Invest Offshore

Author: Aaron

  • Global REITs offering better returns

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    INVESTORS with higher-risk appetite should seriously consider investing in global properties through real estate investment trusts (REITs) as this has proven to offer better returns than other asset classes over a long-term period. Citibank vice-president (wealth management products) Charles Sik said with the liberalisation of foreign exchange administration rules, coupled with de-pegging of the ringgit,…

  • China’s growth projection to boost commodities

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    CHINA’S commodities bull story which has held everyone’s attention in recent years, is far from over. In the near future, the Asian giant’s growth could be even stronger than the scorching rate so far. Support for this extremely optimistic view is drawn from China’s Communist party endorsement of doubling the country’s GDP per capita by…

  • Soaring energy costs, alongside competitive pressures and huge trade imbalances, are pushing the global economy closer to a tipping point, says Scotiabank Chief Economist

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    TORONTO, Oct. 11 /CNW/ – While the global economy expansion was still on track in the waning days of summer, the negative fallout from a growing list of natural disasters, related energy market turbulence and periodic terrorist attacks points to slower growth during the fall and winter, according to Scotia Economics’ flagship report, Global Outlook…

  • Arctic riches coming out of the cold

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    CHURCHILL, Manitoba It seems harsh to say that bad news for polar bears is good for Pat Broe. Mr. Broe, a Denver entrepreneur, is no more to blame than anyone else for a meltdown at the top of the world that threatens Arctic mammals and ancient traditions and lends credibility to dark visions of global…

  • Global Investing’s Impressive Gains

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    NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Mean Market making you miserable? Look overseas. As U.S. stocks closed Wednesday at three-month lows, the Mean Market – my name for stocks’ prolonged sidewinding shuffle marked by the Dow in the 10,000s – appears to have decided to torture the bulls again. Several readers have pointed out that at 10,317, the…

  • Investing options with Japan could pay off again

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    For nearly a decade, Japan dealt with its collapsing banking system by putting its hands over its ears and singing loudly. Not surprisingly, this strategy didn’t work. But recent reforms have restored Japan’s banks to improve investing options with Japan — and its stock market, as well. If you decide to go east, however, go…

  • Fund managers are in poachers’ sights

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    We all know how important a manager is to the success of a fund, but the poaching of top talent has become so widespread in the asset management industry that it is threatening to undermine investor confidence. Fund-hopping is an occupational hazard for Robert Burdett, who runs several funds of funds for Credit Suisse Asset…

  • How to invest it?

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    Even a humble savings account will net £251m in interest a year, here’s – How to invest it? HOW do you invest a windfall of more than £5 billion for a man who is already a billionaire several times over? The normal concerns of a 38-year-old man — buying a bigger home, keeping up the…