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Newsletter
22nd
January 2010 |
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News Headlines |
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Dubai
Oil Trading Is Entrenching Itself
Friday 22nd January 2010
The Dubai Merchantile Exchange, which trades oil, has
reported a positive year for 2009. Liquidity has increased
with trading volumes achieving a 69% year-on-year increase
and average daily volumes approaching 3,000 lots in the
last quarter.
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More
Good News For Hedgies
Thursday 21st January 2010
Further
evidence has emerged of the recovery of the hedge fund
sector in 2009 with the publication of figures by The
Eurekahedge Report this week showing an eighth straight
month of asset growth, although inflows accounted for
only a small part of total gains of USD4.6bn. Total assets
reached nearly USD1.5 trillion, said the Singapore-based
firm, showing growth in the year of nearly 20%, matching
or exceeding equity and bond market gains.
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Signs
Of Life In Barbados Property Market
Wednesday
20th January 2010
Real estate agent Cluttons says that now is the time to
buy in Barbados, with a buzz returning to the market.
The firm is optimistic about 2010, with figures over the
last quarter showing significant signs of improvement
in property sales enquiries and actual transactions.
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Swiss
Banks Rebound From Italian Amnesty Debacle
Tuesday
19th January 2010
Morgan
Stanley has estimated in a research report that the Italian
'offshore' tax amnesty will have been more successful
than originally estimated, with up to a quarter of the
EUR400bn estimated 'illegitimate' overseas financial assets
of Italians having been declared to the authorities by
the time that the amnesty finally comes to an end this
April.
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Jersey
And The BVI Both Ready For HKEx
Monday
18th January 2010
Applications
have been made for the first Jersey companies to be listed
on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, ahead of a visit of Jersey
finance professionals to Greater China next week, Jersey
Finance has reported.
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