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Newsletter
9th
April 2010 |
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Islamic
Finance Scales New Heights
Friday
9th April 2010
The
Islamic finance industry's total assets scaled new heights
in 2009 according to Moody's Investors Service, rising
to just under USD1 trillion despite the gloomy economic
landscape, although the ratings agency has urged the industry
to continue to innovate, particularly in the area of risk
hedging, if Islamic finance is to really thrive..
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New
Zealand To Step Up To Fund Plate
Thursday
8th April 2010
Following
the disclosure in February this year that a Capital Markets
Taskforce recommendation to establish an international
fund services industry in New Zealand was being studied,
it has now been announced that a private sector group
has been set up to advise the government.
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London's
Property Market 'Booms'
Wednesday
7th April 2010
Prices
for prime central London real estate rose by 20% in the
12 months to the end of March 2010, and the city's residential
property prices are now rising at their fastest rate since
March 2008, according to new research by global property
consultancy Knight Frank.
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Europe
Approves Irish Banking Bailout
Tuesday
6th April 2010
The
European Commission has authorised under EU state aid
rules an emergency recapitalisation worth up to EUR10.44bn
in favour of Anglo Irish Bank and EUR2.7bn in favour of
the Irish Nationwide Building Society to further stabilize
the Irish banking system.
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Family
Offices Put Faith In Private Equity
Monday
5th April 2010
Family
offices are set to become an increasingly important group
of investors to fund managers, particularly as more than
two-thirds will consider forging new relationships with
private equity funds in 2010, according to new research
by Preqin.
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