* Size of buffer ETF market has doubled since mid-2023 * New entrants chasing high-growth arena offer more exotic structures * Cathie Wood's ARK becomes latest entrant to file for a buffer By Suzanne McGee NEW YORK, August 4 (Reuters) - Investors are piling into financial products that offer them the chance to forgo some potential gains in exchange for...

05:54 AM EDT, 08/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Malaysia plans to invest as much as $150 billion over the next five years in equipment from US firms across the semiconductor, aerospace, and data center sectors as part of its trade deal with the US, Reuters reported Monday, citing Malaysia's Trade Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz. The announcement follows US decision to impose...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

05:56 AM EDT, 08/04/2025 (MT Newswires) -- UBS Group ( UBS ) is considering a synthetic risk transfer deal involving about 2 billion Swiss francs ($2.47 billion) in loans, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. According to the report, the move aims to help the bank manage higher capital requirements proposed by the Swiss government. The...