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  • Brazilian Lawmakers Give Nod To Foreign Investor Tax Cut

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    The Brazilian Lawmakers in the Senate have rubber stamped an executive decree which will remove capital gains tax for foreign investors in domestic government bonds. The law, due to be signed by next week by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will mean that foreign investors are exempt from the 15% tax. The law will…

  • CISX Reveals Increased Interest In REIT Listings

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    It emerged this week that the Channel Islands Stock Exchange (CISX) has experienced significant interest from tax advisers and fund management companies in using the CISX for the listing of UK REITs when they are introduced next year. The flow of enquiries about the potential for listing REITs was one of a number of recent…

  • Nations Sign Hague Securities Convention

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    The United States and Switzerland signed on to an international treaty Wednesday intended to clarify what country’s laws should govern in cross-border business deals with stocks, bonds or other securities. The two were the first to sign, but The European Commission advised EU members Wednesday to adopt the treaty, known as the Hague Securities Convention.…

  • Malta FSA Guidelines to Convert Share Capital into Euro

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    The Malta FSA (Financial Services Authority) publishes guidelines for companies on how to convert share capital from Malta Lira into Euro when the latter becomes the sole legal tender in Malta. The conversion exercise is applicable to all limited liability companies as well as the en commandite partnerships, while companies listed on the stock exchange…

  • Portfolio Bonds

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    Want to access the world’s top fund managers at discounted rates? Want to get institutional interest rates for your cash? Want to avoid the EU Savings Tax Directive? Want to make it easier to manage your investments and accounts? An Offshore Portfolio Bond could be the solution for you! If you’re an expatriate and have…

  • New Index Tracks World’s Alternative Energy Stocks

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    New York, NY (PRWEB) May 17, 2006 — The Ardour Global Index (Ticker: AGIGL) of 74 global alternative energy stocks, and its related sub-indexes covering North America (Ticker: AGINA) and Europe (Ticker: AGIEM) commenced real-time price dissemination today. Dow Jones Indexes serves as calculation agent for the indexes www.ardourglobalindexes.com. The AGI is the world’s only…

  • Find safer returns overseas

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    With risks mounting in U.S. markets, foreign investments look more attractive By Jeff Brown Stock market investors are enjoying a good run this year, but there’s still plenty to worry about. What if the economy cools, the Fed keeps pushing interest rates up or corporate earnings disappoint? Isn’t there a way to get stock market…

  • Standard & Poor’s Guide to Money & Investing

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    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…

  • Variety of Companies Offering Investment Opportunities in Oilsands

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    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…