Asset & Wealth Protection Should be Top Priority in Today’s Litigious Society

(PRWEB) – San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) March 9, 2006 — Asset & wealth protection should be top priority in today’s litigious society. With new lawsuits being filed at alarming rates, and jury awards reaching record levels that just a few years ago would seem impossibly high, the time has come for even the average … Read more

Institutions keen on Hong Kong Link REIT IPO

HONG KONG, Nov 16 (Reuters) – A relaunch of Hong Kong’s $2.8 billion IPO for the Link REIT is expected to be at least 10 times oversubscribed, with institutional investors particularly keen, brokers and market sources said on Wednesday. The government’s second attempt to sell 151 shopping centres and 79,000 car parks through the world’s … Read more

Standard & Poor’s Guide to Money & Investing

NEW YORK, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ — A new, easy-to-read financial guide, Standard & Poor’s Guide to Money & Investing (Lightbulb Press; November; Paperback: $15.95) was released today. A collaboration between Lightbulb Press, a well-known content provider of financial and investor education, and Standard & Poor’s, the leading provider of equity research and ratings, the guide … Read more

Time to consider using a safe haven

With economic storm clouds gathering, is it time to start thinking defensively? Alan Wood takes a look. During a period when a terror attack is reported every week and economists are predicting a New Zealand, if not global, economic slowdown, it seems timely to readjust your investment portfolio. While a slowdown, or worse a recession, … Read more

The contradiction in China’s capitalist line

BEING chief economist of the ministry of railways seems to be a livelier job in China than elsewhere. Instead of sitting behind a desk writing dry reports, you meet foreign bankers and investors and try to lure them into investing billions of dollars in your national rail network. Huang Min is the lucky man. Sitting … Read more

Isn’t that precious? Platinum hits high

Asia drives rally; platinum at 26-year high; palladium hits a 17-month mark, gold and silver follow. NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York platinum futures stormed to a new 26-year high Thursday morning on the third day of speculative and trade buying, while palladium hit a 17-month peak and gold and silver reached 10-day highs. Dealers … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more