Posted by admin on June 11th, 2008
deCarta’s technology is ideal for the full continuum of mobile LBS solutions including off-board, server-based applications offered by mobile operators through to “connected navigation” — the ability to integrate personal navigation devices and smartphones through real-time two-way mobile connectivity to a variety of dynamic data sources and local search services.
In North America, location-based services have [...]
Posted by admin on June 5th, 2008
This firm is keen to take on a Compliance and Control Manager to ensure that the controls present in the UK business mirror strategy across European business units. This controls management position will see you working alongside an established control and compliance team, reviewing business activity (issues, treasury, loans to subsidiaries), monitoring performance, problems arising [...]
Posted by admin on May 31st, 2008
HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe’s biggest bank, said Friday it plans to continue to invest primarily in fast-growing emerging markets where it expects “reasonable growth” this year against a weaker outlook for the United States and Europe.
However, Chairman Stephen Green also said that HSBC would invest further in the United States, particularly in markets that target [...]
Posted by admin on May 31st, 2008
Canadian growth shrank 0.3% in the first quarter, as a wrenching restructuring in the manufacturing sector hobbled an economy half-way in recession.
It was the first decline in annualized growth in nearly five years and the weakest in the Group of Seven, behind the United States, Britain, Europe and even Japan.
“This is a bitterly disappointing and [...]
Posted by admin on May 23rd, 2008
Hedge fund Reech AiM said on Monday that its flagship $160 million (82 million pound) Iceberg European real estate fund posted a 29 percent net return in its first year, massively outperforming underlying commercial property markets.
According to data from Investment Property Databank, the combined rental income and capital growth return on British commercial property in [...]
Posted by admin on May 17th, 2008
The addition of new real estate investment products and property funds that developers are lining up are expected to exacerbate the talent crunch in real estate.
“The sector is currently hiring for front-office, back-office and operational roles. The levels are comparable to the first wave of aggressive hiring witnessed in the late nineties. We have seen [...]
Posted by admin on May 15th, 2008
Brewin Dolphin is the only UK investment management firm to have its investment banking division headquarters outside London. Francesca Craggs speaks to Graeme Summers, who heads the Newcastle-based operation.
THINK investment banking and the City of London or Wall Street probably springs to mind. Not many people may know the North East can boast its very [...]
Posted by admin on May 15th, 2008
Leading independently owned investment advice and financial planning company Goldridge Wealth Management (Goldridge) has appointed Joe Byrne to its board of directors. Byrne, who was Goldridge’s Investment Manager, now has responsibility for the leadership of the company’s investment analysis and research team and becomes its Investment Director.
Goldridge’s Chairman Daniel Mintz said, “Joe’s appointment is consistent [...]
Posted by admin on May 15th, 2008
A No vote in the forthcoming Lisbon Treaty referendum would leave Ireland sidelined and with diminished capacity to attract foreign investment, the Progressive Democrats warned today.
Launching his party’s campaign for a Yes vote on June 12th, PD leader Ciarán Cannon, said that it was “clearly in Ireland’s best interests” to vote in favour of the [...]
Posted by admin on May 7th, 2008
SCOR realises strong net income of EUR 124 million in the First Quarter 2008, up 63% despite a challenging financial environment
SCOR records strong results, carrying its profitability momentum into 2008. A strong business performance in Non-Life and Life more than offsets a decrease in investment income due to a challenging financial market environment. The quarter [...]