Investment News 01/2008 (Page 3)

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Brian McMahon has been named chief executive officer of Thornburg Investment Management Inc., effective Jan. 1. (Jan 4, 2008)

Finance students at the University of Dayton will soon be managing one of the largest student-managed investment funds in the country. (Jan 4, 2008)

Doing business in China: Good investment? Copyright © 2007 The Enquirer. All rights reserved. Users of this site agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy /Your California Privacy Rights (Terms updated March 2007) (Jan 4, 2008)

Florida officials are about to loosen the spigot on a semi frozen state investment fund, but it can’t come soon enough for some local governments. (Jan 4, 2008)

Shanghai is expected to have drawn an actual foreign investment of 7.9 billion U.S. dollars in 2007, up 11 percent from a year earlier, local authorities have said. The contractual foreign investment stood at 14.869 billion dollars, ... (Jan 5, 2008)

The government eyes up to US$5 billion in investment from the Middle East this year in financial services, natural resources, infrastructure, property and plantations. (Jan 5, 2008)

If you are looking for an investment opportunity for 2008 - someplace to park a spare $15 million or more - you might check out the hotel industry. (Jan 5, 2008)

The developer of a luxury housing complex in Asbury Park has bailed out of the project and sold the unfinished building and surrounding property to a new investment firm. (Jan 5, 2008)

The Securities and Exchange Commission won a federal court order in Atlanta to freeze assets in an alleged investment scam involving a Utah man that raised $30 million in the United States and Canada by touting risk-free profits. (Jan 5, 2008)

According to the highly-acclaimed International Property Investment Network (IPIN), apartments at Picture Works, Nottingham are amongst the best buys in Britain today. A fast growing local economy and a large student and business population make these centrally located off-plan apartments firm favourites for city investors looking for a safe and promising UK property market in which to operate. ... (Jan 5, 2008)

SEOUL, Jan 5 - South Korea's president-elect aims to abolish a rule restricting equity investment by the country's top business groups to fuel economic growth, a spokesman for Lee Myung-bak's transition team said on Saturday. (Jan 5, 2008)

BOSTON - Secretary of State William F. Galvin said yesterday he is investigating the circumstances of an investment that Merrill Lynch sold to Springfield, causing the city to lose almost $13 million. (Jan 5, 2008)

BOSTON - Secretary of State William F. Galvin said yesterday he is investigating the circumstances of an investment that Merrill Lynch sold to Springfield, causing the city to lose almost $13 million. (Jan 5, 2008)

BOSTON - Secretary of State William F. Galvin said yesterday he is investigating the circumstances of an investment that Merrill Lynch sold to Springfield, causing the city to lose almost $13 million. (Jan 5, 2008)

JOHOR BAHARU, Jan 5 (Bernama) -- The investment climate in Johor is expected to stay healthy in 2008 with investment figures likely to exceed the performance last year. (Jan 5, 2008)

The deal for a Rochester area investment management firm announced last summer has finally been completed. Canandaigua National Bank and Trust's parent company, Canandaigua National Corporation, acquired Genesee Valley Trust Company. (Jan 5, 2008)

The signal for a rate reduction has been flashed. Though the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is yet to spell out its plans, finance minister P Chidambaram is keen that interest rates should come down in order to stimulate investment and consumption in the economy. Most bankers agree that a reduction is on the anvil. While nobody expects the rates to come down immediately, it is inevitable in one or ... (Jan 5, 2008)

The bigger deals include the Government of Singapore Investment Corp's $9.7 billion investment in Switzerland's UBS AG, and Singapore-based Temasek Holdings Pte's 18% stake in Britain's Standard Chartered Plc for $9.2 billion. (Jan 5, 2008)

Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Foreign direct investment into South Korea fell for a third straight year in 2007 as investment in manufacturing declined, the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy said. (Jan 6, 2008)

SEOUL, Jan 6 - Plans for foreign direct investment in South Korea rose for the second consecutive quarter in the fourth quarter of 2007 and the authorities expect a steady inflow in 2008 as a global mergers and acquisitions boom continues. (Jan 6, 2008)

SEOUL, Jan 6 - Plans for foreign direct investment in South Korea rose for the second consecutive quarter in the fourth quarter of 2007 and the authorities expect a steady inflow in 2008 as a global mergers and acquisitions boom continues. (Jan 6, 2008)

Who would have ever thought that wine would be a better investment than the stock market? (Jan 6, 2008)

With the New Year already upon us, Property Frontiers' Research Team has compiled this brief overview of 2008's most interesting investment opportunities. We have also highlighted those markets which have come off the boil. (PRWeb Jan 6, 2008) Post Comment:Trackback URL: (link) SGFsZi1TdW1tLUhvcnItUHJvZi1UaGlyLVplcm8= (Jan 6, 2008)

Q: My wife and I have been having a hard time selecting an investment counselor. We have interviewed counselors but have not found anyone... (Jan 6, 2008)

Abu Dhabi plans $200b investment in infrastructure (Jan 6, 2008)

Dhs 2b Al Mazaya investment in property portfolios (Jan 6, 2008)

Employers rushing to automatically enroll workers in retirement plans and directing the money to one-stop life-cycle funds are leaving old-fashioned investment advice behind in a cloud of so much dust. (Jan 6, 2008)

BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Shanghai's realised foreign investment last year was about 7.9 bln usd, an increase of 11 pct over 2006, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a local government official. (Jan 6, 2008)

Foreign investment in South Korea decreased for the third consecutive year to slightly above 10 billion dollars in 2007, government data showed Sunday. (Jan 6, 2008)

A key advisor to South Korea's president-elect Lee Myung-Bak, seen here in 2007, has urged Seoul to lure more foreign investors after overseas investment fell for the third consecutive year to slightly above 10 billion dollars in 2007. (Jan 6, 2008)

Meet Dubai puts global focus on regional investment opportunities (Jan 6, 2008)

Seoul - Direct investment by foreign companies in South Korea in 2007 was down for the third successive year, the Trade Ministry in Seoul said on Sunday. According to the ministry, registered Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) fell by 6.5 per cent to 10... (Jan 6, 2008)

MARKETS and investors might remain jittery, but Fisher Funds’ chief investment officer Warren Couillault is steadfast in his belief that investing in growth businesses for the long term is the answer for good returns. (Jan 6, 2008)

During the credit boom, senior executives at the world's largest investment banks often argued that businesses had improved in two significant ways. They had become better at managing trading risk. And their pay structures were more flexible, allowing them to cut costs rapidly in a downturn. The subprime meltdown, which has so far been responsible for almost $40bn of losses at Citigroup ... (Jan 6, 2008)

Trade / foreign investment   Vietnam attracted a record level of foreign direct investment in 2007 at US$20.3 billion, a 70 per cent increase over 2006 and 53 per cent higher than the target for the year. (Jan 7, 2008)

Vietnam attracted a record level of foreign direct investment in 2007 at US$20.3 billion, a 70 per cent increase over 2006 and 53 per cent higher than the target for the year. (Jan 7, 2008)

The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) said Sunday that the newly revised negative investment list was not enough to bolster investor confidence due to remaining ambiguities. (Jan 7, 2008)

Wells, Fargo & Co., one of the nation's largest banks, is expanding its St. Louis presence, adding an investment banking unit to its regional commercial banking offices in Clayton. (Jan 7, 2008)

Greensboro real estate firm Weaver Investment Co. has made its first purchase in Winston-Salem, buying a 26,500-square-foot building and property in Union Cross Business Park that is occupied by Alo USA Inc. (Jan 7, 2008)

Video-monitoring firm iVerify.US Inc. has secured a $21 million investment -- one of the largest venture-capital deals here in recent years. (Jan 7, 2008)

Movea SA, a company specialized in motion sensing technologies created in March 2007 by a team of experienced researchers and managers, today announced it has secured its first round investment of 7.3M EUR (over US$10M). (Jan 7, 2008)

China has launched a nationwide probe into foreign investment in the red-hot real estate market, state media said Monday, while mulling new measures should existing limits prove ineffective. (Jan 7, 2008)

BY LISA GIBBS lgibbs@MiamiHerald.com The name Dick Davis should be familiar to longtime Miami Herald readers. His nationally syndicated stock market column ran three times a week in the Herald from 1979 to 1989, and from the 1960s through the 1980s, he doled out investment advice from Miami radio and television stations. (Jan 7, 2008)

VietNamNet Bridge - Representatives from the world’s leading companies and groups will gather in Ha Noi this week for frank discussions on investment policies and business climate with representatives from the Vietnamese Government and relevant ministries in the context of Viet Nam being hailed as one of the dynamic economies in Asia. (Jan 7, 2008)

During the credit boom, senior executives at the world's largest investment banks often argued that businesses had improved in two significant ways. They had become better at managing trading risk. And their pay structures were more flexible, allowing them to cut costs rapidly in a downturn. (Jan 7, 2008)

The name Dick Davis should be familiar to longtime Miami Herald readers. His nationally syndicated stock market column ran three times a week in the Herald from 1979 to 1989, and from the 1960s through the 1980s, he doled out investment advice from Miami radio and television stations. (Jan 7, 2008)

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Initial public offerings from Chinese companies and merger activity in Asia drove investment banking fees up 34% to a record last year, figures disclosed Monday by Thomson Financial show. The data excludes Japan. Total investment banking fees in the region last year came to US$13.74 billion, compared with US$10.25 billion in 2006. The top five investment banking deals ... (Jan 7, 2008)

SINGAPORE : Investment bank UBS is optimistic the global economy is not headed for a global recession this year. But it says growth is likely to slow from last year and it has shaved its forecasts for US, Europe and Asia. (Jan 7, 2008)

Harry W. Segalas, David A. Altman, Barton H. Buxbaum and Gregory A. Nejmeh have started Agility Asset Management, LLC, an independent, employee-owned investment management firm. The firm is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment adviser and applies a focused, bottom-up, fundamental approach to growth equity portfolio management. Agility invests in approximately ... (Jan 7, 2008)

Rwanda Investment Group (RIG), a private investment company created by some 43 local investors has committed Rw500billion (US$27.2million) to investment in the country. (Jan 7, 2008)

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