Author: Aaron

  • Leeward launches Offshore Canadian Income Fund

    Leeward Offshore Canadian Income Fund has launched the Leeward Offshore Income Trust Fund, which will invest solely in Canadian income trusts. Leeward Hedge Funds Inc (Leeward) has been appointed investment advisor to the new fund, the sixth for which Leeward provides investment advisory services. The Cayman Islands registered fund will utilize leverage and its objective…

  • Maximising returns with offshore investments

    The liberalisation of foreign exchange and de-pegging of the ringgit for offshore investments has widened investment options for local investors with an appetite for overseas investments, said Alan Inn, head of investment and product development of CIMB Private Banking. “Having offshore investment is an effective way to diversify and enhance your portfolio’s return because investors…

  • Invest offshore how, why and where

    The increasing popularity in offshore investing is largely due to the Internet, which removes geographic restrictions and allows individuals to research and reach their favoured financial institutions. An increase in the diversity of products and ownership techniques has further increased accessibility. The question we answer: Invest offshore how, why and where Offshore investing is normally…

  • Variety of Companies Offering Investment Opportunities in Oilsands

    CALGARY (CP) — With a dizzying list of multi-billion-dollar projects and their associated spin-offs of jobs, royalties, investment opportunities and taxes, Canadians – and not just Albertans – are becoming quite familiar with the word “oilsands.” But among the opportunities arising from the oily mud of northern Alberta is a growing roster of companies that…

  • From Wall Street to Beijing: Global Finance Has New Rules, New Players

    The rising power of hedge funds and private equity investment, continued sharp competition among Wall Street firms, and growth in China and India are the key drivers of global finance today, according to industry leaders at a recent Wharton Finance Conference whose theme was From Wall Street to Beijing: Thriving in a Changing Environment. Speakers…

  • India Capital Fund wins 2005 Asiahedge award

    India Capital Management Ltd which has a total AUM of US$200M is proud to announce that it has won the “Best Single Country Fund of the Year” at the 2005 AsiaHedge Awards for it’s Fund, the India Capital Fund, presented last week on 20th October in Hong Kong. It was also nominated for the same…

  • Armchair Millionaire Community Bulletin: All the Wrong Reasons to Invest in the Stock Market

    Investing in stocks is already uncertain enough–don’t compound it by betting on things over which you have no control. Instead, focus on what is sure and dependable in the stock market. New York, New York (PRWEB) November 1, 2005 — Despite what conventional wisdom tells you, investing is not like horse racing. It’s not simply…

  • Dubai still enhancing its gold market position

    By Rhona O’Connell – LONDON (Mineweb.com) — Dubai is continuing its relentless march into the centre of the bullion market, with plans to start futures trading in the precious metals and other innovations proving successful. Dubai is rightly known as the hub of the physical gold market, feeding both to the Indian sub-Continent and to…

  • Investing: Singing the blues

    By Conrad de Aenlle – Good companies should be good investments, but there are times when the opposite is true. Unfortunately for holders of blues-chip stocks, this has been one of those times. Research by Richard Bernstein, a strategist at Merrill Lynch, shows that companies whose stocks receive an A-plus rating from Standard & Poor’s…