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  • PIPE Funds

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    There have been a number of PIPE Funds that have gained notoriety over the years because of the gains they have been able to attain with this strategy. It is now categorized as a separate hedge fund strategy along with others like long only, long/short market neutral, special situations, emerging markets and distressed equity. The…

  • Expat Explorer Returns Again in 2010

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    Calling Expats Everywhere – Make Sure You Have Your Say! LONDON, April 27, 2010 – This week marks the official launch of Expat Explorer – the largest global survey of expats – where expats from all over the world can have their say about life as an expat and the challenges and opportunities they face…

  • Gold Hits Sterling Record

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    [box]April saw the price of gold hit a Sterling and Euro record. While the GBP754 (or 865 Euros) per troy ounce stat still remains 5% below the all time US dollar record, this was nonetheless excellent news for the British investors.[/box] Compare the GBP754/ounce price tag with the price of GBP562 per ounce, as gold…

  • IFC International Newslinks

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    Judge says Trio fraud INVESTORS with $123 million in an offshore fund managed by Trio Capital have almost certainly been victims of a ”fraudulent scam”, a NSW Supreme Court judge ruled yesterday. Justice George Palmer detailed ”vices” in Trio’s business and ruled it was in the public interest to wind up five schemes that it…

  • Offshore Investors Forum in Abu Dhabi

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    National Bank of Abu Dhabi Added to Sponsor Roster for Next Week’s Latin America Mid-East Investors Forum in Abu Dhabi ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, April 21, 2010 – The National Bank of Abu Dhabi is the newest sponsor of next week’s Latin America Mid-East Investors Forum, a move that reinforces the growing bond between…

  • The Search for a Reserve Currency

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    Currency, like all forms of abstract value, is based on trust. And trust itself is based – except among the most naïve – on experience, and the repetitive demonstration of fidelity, whether positive or negative. At present, the US dollar, which had experienced a gradual rise during the 20th Century to the position gained well…

  • Global Problem for Bank Workers

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    UNI Global Union: Bank workers Demand Their Rights at Demonstration in Frankfurt [box]”Fair Banking Advice? Fair Working Conditions? NOW!”[/box] European bank workers demonstrated in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt this past week to call for a radical change in the sales practices of financial service providers. UNI Finance Global…

  • Jeremy Siegel on the Dow Reaching 11,000

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    The Dow has closed above 11,000, the European Union is bailing out Greece and the U.S. economy seems to be perking up. Is the future as bright as it looks? In fact, it looks pretty good, says Wharton finance professor Jeremy Siegel. While the Dow’s 11,000 close doesn’t mean much to professional market watchers, it…

  • IFC International Newslinks

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    UBS Client Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud A wealthy client of the Swiss bank UBS pleaded guilty on Monday to tax fraud, the ninth American caught up in an investigation of the bank’s offshore private banking services, The New York Times’s Lynnley Browning reports. The bank client, Harry Abrahamsen, of Oradell, N.J., pleaded guilty in…