Jim […]

Spain's Nacho Elvira took a two-shot lead over American David Lipsky after the third round of the Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur on a hot and humid Saturday to move one step closer to his first European Tour title.

Mar 23 (OPTA) - Scores from the European Tour Valspar Championship on Friday -6 Paul Casey (England) 70 66 Austin Cook (USA) 69 67 -5 Luke Donald (England) 67 70 Sungjae Im (Korea Republic) 70 67 Scott Stallings (USA) 69 68 -4 Joel Dahmen (USA) 66 72 Dustin Johnson (USA) 69 69 Curtis Luck (Australia) […]

* World number one Johnson two strokes back (Adds Donald details, quotes)

American golfer Robert Garrigus has been suspended for three months by the PGA Tour after testing positive for marijuana. Garrigus, who has spoken about overcoming addiction to play on the tour, confirmed on his Twitter account on Friday that he had been suspended. "After a long period of sobriety, I had a relapse and subsequently […]

Mar 22 (OPTA) - Scores from the European Tour Maybank Championship Malaysia on Thursday -8 Thomas Pieters (Belgium) 67 69 -7 Nacho Elvira (Spain) 65 72 Daniel James Masrin (Indonesia) 69 68 -6 Dean Burmester (South Africa) 68 70 Ernie Els (South Africa) 68 70 Lucas Herbert (Australia) 69 69 Jazz Janewattananond (Thailand) 66 72 […]