Category: Expatriate
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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…
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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…
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US tops among countries investing in Pak-bourses
KARACHI: US tops among the countries investing in Pakistani stock markets with $88.2 million investments by US investors during first quarter of current fiscal year—a record 27 percent jump as compared to the same period previous year. According to the figures released by State Bank of Pakistan, overall foreign investments in Pakistan stock markets during…
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Global Investing’s Impressive Gains
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…
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The shrinking world of advisers
“If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen are defrocked, shouldn’t it follow that cowboys should be deranged?”The world for financial advisers and their clients has changed drastically over the last 10 years. Ten years ago in the United Kingdom, the newly formed Personal Investment Authority, which then became the Financial Services Authority, introduced minimum standards for…
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Silicon Valley’s Risky Complacency
Innovation is not a birthright — it requires continuous effort to renew and reinvigorate, something startups in China and India understand Last year, we were sitting across from a prominent Indian business executive in one of Bangalore’s leading software companies. In the middle of the conversation, his body tensed and, looking intently at us, he…
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Expatriate Workers and Us!
“You don’t know how it feels to be a foreigner in this country, unless you live like one. It is unbearable!” said my Arab scuba diving trainer. I was shocked and since then, I have become more sensitive and observant. Sad to say, he was right. I tell you why. Before the oil boom of…
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‘Now is the time to invest offshore’
With the rand looking vulnerable, now is the opportune time to invest offshore, even though global markets are experiencing a soft patch, Mark Appleton, chief investment officer at Barnard Jacobs Mellet (BJM) Private Client Services, said in a statement on Monday. According to Appleton, softer international economic indicators have led to a downgrade in expected…
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The untold positive story about Malaysia
The following is the text of the speech by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. IT is always an honour and a privilege to speak before such an important audience as is gathered here today. As investors, fund managers and market analysts, you are all thought to be leaders and opinion-shapers who greatly influence investment…