Posted by admin on April 16th, 2008
The Securities and Exchange Commission warned investors Tuesday that dozens of companies that solicit investment advice or brokerage services aren’t actually registered in the U.S. Investment Property and can’t legally offer those services.
The SEC named 37 firms it had received complaints about, including Golden Medallion Trading, which lists a Dallas address of 14001 N. Dallas [...]
Posted by admin on April 11th, 2008
The Financial Planning Association and Fidelity Investments are offering independent financial advisers an opportunity to take part in the FPA practice-management score-card-benchmarking program at no cost.
The FPA Practice Management Scorecard , which helps financial planners establish financial goals and evaluate their progress, allows a planner or financial adviser to compare their business to similar businesses [...]
Posted by admin on April 5th, 2008
If you make a bad investment, you’ve got to take your lumps. Call it Finance Rule No. 1.
When the Federal Reserve rushed to loan Bear Stearns $29 billion after a run on the Wall Street investment bank, it undercut Rule No. 1. That makes us nervous Investment Property.
The reason is simple. If you give [...]
Posted by admin on March 19th, 2008
The FINANCIAL — Today Visa Inc. launched its initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange, while Visa Europe maintains its independent status as a membership association owned and governed by its 4,600 European member banks.
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Visa Europe is a membership association - an organisation owned and operated [...]
Posted by admin on March 19th, 2008
1. Over the past four years, Latin America has generally done well in taking advantage of a very favorable global environment to strengthen policy frameworks and lower long-standing vulnerabilities.
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However, the external environment has abruptly changed, led by mutually reinforcing financial sector shocks in the United States, that are [...]
Posted by admin on March 19th, 2008
The FINANCIAL — BNP Paribas , one of the largest international banking groups, has started its corporate, SME and retail operations in MOSCOW .
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Philippe Delpal has been appointed Global Head of Retail Banking and Consumer Finance in Russia.
BNP Paribas has been operating in Russia for over thirty [...]
Posted by admin on March 19th, 2008
The FINANCIAL — Â JPMorgan received four awards of excellence at The Asian Bankers Leadership Achievement Awards ceremony, which was held in conjunction with The Asian Banker Summit in Hanoi.
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The awards JPMorgan won were:
Most Admired Leader outside of the Asia Pacific and Gulf Regions - Jamie Dimon
Jamie Dimon, Chairman of [...]
Posted by admin on March 19th, 2008
The FINANCIAL — According to caterersearch, Premier Inn owner Whitbread has ended merger talks with budget hotel rival Travelodge killing off a potential £3b tie-up.
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In a statement to the stock market today Whitbread said that, following speculation of a tie up between Premier Inn and Travelodge, preliminary talks had [...]
Posted by admin on March 19th, 2008
The FINANCIAL — To reinforce its commitment to Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), Crédit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) has launched an innovative “water†thematic fund, CAAM Funds Aqua Global.
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This SRI international equity fund aims to achieve long term capital growth by investing in selected companies worldwide that generate at [...]
Posted by admin on March 19th, 2008
The FINANCIAL — Stockbrokers on March 18 announces the launch of a new Investment Note targeting those investors seeking income, which offers quarterly income payments equivalent to seven per cent p.a. gross.
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The Regular Income Investment Note comes with a five-year term and is eligible to be held within a trading [...]
