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Aaron 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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Compare the GBP754/ounce price tag with the price of GBP562 per ounce, as gold stood back in August 2009 and it means that holders of the previous metal have seen the value of their gold soar 34% in value in less than a year. It’s widely thought that the fact that gold is maintaining such … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
UNI Global Union: Bank workers Demand Their Rights at Demonstration in Frankfurt 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 Union, German union ver.di, bank workers and … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more