Posted by admin on May 31st, 2008
InStorage Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: IS.UN) announced today that Alay Shah Finance Investment, the REIT’s Chief Financial Officer, has resigned his position effective June 4, 2008.
The Board of Trustees has appointed Robert Masaki, CA, as the REIT’s interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Masaki is a senior financial executive with expertise in corporate finance, financial [...]
Posted by admin on April 11th, 2008
Jerry Sullivan, award-winning fund manager at American Century Investments, has made the most of an investment tip he got as an analyst at Fidelity Investments from famous investor Peter Lynch in the 1980s.
“On a sheet of rules for investing that he handed out, the first rule on when a stock was ripe to buy was [...]
Posted by admin on April 5th, 2008
These days it seems that all of the news about our environment is bad news. Bad news about the disappearance of glaciers in the Himalayas, bad news about rivers such as the Ganges that are fed by glaciers and that may by mid-century turn into seasonal streams, Investment Opportunity bad news about the health hazards [...]
Posted by admin on March 30th, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Merrill Lynch %26amp; Co Inc
(MER.N: Quote, Profile, Research) rose nearly 6 percent on Thursday morning amid rumors
the largest brokerage in the world was looking to sell off
assets.
Selling assets could shore up Merrill Lynch’s balance
sheet, which would please investors shaken by a recent run [...]
Posted by admin on March 19th, 2008
Firm Adds Three Corporate Lawyers to BVI Office in Response to Market Growth
Walkers, the global offshore law firm of choice for investment banks, international law firms, collateral managers, and other financial institutions, announced that it has added three lawyers in its British Virgin Islands (BVI) office in response to increased corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, [...]
Posted by admin on March 19th, 2008
Rarely do literal events take such vividly oracular shape, but the deadly collapse of a construction crane in Manhattan’s east midtown area on Saturday could hardly have been more indicative of the dangers of a real estate and financial marketplace gone haywire.
The fall of Bear Stearns (nyse: BSC - news - people ) on Sunday, [...]
Posted by admin on February 8th, 2008
The FINANCIAL — In Frankfurt, KfW Bankengruppe and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed a risk sharing framework agreement for the KfW SME programme ‘Capital for Work and Investments’.
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Under this risk sharing agreement, between 2008 and 2010 the EIB will assume risks for a total of EUR [...]
Posted by admin on February 4th, 2008
Mitsubishi Corp., Tokyo Electric, Kia Motors: Asia Bond Alert
By Denise Kee
Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) — Mitsubishi Corp., Japans largest
trading company, and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Asias largest
utility, are among borrowers seeking to sell at least $6.4
billion of bonds in Asia, [...]
Posted by admin on January 15th, 2008
Kia Motors, Hyundai, Kookmin Bank, Woori Bank: Asia Bond Alert
By Denise Kee
Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) — Kia Motors Corp., South Koreas
second-largest automaker, Kookmin Bank, South Koreas largest,
Woori Bank, a unit of South Koreas third-largest financial
services company and Nippon Telegraph %26amp; [...]
Posted by admin on December 26th, 2007
Millions of savers were given a Budget boost with the news that, from next year, they will be able to stash %26pound;3,600 a year in tax-free cash Isas.
At the moment, the maximum is %26pound;3,000 per tax year.
The amount people can invest in equity Isas (where your money is in stocks and shares) has also been [...]
