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How to play the diverse European property markets – Aberdeen report
At a country level, the best opportunities in real estate lie in the core northern European markets; at a sector level, retail and industrial are most attractive, and most European office markets are overpriced, according to latest research form Aberdeen asset management's property research unit.
22 Feb 2012
Greek bailout uncertainty 'bodes well for gold', says Sharps Pixley
Precious metals trader Sharps Pixley believes the reaction of stock markets to the second Greek bailout deal suggests continued strong demand for gold.
22 Feb 2012
Real estate managers drawn to esoteric sectors in 2012
Aviva Investors has revised its expectations for European real estate downwards but the UK group, BNP Paribas and LaSalle Investment Management argue Europe can offer investment opportunities in esoteric real estate sectors.
21 Feb 2012
Iran's threats good for Russia investors, but only in short term
With Brent crude passing the $120bbl mark off the latest Iranian threats to global oil output, other producers such as Russia may only gain short-term benefit, warns East Capital's Aivaras Abromavicius.
20 Feb 2012
Capital Dynamics fund closes with $111m for venture capital
Capital Dynamics has closed Capital Dynamics Champion Ventures VII, a US-based programme targeting top-tier US venturemanagers or pre-eminent international venture firms with strong US ties.
16 Feb 2012
Asset managers warn Europe pension proposals could tilt funds to low yield and hit elderly
Proposals for European pensions that could implicitly favour low-yielding fixed income over long-term growth assets could leave Europe's pensioners, already struggling with low rates and austerity, even worse off, asset managers say.
16 Feb 2012
Central banks buy gold as their money printing fuels inflation fears
Central banks, whose money printing activities are fuelling fears of inflation and driving investors to gold as an un-manipulated store of value, bought bullion themselves last year at the fastest annual rate since 1964.
16 Feb 2012
Hedge funds to benefit from less correlated market structure, says Lyxor Research
Lyxor Research explains why it believes hedge funds will be less correlated to markets in 2012 and deliver better performance than last year.
16 Feb 2012
HSBC opens up early-stage hedge fund investment strategy
HSBC has given another boost to early stage hedge fund managers by launching a share class for its fund of early-stage hedge funds, specifically for wealthy individuals and institutions.
15 Feb 2012
Special situations and convertible bonds boost hedge fund performance
The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index was up 1.3% in January, reversing its downwards trend in 2011 thanks to special situations, equity long bias and convertible bond strategies.
14 Feb 2012
ECB loan program helps Cheyne Capital property debt fund
A rally in debt and credit after Europe's Central Bank announced cheap finance for banks has helped the Real Estate Credit Investments fund's positions gain 2.4% in January, but could not save it from a £3.2m net loss in 2011's closing quarter.
12 Feb 2012
Gold gets a boost as UK moves to switch money printers on again
The case for investing in gold was boosted again today as the Bank of England announced it was increase its money printing program by a further £50bn as an impetus to growth.
09 Feb 2012
Macquarie may close structured products business in Europe
Australian investment bank Macquarie Group is conducting a review of its European structured products and exotics business as a result of unfavourable market conditions, and may decide to shut it down.
08 Feb 2012
Analysis of Bridgewater available through webcast
Markov Process International is conducting a webcast that will analyse and explain the presence of Beta in the world's biggest hedge fund Bridgewater Pure Alpha.
08 Feb 2012
Gold offers timely inflation hedge, but poor long term returns, Credit Suisse study finds
Long-term holders of gold should expect a positive correlation to inflation, but a major report published by Credit Suisse today suggested bullion holders might be disappointed by long-term real returns.
07 Feb 2012Regions
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Opportunities abound for Dragon investors
The Chinese Year of the Dragon promises drama across the world, yet the opening weeks of 2012 are throwing up some surprising investment opportunities.
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InvestmentEurope Fund Selector Forum Sweden
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InvestmentEurope's country specific forum for France takes place in Paris on 22 May 2012.
