Pertrac Plans Further Expansion in Asian Markets

Hires James Yip in Hong Kong and relocates to larger office.
New York, NY (PRWEB) September 26, 2007 - PerTrac President and CEO, Gerry Mintz, today announced plans to expand the firmpresence in Asia to meet client needs and growing demand for its products. PerTrac provides investment industry software solutions including its flagship PerTrac Analytical Platform [...]

Early Stage Companies in Pacific Northwest Alternative Investments

Pacific Northwest start-up businesses will be awarded a total of $150,000 in investment funds at the 2007 ZINO Zillionaire Investment Forum (ZZIF). 28 early-stage companies will vie for the capital infusion Tuesday, September 11, 2007, at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle. The investment fund is coming from ZINO Society investment group.
Pacific Northwest start-up businesses [...]

Death Bonds Drub Corporate Debt as Insurers Get Subprime Lift

Death Bonds Drub Corporate Debt as Insurers Get Subprime Lift
By Oliver Suess
Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) — Betting against a pandemic paid off
for Michael Stahel, who earned returns on so-called “death
bonds that were three times higher than those generated by
corporate debt [...]

Foreclosures, tax liens risky as investment alternatives

Brian and Rosanne Wassom bought a Utah condo a couple of years ago with their combined IRAs, and now they’re considering tax liens as they look for ways to be less reliant on the stock market for their long-term wealth.
“I got hammered in the Internet bubble,” said Brian Wassom, 51, of Pleasanton, [...]

Foreclosures as investments

Worried about stocks, some investors are putting their retirement money into something they’re convinced will be plentiful in 2008: foreclosures and tax liens.
Using self-directed individual retirement accounts, investors are buying depressed real estate, making loans to private companies and buying up tax lien certificates on properties, which give the investors a government-determined yield that the [...]

Investors seek returns in liens foreclosures

Worried about stocks, some investors are putting their retirement money into something they’re convinced will be plentiful in 2008: foreclosures and tax liens. Using self-directed individual retirement accounts, investors are buying depressed real estate, making loans to private companies and buying up tax-lien certificates on properties, which give the investors a government-determined yield [...]

Gold Trades Near Record Platinum Highest Ever on Weak Dollar

Gold Trades Near Record, Platinum Highest Ever on Weak Dollar
By Glenys Sim
Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) — Gold traded near a record, platinum
reached its highest ever and silver rose to a 27-year peak as a
weakening dollar increased the allure of precious [...]

New CEO at Bear Stearns outlines turnaround plans

On top of the minds of investors and analysts was a simple question: How would Schwartz turn around the company, which is trading at a level below its stockholders’ equity?
In an interview shortly after his official promotion to CEO, Schwartz laid out a threefold plan: continue exiting from unwanted positions in leveraged [...]

Societe Generale Buys Calgary Firm

CALGARY - Societe Generale’s financial-services arm is acquiring Canadian Wealth Management Group Inc., a well-known private financial advisory firm in Calgary catering to wealthy clients.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed but it resembles the Paris-based banking giant’s successful attempt two years ago to gain entry into the tight-knit Calgary oilpatch, when SG’s investment-banking [...]

Berg Appoints Rick Kraich as Chief Investment Officer

Homrich %26amp; Berg announced the addition of Rick Kraich as chief investment officer. Mr. Kraich is an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience in investment management positions. He is coming to Homrich %26amp; Berg from Georgia Tech Foundation where he most recently served as senior director of investments. Mr. Kraich also worked at [...]