(AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-21 12:14 UPDATE 1-Tesco completes 605 mln stg of property deals (Interactive Investor)

LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Tesco , the UK's largest retailer, said on Thursday it had raised a further 605 million pounds ($1.1 billion) in four sale-and-leaseback property deals.
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Alternative Assets: Mixed results for listed funds of hedge fund - Reuters UK

Alternative Assets: Mixed results for listed funds of hedge fund Reuters UK, UK - Aug 29, 2008 By James Phillipps LONDON (Citywire) - Funds of hedge funds have been marketed as all-weather vehicles, but the flaccid returns seen from the asset class ...

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Small landlords face big risks - Las Vegas Sun
Metro Police crime prevention specialist Ed Daley speaks to small landlords at a seminar Wednesday about the importance of screening potential renters by checking their criminal ...
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OUTCRY AT PLAN FOR COUNCILS TO BUY UP HOMES - Daily Express

GORDON Brown was under fire last night over plans for town halls to buy thousands of unsold and repossessed houses. He is due to unveil emergency measures next week to encourage ...
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SBQ Property & Land SIPP portfolio includes Philippine Condotel ... - pressbox.co.uk
Pacific Concord Properties Lancaster Condotel developments have been accepted as property investment projects in the UK SBQ property & Land SIPP portfolio after extensive research ...
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Brixton hit by challenging market (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Brixton reported an 18 percent decline in net asset value in the first half as a more challenging commercial property market, the credit crunch and slowing economies pushed the property firm into a sizeable loss.
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Land bank is lifejacket for Henry Boot - yorkshirepost

PROPERTY group Henry Boot insists the quality of its land bank is strong enough to see it through the "most difficult market the property industry has faced for many years". The ...
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Good news - the number's up
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An Olympian dream
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A profitable time
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Housebuilder's profits drop by 96% - Halifax Today

housebuilder Taylor Wimpey said its first-half underlying profits have dived 96% to £4.3 million as it wrestled with the housing market downturn. The firm, which is the UK's ...
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house prices have plummeted by more than 10% in a year ... the biggest ... - Daily Mail
The property market faces a full-scale collapse with house prices tumbling by more than 10 per cent a year for the first time since 1990. The average price has fallen by 10.5 per ...
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housebuilder's profits slump - yorkshirepost
houseBUILDER Taylor Wimpey said today that first-half underlying profits dived 96 per cent to £4.3m as it wrestled with the housing market downturn. The firm, which is the UK's ...
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Alternative Assets: Mixed results for listed funds of hedge fund - Reuters UK

Alternative Assets: Mixed results for listed funds of hedge fund Reuters UK, UK - 13 hours ago By James Phillipps LONDON (Citywire) - Funds of hedge funds have been marketed as all-weather vehicles, but the flaccid returns seen from the asset class ...

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Survey shows lack of succession planning at hedge funds - Wealth Bulletin

Survey shows lack of succession planning at hedge funds Wealth Bulletin, UK - 15 hours ago Nearly 70% of hedge funds don’t have a clear succession planning structure in place, a study by wealth management experts Russ Alan Prince and Hannah Shaw ...

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A profitable time

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Alternative Assets: Mixed results for listed funds of hedge fund - Reuters UK

Alternative Assets: Mixed results for listed funds of hedge fund Reuters UK, UK - 13 hours ago By James Phillipps LONDON (Citywire) - Funds of hedge funds have been marketed as all-weather vehicles, but the flaccid returns seen from the asset class ...

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Staying south and seeking out Souni
Aside from its accession to Nato and European Union (EU) membership in 2004, the most significant issue concerning Cy...
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House prices suffer double-digit fall - Guardian Unlimited

house prices continued to fall in August, recording a double digit year-on-year fall for the first time since the 1990s. According to Nationwide, the price of a typical house has ...
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Nationwide: house prices down 10.5% - Shropshire Star
The average property in the UK has lost more than tenth of it value over the last year, according to the latest research from the Nationwide. The latest house price index from the ...
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housebuilder's profits slump - yorkshirepost
houseBUILDER Taylor Wimpey said today that first-half underlying profits dived 96 per cent to £4.3m as it wrestled with the housing market downturn. The firm, which is the UK's ...
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housebuilder's profits drop by 96% - Halifax Today
housebuilder Taylor Wimpey said its first-half underlying profits have dived 96% to £4.3 million as it wrestled with the housing market downturn. The firm, which is the UK's ...
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Nationwide: House prices down 10.5% - Shropshire Star

The average property in the UK has lost more than tenth of it value over the last year, according to the latest research from the Nationwide. The latest house price index from the ...
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China Firms Dial Up Debt Issues - Wall Street Journal

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China Firms Dial Up Debt Issues Wall Street Journal - Aug 27, 2008 Meanwhile, the more cash-strapped Chinese companies have won financing only through private deals with hedge funds, which are charging hefty rates in return ...

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Hedge funds target bank - The Australian

Hedge funds target bank The Australian, Australia - Aug 27, 2008 MACQUARIE Group has hit the skids after hedge funds seized on a negative report that raised concerns about the investment bank's revenue, the size of its ...

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Texas Tech May Increase Hedge Funds - Foundation Endowment

Texas Tech May Increase Hedge Funds Foundation Endowment, NY - 15 hours ago The $675 million Texas Tech University endowment is leaning toward increasing its allocation to hedge funds. The Lubbock-based school is also searching for ... Ex-Fortress MD Launches Two Hedge Funds FINalternatives It's a Crowded Trading Environment Seeking Alpha Gators Eye Bevy Of Niche Strategies Foundation Endowment all 6 news articles

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house prices suffer double-digit fall - Guardian Unlimited
house prices continued to fall in August, recording a double digit year-on-year fall for the first time since the 1990s. According to Nationwide, the price of a typical house has ...
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An Olympian dream

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Most hedge funds don't plan ahead on management - study - Reuters South Africa

Most hedge funds don't plan ahead on management - study Reuters South Africa, South Africa - Aug 26, 2008 The pair polled 349 US-based hedge funds in recent months to assess how ready players in this loosely regulated industry are to handle change at the top. ...

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Hedge Funds Increase New York Times Stake - Wall Street Journal

Hedge Funds Increase New York Times Stake Wall Street Journal - 18 hours ago By BRIAN KALISH Harbinger Capital Partners and Firebrand Investments LLC, the hedge funds that put two representatives on the board of the New York Times ...

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Opportunities in France
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Buying a property from the small ads (Times Online)

Could a classified ad find you the house of your dreams? Canny buyers are checking out the small print
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Cyprus pushes tourism boat out
The growth of the Cypriot property market has had many positive influences: The close links with Britain as a Commonw...
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Manipulation: Hedge funds control market - The People's Defender

Manipulation: Hedge funds control market The People's Defender, OH - 7 hours ago Hedge funds are simply large - no, huge is a better term - piles of money. The very rich and very large institutions, like pension funds and banks, ...

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Bramdean Alternatives liquidates holdings as hedge funds suffer - CityWire.co.uk

Bramdean Alternatives liquidates holdings as hedge funds suffer CityWire.co.uk, UK - 6 hours ago A shortlist of 19 funds had now been drawn up she added. Many hedge funds, like the rest of the investment industry, have taken a battering at the hands of ...

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Staying south and seeking out Souni
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Hedge funds could profit if battered financial stocks fall further - International Herald Tribune

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Hedge funds could profit if battered financial stocks fall further International Herald Tribune, France - 22 hours ago Hedge funds could well benefit from betting that the bounce in battered financial stocks and the decline in commodities in July were only blips in a ... More to play for in hedge funds' favourite trade guardian.co.uk all 8 news articles

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A profitable time
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Cape Verde - the rumours are untrue
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housebuilder's profits plummet 96% - ITV
housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has said its first-half underlying profits dived 96 per cent to £4.3 million as it wrestled with the housing market downturn. The firm, which is the UK ...
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My housing bust redemption - Yahoo News

Vista, Calif. - It was the spring of 2005 and the housing market was in a frenzy. Against my better instincts, I let my realtor convince me to join the fray. Although that decision ...
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Tesco sells 13 stores and a depot for £600m to fund expansion plans (Guardian Unlimited)
Supermarket agrees sale to raise more than £600m to fund growth
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Cyprus enters the Premier League
With the football season just starting, talk of the Premier League is on many lips. But overseas property also has it...
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Very profitable trade on the Dollar - we were right...
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Office market feels funds woes - Norwalk Advocate

Office market feels funds woes Norwalk Advocate, ct - 2 hours ago By Peter Healy * Three of the town's hedge funds, Andor Capital Management, SageCrest Holdings and Turnberry Capital Management, announced their demise this ...

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Cyprus enters the Premier League
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Cape Verde - the rumours are untrue
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Sell the second home to open college doors - Bridgeton News
Luke, 51, and Nora, 49, are fac ing some harsh financial realities. They have one child starting a pricey university in a few weeks, with their second child heading to college in a ...
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Frustrated sellers and cautious buyers boost home rent market (Daily Mail)

The slump in the housing market is forcing frustrated homeowners to put their properties up for rent rather than sell them at a massive discount.
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Bellway lays foundation for £1.3bn merger - Edinburgh News
house-BUILDERS Bellway and Redrow were yesterday linked in speculation over a £1.3 billion merger to create one of the largest construction company's in the UK. According to ...
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Hedge funds control free markets - Hillsboro Times Gazette

Hedge funds control free markets Hillsboro Times Gazette, OH - 12 hours ago Hedge funds are simply large - no, huge is a better term - piles of money. The very rich and very large institutions, like pension funds and banks, ...

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What the papers say (BBC News)
A look at what is making the headlines in Tuesday's morning newspapers.
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London catch-up still has some way to go

Those studying trends in the property market will have noticed that house prices are falling across the country (exce...
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Bernard Hickey : End the giant rental property tax break - New Zealand Herald
It is the elephant in the room of New Zealand politics. Everyone knows it, yet our leaders refuse to address it, partly because they and their generation benefited personally ...
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Opportunities in France
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Groundhog Day may indicate rate peak

Earlier this week Bank of England monetary policy committee (MPC) member Professor Tim Besley wrote an article for th...
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Sell the second home to open college doors - Bridgeton News
Luke, 51, and Nora, 49, are fac ing some harsh financial realities. They have one child starting a pricey university in a few weeks, with their second child heading to college in a ...
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Opportunities in France
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Staying south and seeking out Souni
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A profitable time

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'For Rent' signs could be here to stay - Star-Press
MUNCIE -- Landlord Mike Kilgore is cutting it close this year. Five days before the start of the college semester, he rented out two properties and had one left to go. For the ...
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Cyprus enters the Premier League
With the football season just starting, talk of the Premier League is on many lips. But overseas property also has it...
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Sell the second home to open college doors - Bridgeton News
Luke, 51, and Nora, 49, are fac ing some harsh financial realities. They have one child starting a pricey university in a few weeks, with their second child heading to college in a ...
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Staying strong
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Buying a property from the small ads (Times Online)

Could a classified ad find you the house of your dreams? Canny buyers are checking out the small print
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What the papers say (BBC News)
A look at what is making the headlines in Tuesday's morning newspapers.
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Lessons in geography
When it comes to investing in property, there are clearly some who believe that the north is not worth investing in. ...
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Court lets NJ invest pension money in hedge funds - Newsday

Newsday, NY - 17 hours ago
TRENTON, NJ (AP) _ A state appeals court has allowed New Jersey to move ahead with a plan to invest some state pension money into hedge funds. ...
Court OK's Jersey plan to invest pension money in hedge funds The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
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An Olympian dream

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Tesco sells 13 stores and a depot for £600m to fund expansion plans - Guardian Unlimited
Tesco is selling 13 stores and a depot to raise cash to fund expansion. The supermarket group has agreed sale and leaseback deals with property investors to raise more than £600m ...
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Cape Verde - the rumours are untrue
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Recession fear as economic growth hits zero - Guardian Unlimited
The City was braced last night for Britain's first recession since the early 1990s after the government revealed that belt-tightening by households and business brought growth to a ...
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Hedge Funds Lower Bets on Rising Stocks, Goldman Report Finds - Bloomberg

Hedge Funds Lower Bets on Rising Stocks, Goldman Report Finds Bloomberg - 21 hours ago 22 (Bloomberg) -- Hedge funds reduced their bets in the past year that US stocks would gain as the Standard & Poor's 500 Index declined and credit ...

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Forced to sell the family home - News.com.au

The Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Ipswich are the state's main pockets of severe mortgage stress, according to new survey figures about to be released by business and technology ...
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Cyprus pushes tourism boat out
The growth of the Cypriot property market has had many positive influences: The close links with Britain as a Commonw...
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What the papers say (BBC News)
A look at what is making the headlines in Tuesday's morning newspapers.
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London Property Shakeout Make REITs Lose on Attrition (Update1) - Bloomberg

Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- London developers are adding the equivalent of 160 trading floors of office space in the main financial district in the next two years. Their timing couldn't ...
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Tom Stevenson - Daily Telegraph
IAN Norris's Kafka-esque nightmare is not quite over. The house of Lords has ruled that the former Morgan Crucible chief cannot be extradited to the US on price-fixing charges but ...
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Getting sick on the hedge fund ship - National Post

Getting sick on the hedge fund ship National Post, Canada - 16 hours ago Hedge funds are hurting. The easy-going days of the bull market are over, capital has dried up and even the S&P 500 index is outperforming most hedge funds. ... Dollar-Oil Relationship In Doubt As Market Drivers Diverge CattleNetwork.com all 2 news articles

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Cruden profits take slight dip but outlook remains positive (The Herald)

CRUDEN Investments, the holding company of the eponymous charity foundation and construction group, unveiled a slight dip in profits in its latest set of accounts - but insisted it remained on target for future growth, in spite of the housing market slowdown.
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Shop rents see first fall in 7 years (Interactive Investor)
Tue 12 Aug, 2008 12:31
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London and Scotland tipped to lead recovery
While many are looking negatively at the UK property market in the light of the credit crunch, falling house prices, ...
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Look south

A recent thinktank report in Britain suggesting that millions in the north think of looking for a new home in the sou...
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Brixton hit by challenging market, shares down - Guardian Unlimited
LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Brixton reported an 18 percent decline in net asset value in the first half as a more challenging commercial property market, the credit crunch and ...
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Taking another look at hedge funds - ITInews - Insurance Times and Investments News

ITInews - Insurance Times and Investments News

Taking another look at hedge funds ITInews - Insurance Times and Investments News, South Africa - Aug 20, 2008 Hedge funds have a place as they are generally an asset class with real returns uncorrelated to the market, and one needs to ensure that the hedge funds ...

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Opportunities in France
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Research the real costs of being a landlord - News.com.au
You need to get the financial setup right from the start Look at tax implications and get advice Guide : What to look for in an investment property SOARING rents because of the ...
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Loeb, Under SEC Probe, Defends `Give-and-Take' With Other Funds - Bloomberg

Bloomberg - Aug 20, 2008
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is probing New York-based Third Point, which manages $5.6 billion, for its communications with other hedge funds, ...