(Reuters) - Rate cut bets and rallying equity and bond markets are feeding into a gradual loosening of financial market conditions that could potentially send world growth ticking higher by the end of the year, a closely watched index suggests.

(This July 19 story corrects to say the fund has a negative process pillar rating, not negative overall rating, in the fifth paragraph)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fund managers purchased the least amount of U.S. 30-year Treasury bonds at an auction in 10 months earlier this month that intensified a sell-off in the bond market, according to data released from the U.S. Treasury Department on Monday.

WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - A Delaware judge ruled against hedge funds on Friday that tried to get more cash out of Newell Brands Inc's 2016 acquisition of consumer goods company Jarden Corp, the latest setback for a once-popular investment strategy known as appraisal.

(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc topped expectations for quarterly profit on Monday as a tight lid on costs and strength in consumer lending helped the third-largest U.S. bank counter weakness in its trading business.

(Reuters) - Charles Schwab Corp is in talks to buy brokerage and wealth-management operations from USAA for about $2 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A senior Goldman Sachs banker has highlighted to colleagues the role played by rival Morgan Stanley in failed Hong Kong IPOs following the collapse on Friday of Budweiser APAC's $9.8 billion initial public offering, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nomura Holdings Inc will pay $26.5 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges that it failed to properly supervise five former traders who lied to customers about mortgage bond prices.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - If you had $50 billion to try to solve the world's worst problems, what exactly would you do?