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Prosecutors raid SmallCap Danmark
Denmark's public prosecutor for Serious Economic Crime (Statsadvokaten for Særlig Økonomisk Kriminalitet) today raided SmallCap Danmark, a specialist asset manager in Nordic SME stocks.
22 Feb 2012
Bank of Finland urges residents to buy euros
Finland's central bank Soumen Panki has reminded those still holding Finnish markka banknotes and coins that they have until 29 February to exchange them for euros.
22 Feb 2012
Norwegian industry AUM back above NOK500bn
January figures show that the value of assets under management in funds represented by the Norwegian Fund and Asset Management Association moved above the NOK500bn level for the first time since July 2011.
22 Feb 2012
Norway central bank chief wants change to SWF expectations
Øystein Olsen, governor of Norwegian central bank Norges Bank, has repeated a warning against assumptions of return from the country's sovereign wealth fund - the so-called oil fund.
21 Feb 2012
Nordea to renegotiate distribution agreement with insurer Tryg
Nordea, one of Europe's top 10 universal banks by market capitalisation, has announced it is to renegotiate its current partnership agreement with Tryg, the largest general insurer in the Nordic region.
20 Feb 2012
IceSave, capital controls still loom despite Fitch upgrade of Iceland
Fitch has issued a raft of upgrades on Iceland's sovereign short and long term debt, but stressed that the country's impressive economic recovery remains under threat from the cost of bailing out IceSave depositors and the challenge of managing a lifting of capital controls.
20 Feb 2012
BASE is ace for Saxo FX trader on wings
Saxo Bank has successfully passed through the first FX trade executed at terminal velocity as a BASE jumper used its SaxoTrader application for iPhone and Android operating systems.
20 Feb 2012
Lundmark & Co launches managed futures hedge fund
Sweden's Lundmark & Co has received SEK50m (€5.6m) in seeding capital from two foundations to launch a hedge fund using a managed futures strategy, which will target both retail and institutional investors.
17 Feb 2012
Sweden's Borg warns of slower growth
Swedish finance minister Anders Borg has warned that he may be forced to cut growth forecasts a day after the country's central bank cut its repo rate.
17 Feb 2012
Moody's puts Finland's Pohjola Bank on downgrade notice
Pohjola Bank's financial strength rating has been put on notice of a possible two-notch downgrade, Moody's Investors Service warns.
16 Feb 2012
Finding a platform for success
Danske Capital’s senior analyst Allan Møller describes how he looks for funds that meet the requirements of not one, but four different platforms.
16 Feb 2012
Hedge fund thesis wins doctoral thesis award
Juha Joenväärä's doctoral thesis "Essays on hedge fund performance and risk" at the Oulu University has been awarded the first prize in OP-Pohjola Group's Research Foundation's Doctoral Thesis competition. The award is worth 10,000 euros.
15 Feb 2012
Investors negative to Swedish equity, says Data Explorers
Analysis of shorting data by Data Explorers suggests that investors are becoming increasingly negative on Swedish equity, with the ratio of long to short positions just off an annual low recorded in early 2011.
15 Feb 2012
Saxo Bank launches Contract Options product
Saxo Bank has launched a new derivatives trading product called Contract Options, enabling investors to trade stock indices, commodities, interest rates, currencies and bonds.
14 Feb 2012
Sp-Fund Management picks Charles River Development solution
Finnish savings bank Säästöpankki's in-house asset management busines Sp-Fund Management has picked Charles River Development's front and middle-office solutions to support its growth in the funds market.
14 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.
Events
InvestmentEurope Fund Selector Forum Sweden
InvestmentEurope's country specific forum for Sweden takes place in Stockholm on 24 April 2012
InvestmentEurope Fund Selector Forum France
InvestmentEurope's country specific forum for France takes place in Paris on 22 May 2012.
