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Thursday 2/9/2010
IO News: China's First Hedge Fund Ready For Launch
E Fund Management is set to launch China's first hedge fund following a change in securities regulations earlier this year allowing investment managers to trade stock index futures on behalf of clients.
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Wednesday 1/9/2010
IO News: NYSE Euronext Completes Data Migration
NYSE Euronext has announced that its US data center in Mahwah, New Jersey, has successfully completed the migration of more than 4,500 equities issues listed on the New York Stock Exchange and NYSE Amex.
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Wednesday 1/9/2010
IO News: Private Equity Real Estate Fund Raising Hits Historic Low
The second quarter of 2010 saw 20 private equity real estate funds raise an aggregate USD7.3bn, the lowest quarterly fundraising total since Q3 2004, according to new research.
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Tuesday 31/8/2010
IO News: Greenwich Investable Hedge Index Advances In July
The Greenwich Composite Investable Index gained 0.74% during July as higher than expected corporate earnings pushed equity markets higher.
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Monday 30/8/2010
IO News: SEC Adopts New Rules On Shareholder-Nominated Directors
The United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted changes to the federal proxy and other rules to facilitate the rights of shareholders to nominate directors to a company's board.
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Friday 27/8/2010
IO News: No Regrets, Say UK Expats
Despite a belief that a significant number of British retired expatriates are regretting their decision to retire abroad and are planning to return to the UK, retiring abroad is very much still a popular decision according to the third annual NatWest International Personal Banking Quality of Life Report.
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Thursday 26/8/2010
IO News: Light Seen At End Of Tunnel For AIM
The second half of 2010 will see London's Alternative Investment Market bottom out with 1,200 companies listed before growth resumes in 2011, according to new research.
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Wednesday 25/8/2010
IO News: Abbey International Offering 4.25% Return
Abbey International (Jersey) has reported strong levels of interest in its latest round of medium-term fixed rate accounts over both three- and five-year terms. The five-year account offers clients a return of 4.25% gross/ AER over five years.
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Tuesday 24/8/2010
IO News: BOSI Pulls Out Of Ireland
Lloyds Banking Group has announced that it will decamp its Bank of Scotland operations in Ireland, operated under its subsidiary Bank of Scotland (Ireland) Limited, by the end of this year, transferring existing business to the UK.
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Monday 23/8/2010
IO News: Investors Retreat From Emerging Market Funds
Emerging markets (EM) hedge funds experienced a net withdrawal of USD1.5bn in the second quarter of 2010, according to new data.
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Friday 20/8/2010
IO News: IFAs In UK Outsourcing Investment Decisions
Adviser research by independent UK financial research company Defaqto has revealed that the majority of investment and pension business is placed through platforms.
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Thursday 19/8/2010
IO News: Bearish Sentiment Waning As Risk Appetite Grows
Bearish sentiment among investors about the outlook for the global economy and corporate earnings has eased, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for August.
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Wednesday 18/8/2010
IO News: Bumper Year For UK Investment Company Launches
After a relatively quiet 2009, it has been all go in the investment company sector during 2010 with 10 new launches raising a total of GBP1.16bn (USD1.81bn) since the start of the year, according to the Association of Investment Companies.
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Tuesday 17/8/2010
IO News: UK Property Market Offers Opportunities For Foreign Buyers
With supply now outstripping demand, it has been suggested that now could be a good time for overseas buyers to look again at the UK property market.
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Monday 16/8/2010
IO News: US Investors Move Into Bond Funds
Inflows into bond funds in the US doubled in July compared to June as investors pulled money out of equity-based mutual funds, according to investment research firm Morningstar.
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Friday 13/8/2010
IO News: Swiss Bank Expands In Asia
The Swiss banking group SYZ and Co is continuing its expansion in Asia by extending the operations of its Hong Kong office, following a number of other Swiss institutions attempting to tap into Asia's rapidly-growing pool of wealthy individuals.
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Thursday 12/8/2010
IO News: Hedge Funds Return To Form
Hedge fund returns, as measured by the major hedge fund indices, turned positive last month after several months of flat to negative performance for the industry, although the sector failed to capitalize on a strong advance in the equity markets.
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Wednesday 11/8/2010
IO News: UK House Prices Fall
More chartered surveyors reported a fall than a rise in house prices for the first time since July 2009 as demand from purchasers slipped back and the number of properties coming to the market continued to increase, says the latest Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyor's UK Housing Market survey.
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Tuesday 10/8/2010
IO News: Money Flows To Asian Hedge Funds
Hedge fund investors developed a central focus on Chinese foreign exchange policy in the second quarter of 2010, as the Chinese central bank took steps toward increased flexibility of its currency policy, according to Hedge Fund Research.
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Monday 9/8/2010
IO News: DME Sets Oil Trading Record
The Dubai Mercantile Exchange announced on August 4 that two new trading records were set in July 2010 as the exchange entered its fourth year of operations.
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Friday 6/8/2010
IO News: You Can't Take It With You
You can't take it with you, as the saying goes, which is why the world's two richest men, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, are inviting America's wealthiest families to pledge substantial chunks of their riches to good causes, either in life or after their death.
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Thursday 5/8/2010
IO News: Emerging Market Real Estate Outperforms Europe
Property markets in South America, Asia and Eastern Europe are outperforming those in the UK and the Eurozone, according to the results of a new survey.
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Wednesday 4/8/2010
IO News: Europe's Banks Back To Health?
Despite the return to profitability of some of Europe's leading banks, one hedge fund boss is betting against five of the region's banks in the belief that all is not as rosy as it seems in the banking garden.
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Tuesday 3/8/2010
IO News: UBS Profits Exceed Expectations
Swiss banking giant UBS has boosted the banking sector in Europe by unveiling pre-tax profits for the second quarter of 2010 of CHF2.61bn (EUR1.9bn), marking a better overall performance than expected, and overshadowing several minor disappointments.
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Monday 2/8/2010
IO News: Investable Hedge Fund Index Slips
The Greenwich Composite Investable Hedge Fund Index fell 0.85% during June as equity markets traded lower in volatile trading, Greenwich Alternative Investments has announced.
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Friday 30/7/2010
IO News: Dubai Firm Offers Help To Distressed Property Investors
Smith and Ken, a UAE-based property agency, has launched a scheme to help investors who have had their fingers burnt in the Dubai property market.
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Thursday 29/7/2010
IO News: NYSE Euronext To Launch Corporate Bond Platform
NYSE Euronext has announced that it is creating the first pan-European Multilateral Trading Facility for corporate bonds, making it the first market operator to respond to the specifications issued by the Cassiopeia Committee on April 26, 2010.
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Wednesday 28/7/2010
IO News: Offshore Private Banking Assets Flow East
Offshore private banks in Europe have experienced their first net outflows for several years as offshore financial centres feel the heat of increased regulatory scrutiny.
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Tuesday 27/7/2010
IO News: UK Fund Managers Becoming Restive?
UK asset managers representing over GBP2 trillion of investments are raising serious questions about the UK as a focus of future expansion, according to the Investment Management Association (IMA).
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Monday 26/7/2010
IO News: Clean Technology Sector In 2010 VC Boom
Bolstered by a resurgent boom in venture capitalism in 2010, investment in the clean technology sector saw a 107% increase in dollars over the first quarter to USD1.5bn, marking the largest quarterly investment ever reported for the sector.
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Friday 23/7/2010
IO News: PE Real Estate Fundraising Plummets
The USD7.3bn raised by 20 private equity real estate funds in Q2 2010 is the lowest amount of capital raised by the industry since Q3 2004, when 30 funds raised an aggregate USD6.1bn.
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Thursday 22/7/2010
IO News: LSE Extends Data Provision For Retail Investors
The London Stock Exchange has announced a volume discount pricing scheme for real time data delivered to the retail investor community.
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Wednesday 21/7/2010
IO News: Global Job Market Carries Health Warning
The global recession has led to a steadily increasing stream of expatriates of all nationalities worldwide. However, recent research suggests that more than half of those working overseas do not have adequate health insurance coverage.
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Tuesday 20/7/2010
IO News: Pension Funds Still Below Pre-Crisis Levels
While pension funds have strengthened with the financial market rebound, data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development shows that pension fund assets in most countries have yet to recover to pre-crisis levels. Public pension reserve funds, on the other hand, have now fully made up for their crisis-related losses due to more conservative investment strategies.
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Monday 19/7/2010
IO News: Private Banking Sector Rebounds
The wealth management industry is undergoing a rebound as private banking assets under management recovered strongly in 2009, although the industry is still walking something of a tightrope with wealthy clients reluctant to invest new money.
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Friday 16/7/2010
IO News: FoHFs Fall Out Of Favour
A Preqin survey of 50 institutional investors in hedge funds reveals that investors are re-evaluating their fund of hedge funds investment strategies and seeking to commit to single manager funds.
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Thursday 15/7/2010
IO News: Is The Party Finally Over For UK Property?
Several reports have emerged in recent days suggesting that the recent 'mini boom' in UK property prices may be something of a false dawn.
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Wednesday 14/7/2010
IO News: Pension Funds Retain Faith In Alternative Investments
The trend away from equity-focused portfolios to more diversified structures is now well established as investors acknowledge the risks associated with an undiversified approach.
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Tuesday 13/7/2010
IO News: REITS Outperform Markets
The US real estate investment trust industry significantly outperformed the broader equity market in the first half of 2010, despite global economic shocks that depressed the market in the second quarter.
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Monday 12/7/2010
IO News: Hedge Funds Continue Slide
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined 1.35% in June, bringing its year-to-date performance to 0.20%, the Hennessee Group has announced.
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2/9 DIFC Announces Strong Growth In 2010 Despite the economic downturn, the Dubai international Financial Centre is continuing to attract companies form all over the world, especially from Asia.

2/9 IRS Loses Revenue From Foreign Income Claims According to a report released by the United States Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, the Internal Revenue Service lost an estimated USD90m in revenue in the 2008 tax year because of erroneously claimed foreign earned income tax exclusions.

2/9 Landmark Nasdaq Listing For Mauritius Firm Leading Indian online travel company, MakeMyTrip Limited has undertaken a USD70m Initial Public Offering on the Nasdaq Global Market, making it the first Mauritius-incorporated company to list on a major New York stock exchange.

2/9 Hong Kong, Russia Consider DTA Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, Donald Tsang, in Moscow for a three-day visit, met with various members of the Russian government, including President Dmitry Medvedev, as well as business leaders to carry forward a growing bilateral dialogue on finance, taxation and investment matters.

2/9 SEC Cautions Credit Rating Agencies The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a report cautioning credit rating agencies about their ratings conduct and the importance of sufficient internal controls over the policies, procedures, and methodologies the firms use to determine credit ratings.

2/9 Obama's Tax Reform Panel Issues Report The US President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board, chaired by for Federal Reserve Chairman Paul A. Volcker, has issued a report on options for changes in the current tax system to achieve three broad goals: simplifying the tax system; improving taxpayer compliance with existing tax laws; and reforming the corporate tax system.

2/9 IRS Issues Guidance On FATCA The United States Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have stated their intent to issue guidance on the reporting requirements imposed on foreign financial institutions by the enactment of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act on March 18, 2010 within the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act.

2/9 UAE Nears Completion Of New Companies Law The United Arab Emirates’ Minister for the Economy, Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri has told business leaders that the comprehensive rewrite of companies legislation is in its final stages.

2/9 Jersey Foundations Attract Growing Interest Just over a year since they were launched, Jersey Foundation structures are continuing to receive a steady flow of interest, according to an offshore legal expert.

2/9 EC Consults On Cross-Border IHT Issues The European Commission has announced the launch of a consultation on tackling cross-border inheritance tax obstacles within the European Union.

1/9 Singapore Attempts To Rein In Property Market Amidst fears that the property market could be overheating, Singapore’s government has announced immediate measures aimed at maintaining price stability, while also saying that it will continue to monitor the situation closely and will introduce additional measures if required later.

1/9 Jersey's Corporate Tax Consultation Extended An extension has been announced to the consultation period in respect of the review of Jersey’s 0/10% business tax regime.

1/9 India, Switzerland Sign Tax Information Exchange Accord Swiss federal councillor and foreign minister, Micheline Calmy-Rey, has met with Indian finance minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi to sign a protocol to revise the two countries’ double taxation agreement.

1/9 Indian Cabinet Approves Lowering Of Direct Taxes The Indian Cabinet has given the go ahead for the Direct Taxes Code Bill, which will simplify and rationalize both corporate and personal income taxes.

1/9 HK Releases Consultation Results On Draft Companies Bill Hong Kong’s government, releasing the conclusions of the first phase of consultation on the draft of the Companies Bill, has said that it is prepared to adopt a number of proposals regarding the issues highlighted for consultation.

31/8 Zurich Insurance, SocGen Fall Foul Of The UK FSA The Financial Services Authority has announced the imposition of a record fine, of GBP2,275,000, on the UK branch of Zurich Insurance Plc (Zurich UK) for failing to have adequate systems and controls in place to prevent the loss of customers’ confidential information. The fine is the highest levied to date on a single firm for data security failings.

31/8 Goldman Tries 'Foreign-Cubed' Defence Against Hedge Fund The investment bank, Goldman Sachs, is attempting to use a US Supreme Court’s previous ruling on so-called ‘foreign-cubed’ securities cases to have an Australian hedge fund’s USD1bn claim thrown out of the American courts.

31/8 Netherlands, Japan Sign Tax Treaty On August 25, 2010, a new tax treaty between the Netherlands and Japan was signed in Tokyo.

30/8 Islands Seek Leadership For Brussels Office The Channel Islands, Guernsey and Jersey, have announced that they are seeking to recruit high-calibre representatives for the roles of 'Director of European Affairs' and 'European Affairs Adviser' for the soon-to-be-opened Channel Islands’ Brussels office.

31/8 Personal Tax Proposals Disliked By Jersey Businesses Those working within Jersey’s finance industry would prefer greater cuts in public spending before increases to personal taxes are considered, according to a Jersey Finance survey.

30/8 IRS To Drop UBS Lawsuit The US Internal Revenue Service has said that it may drop a lawsuit against Swiss bank UBS after the Swiss government announced on August 26 that its examination of approximately 4,450 UBS clients accused of evading US taxes is complete.

30/8 German Cabinet Adopts Bank Levy The German cabinet has adopted the coalition government’s draft restructuring law, providing crucially for the introduction of a bank levy in Germany.

30/8 FSA To Review Trading Regulations The UK Financial Services Authority has published a discussion paper on fundamental changes that are necessary with respect to the regulation of trading activities.

27/8 Tax Changes To Boost Turkish Derivatives Trade Çetin Ali Dönmez, chief executive of TurkDex, Turkey’s derivatives exchange, expects turnover on the exchange to rise significantly after the banking and insurance transaction tax and withholding tax on derivative products are scrapped this fall.

27/8 White House Defends Tax Policies A speech in Cleveland by the Republican minority leader in the United States House of Representatives, John Boehner, attacking the Obama administration’s tax policies, provoked an immediate response from the White House and Vice-President Joe Biden.

27/8 US Home Sales Plunge After Tax Credit Expiry Existing home sales in the US were sharply lower in July following expiration of the home buyer tax credit but home prices continued to gain, according to the National Association of Realtors.

27/8 UK Defined Benefit Schemes At Risk From Tax Plans Consultancy firm Mercer has expressed concern over the UK coalition government’s revised proposals for restricting tax relief on pension savings.

26/8 HK Changes Tax Practice On Prepayments Hong Kong’s Inland Revenue Department has issued a new amendment to its practice notes to clarify, in the situation where a profits tax return is filed by a foreign company, what accounting standards are acceptable for the preparation of financial statements.

25/8 NZ Savings Working Group Given Wide Brief New Zealand’s Finance Minister, Bill English, has announced that an independent savings working group will have a wide brief, including the impact of the tax system, to consider how the country’s national savings can be improved.

26/8 South Africa Introduces Tax Amendment Bills South Africa’s Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, has tabled before parliament two taxation amendment bills which, as amended after going through a consultation process, give effect to the tax proposals announced in the 2010 budget, announced in February.

26/8 UK Taxpayer Wins Key IHT Case The UK tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs has been refused permission to appeal in the case against the decedents of Lord Balfour with respect to inheritance tax to be paid on the estate, a determination that will have implications for future cases which are similar in nature.

26/8 Lenihan Plans Withdrawal Of Bank Guarantees Irish Finance Minister, Brian Lenihan has warded off calls from Irish banks AIB and Anglo for an extension to deposit guarantees due to expire in September. Both banks are receiving medium-term state support to shore up their balance sheets.

26/8 Switzerland, India To Hold Tax Talks Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey is due to hold talks in New Delhi on August 30 with representatives of the Indian government, with discussions focussing on bilateral issues such as finance, science and regional and international themes.

25/8 Jersey Firm Lists On AIM Channel Islands law firm Carey Olsen has announced its advisory role in Masawara plc’s listing on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.

24/8 Future Brightening For Swiss SMEs A survey recently undertaken by Swiss banking group, Credit Suisse, in conjunction with the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) has shown that there is increased optimism this month amongst the business community and the wider population with regard to the future of the Swiss economy.

25/8 Cayman Concludes Banking Pact With US The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority has announced that it has formalized procedures with the four main United States banking regulators for the exchange of supervisory information relating to banks and banking institutions that operate in both territories.

25/8 Guernsey Consults On Fee Increases The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has set out proposed increases in certain fees payable by licence holders to cover the rising cost of regulation.

25/8 France To Lure London Banks With Tax Breaks UK investment banks have been offered long-term tax breaks in exchange for relocating to France.

24/8 Uruguay Stays On OECD Grey List Uruguay has reached agreement with India on an information exchange agreement, but for the present will stay on the grey list of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, since seven of its 12 agreements, including the one with India, still await signature.

25/8 Full Steam Ahead For German Bank Tax Determined to press ahead swiftly with plans to introduce a compulsory bank levy in Germany, the German cabinet is due to meet shortly to discuss its long awaited restructuring law.

24/8 France To Axe EUR10bn In Tax Breaks Following a recent meeting held at the Fort of Brégançon in the Var region of France, French President Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled plans to abolish EUR10bn in tax breaks in the autumn.

24/8 Italy Attacks Stock Lending Tax Scheme Amongst its discoveries this year of various schemes devised by Italian companies and individuals to evade taxes, the Italian Revenue Agency has now disclosed another in the form of cross-border stock lending.

24/8 China Issues Rules On Foreign Investment Disputes China’s Supreme People’s Court has issued a series of rules which should clarify certain legal provisions for cases involving foreign-funded investment companies, and which went into effect on August 16.

23/8 South Africa Plans Islamic Finance Tax Changes The global firm of accountants, Grant Thornton, has said that Islamic investors and financiers are likely to be recognized by way of a new addition to South Africa’s Income Tax Act.

23/8 DAFZ Continues Explosive Expansion The Dubai Airport Freezone, a tax neutral zone in the vicinity of Dubai International Airport, has reported that business sales increased 63% during the first half of 2010 compared to the same period last year.

23/8 HMRC Increases 'Aspect' Enquiries A significant increase in personal tax 'aspect' enquiries confirms HM Revenue and Customs adopting a more targeted approach.

20/8 Canadian Credit Card Industry Code Takes Effect Canadian Minister for Finance, Jim Flaherty noted on August 16 the entry into force of the Code of Conduct for the Credit and Debit Card Industry.

20/8 Panama Ratifies Canadian FTA The Panamanian government has announced that the Cabinet Council on August 17 ratified the draft Law on the Free Trade Agreement between Panama and Canada, as well as bilateral cooperation agreements on labor and the environment.

20/8 HST Depresses Canadian Housing Market In July It has been suggested that the introduction of harmonized sales tax in British Columbia and Ontario has contributed to a sharp fall in home sales in Canada as homebuyers brought purchases forward.

20/8 Jersey Consults On Company Fee Increase Jersey’s Minister for Economic Development, Senator Alan Maclean, has issued a consultation on the level of annual company fees in Jersey.

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