01/02/2013
"The beauty of wine investment is the options it provides. If the price is up, you can sell it for a profit. If price goes down, you can hold it for the long term. Or, you can simply drink it!"
01/01/2013
Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, Societe Generale, BNP Paribas and Nomura were among those listed in the registry of the National Futures Association (NFA), a U.S. regulator.
01/01/2013
The business transfers were executed on 1 January 2013
01/01/2013
The trust will now be managed by Hong Kong based Robin Parbrook and King Fuei Lee, who run the top performing offshore £1.1bn Schroder ISF Asia Total Return fund.
12/30/2012
In a continuing difficult market environment Börse Berlin concludes 2012 with a total turnover of 48.3 billion Euro and 7.6 million trades.
12/30/2012
The European Commission has approved the latest, €90bn restructuring plan for Dexia, a Franco-Belgian bank bailed out at the height of the financial crisis which has struggled ever since.
12/30/2012
Super-rich hedge fund financiers emerged as the big winners from the Bank of England’s money printing programme in 2012, as pensioners and savers were made to struggle with shrunken incomes.
12/27/2012
Aviva is rolling out a new global marketing plan, which will see its humorous UK advertising starring comic Paul Whitehouse toned down in an effort to create a "differentiated" positioning.
12/23/2012
RBC Investor Services has been awarded 'Top Rating' in Global Custodian's 2012 Global Custody Survey across four categories.
12/23/2012
The U.S. private equity group bought the property from a consortium of Aberdeen Asset Management, Schroders and Stanhope at the start of 2011 for GBP480 million, the FT said.
12/22/2012
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 0.64% in November
12/22/2012
Europe remains the mother lode of current and future distressed investing opportunities
12/22/2012
GFH Capital has officially become the new owners of Leeds United Football Club
12/21/2012
SEB also re-launched its FX Prime Brokerage service in 2012
12/20/2012
The deal - for an undisclosed sum and subject to regulatory approval
12/20/2012
The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2013 subject to regulatory approval and will be financed from existing resources.
12/20/2012
London’s status as a world financial capital has received a major boost after a US exchange paid billions of dollars to help secure control of Liffe, the City’s largest derivatives market.
12/19/2012
The Directive provides the legal framework for both alternative investment funds (AIFs) and their managers (AIFMs).
12/19/2012
The publication of the final text marks the conclusion of the current EU-wide legislative process and will shift the focus to a national level, with EU member states required to transpose the Directive into their national laws.
12/19/2012
“Both funds are managed using a similar strategy so we are comfortable with this change.” says Hargreaves Lansdown in a statement.