Sunday 30 November 2008

Price: 48.50 - Life Style Extra



It seems that even in these times, we still have peole who seen to be shorting stocks/ ramping them dowm!!!! I have very good knowledge of this company and look at increasing my ...
Source: www.lse.co.uk

Metrovacesa offers to sell HSBC tower for £300m loss (Daily Telegraph)
Troubled Spanish property group offers HSBC the chance to buy back their headquarters in Canary Wharf writes Graham Ruddick.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

A new call to action
After all the recent moves by the government to raise stamp duty thresholds, recapitalise the banks and add liquidity...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Thinking about tenancy



When it comes to investing in buy-to-let, landlords have many things to think about. Location is important, with the ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Act now or face total freeze on home loans, Darling told - Guardian Unlimited
A 50% drop in mortgage lending in the past 12 months and dire predictions by the government's mortgage tsar of a complete freeze in home loans next year prompted calls yesterday ...
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Hedge Funds Prowl Japan's Ashiya City for Wealthiest Investors - Bloomberg

Hedge Funds Prowl Japan's Ashiya City for Wealthiest Investors
Bloomberg - Nov 26, 2008
Now it's a feeding ground for hedge funds tapping the wealth of new multi-millionaires like Kunihisa Sagami. Sagami, founder of mail-order cosmetics and ...
Fortis asset management unit winds down hedge fund Wealth Bulletin
Artemis Decides to Wind Down Its Absolute Return Hedge Fund Bloomberg
Sparx to Close UK Office, Retreat From Some US Businesses Bloomberg
all 5 news articles

Source: news.google.com

Hedge funds try to hold back redemption wave - MarketWatch



MarketWatch - Nov 28, 2008
By Alistair Barr, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Hundreds of hedge funds will shut this year as an estimated wave of as much as $700 billion in ...

Source: news.google.com

Hedge funds change rules to stem redemptions - Reuters

Hedge funds change rules to stem redemptions
Reuters - Nov 27, 2008
By Martin de Sa'Pinto and Laurence Fletcher ZURICH/LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge funds are trying stem the rising tide of investors taking out their cash but ...
Satellite Asset Management Halts Client Redemptions at 3 Largest Funds StreetInsider.com (subscription)
Satellite Halts Hedge Fund Withdrawals, Fires 30 After Losses Bloomberg
Hedge fund assets to fall below $1 trillion Wealth Bulletin
Reuters
all 24 news articles

Source: news.google.com

Hedge funds out beating the bushes - Ottawa Citizen

Hedge funds out beating the bushes
Ottawa Citizen,  Canada - Nov 29, 2008
But hedge funds and private equity investors never sleep, particularly when their investors are demanding redemptions and triggering new rounds of asset ...

Source: news.google.com

Act now or face total freeze on home loans, Darling told - Guardian Unlimited



A 50% drop in mortgage lending in the past 12 months and dire predictions by the government's mortgage tsar of a complete freeze in home loans next year prompted calls yesterday ...
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

From boom to bust - Economist.com
AS I drive up to the dusty fairgrounds of the German-American Social Club of Cape Coral, Florida, I see an abandoned white house with peeling paint and boarded-up windows across ...
Source: www.economist.com

The nationalisation of credit - bbc
As I said boringly and monotonously on Monday, before during and after the pre-Budget report, the overhang of excessive debt accumulated in the boom years remains the biggest ...
Source: www.bbc.co.uk

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-25 10:57 UPDATE 1-Russia LSR 9-mth profit falls on portfolio revaluation (Interactive Investor)
MOSCOW, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Shares in Russian construction and real estate company LSR Group fell as much as 65 percent after the company said its nine-month earnings collapsed due to a portfolio revaluation. Net profit fell 82 percent to $44 million, from $249 million in the first nine months of 2007, the company said in a statement. Normalised net profit, which excludes the effect of the ...
Source: www.iii.co.uk

Are Things So Bad They're Good? - Barron's

Are Things So Bad They're Good?
Barron's - Nov 29, 2008
When the going gets tough, the tough start hedge funds. A better ring to AT&T. AT THIS POINT IN AN UNFORGIVING YEAR, it's worth recalling that the first ...
Canadian Hedge Fund Industry raises $150000 to Combat Child Abuse Canada NewsWire (press release)
all 4 news articles

Source: news.google.com

Saturday 29 November 2008

Market update - 25 November - The Independent



The FTSE 100 was up 71.74 points at 4224.7 while the FTSE 250 advanced to 5928.84, up 139.29 points, at 11.58am this morning. Rio Tinto was the weakest on the Footise, falling to ...
Source: www.independent.co.uk

Losses widen at McKay Securities (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
real estate investment trust McKay Securities saw its net asset value per share dive in the first half of its financial year, as the commercial property sector’s slump worsened.
Source: uk.biz.yahoo.com

Metrovacesa offers to sell HSBC tower for £300m loss (Daily Telegraph)
Troubled Spanish property group offers HSBC the chance to buy back their headquarters in Canary Wharf writes Graham Ruddick.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Thank You MPC - Admission of Guilt ?



Nice to see the MPC admit yesterday that they considered our suggestion, and that of a couple of other right-thinking...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Hedge funds try to hold back redemption wave - MarketWatch

Hedge funds try to hold back redemption wave
MarketWatch - Nov 28, 2008
By Alistair Barr, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Hundreds of hedge funds will shut this year as an estimated wave of as much as $700 billion in ...

Source: news.google.com

British Land posts multi-million write-downs (Tiscali)
LONDON (Reuters) - Property firm British Land Co said property correction had wiped millions of pounds off its 15.9 billion pounds portfolio, and hinted further write-downs could yet materialise.
Source: www.tiscali.co.uk

Where was the bubble? (One-star rocket stocks, hedge funds, and ... - Motley Fool



Motley Fool - 11 hours ago
The LAST group to go belly up was the hedge fund managers. They were not long. They were short. They even helped to short companies out of business. ...

Source: news.google.com

HSBC offered 23pc off its Canary Wharf tower (Daily Telegraph)
HSBC is being offered back its headquarters in Canary Wharf for 23pc less than it sold it for last year.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

From boom to bust - Economist.com
AS I drive up to the dusty fairgrounds of the German-American Social Club of Cape Coral, Florida, I see an abandoned white house with peeling paint and boarded-up windows across ...
Source: www.economist.com

London Diversified Said to Halt Withdrawals From Hedge Funds - Bloomberg



Bloomberg - 20 hours ago
Investors pulled $40 billion from hedge funds last month, while market losses cut industry assets by $115 billion to $1.56 trillion, according to data ...
BUDGET CUTS PROPOSED IN CANADA New York Times
Allianz Hedge Fund CFO Faces Liquidation After Investor Vote Bloomberg
all 5 news articles

Source: news.google.com

Mortgage move may help US funding
Those viewing the economic news all over the world may get something of a sense of deja vu when watching and reading ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

A positive consensus
If one reads the views of some commentators on the buy-to-let industry, the situation appears unremittingly dire: one...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Friday 28 November 2008

A positive consensus



If one reads the views of some commentators on the buy-to-let industry, the situation appears unremittingly dire: one...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Correspondent's Diary - Economist.com
From Economist.com AS I drive up to the dusty fairgrounds of the German-American Social Club of Cape Coral, Florida, I see an abandoned white house with peeling paint and boarded ...
Source: www.economist.com

New house price figures may hint at better times ahead
For those looking to invest in residential property, one possible approach is to invest at the point when the market ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Doing the sums - InsideHousing



The £150 million of spending brought forward for 2,000 new social rented homes seemed unexceptional even at the time. But it was put into true perspective by statistics published ...
Source: www.insidehousing.co.uk

Price: 48.50 - Life Style Extra
It seems that even in these times, we still have peole who seen to be shorting stocks/ ramping them dowm!!!! I have very good knowledge of this company and look at increasing my ...
Source: www.lse.co.uk

France 'still a place to invest'
To hear some speak it may be believed that when it comes to property France has offered nothing more than a stable ma...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Money for affordable homes pledge - BBC UK News
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: "The Scottish Government is under no illusion about the serious challenges facing Scotland's house builders. "We are taking decisive ...
Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Property values to fall further at Segro (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Segro, formerly Slough Estates, expects the value of its UK investment property portfolio to have fallen further in the second half due to "severe stress" in global financial markets.
Source: uk.biz.yahoo.com

The Business of New Jersey Real Estate: Timely Information, Trusted Analysis and Valuable Resources Online (GlobeSt.com)



FLORHAM PARK, NJ-Just more than a year ago, AIG Global teamed with Morgan Properties to buy a portfolio of 16,784 apartments in 86 properties in five states from locally based Kushner Cos. for just less than $1.9 billion . Now, according to a report in The Bergen Record , any or all of those properties, a large percentage of which are in New Jersey, are for sale as the ailing insurer tries to ...
Source: www.globest.com

Commercial property values down 27 percent on '07 peak (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Commercial property values dropped by a further 4.6 percent in October, extending the market's price correction to 27.4 percent from its summer 2007 peak, data from property consultant CB Richard Ellis showed.
Source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Layoffs as property slowdown increases (Interactive Investor)
Alistair Darling has taken a massive tax gamble in his pre-Budget report to get the economy back on track. But will it pay off?
Source: www.iii.co.uk

Hedge funds still stuffed with BCE - Globe and Mail

Hedge funds still stuffed with BCE
Globe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour ago
Back-of-an-envelope calculations by traders peg had risk arb accounts â€" that's the hedge funds playing mergers â€" and other speculative types holding between ...

Source: news.google.com

Twin tourism potential may boost Cape Verde
Cape Verde is now well known as a growing tourism attraction, becoming less of a hidden gem and more a highly visible...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Allianz Hedge Fund CFO Faces Liquidation After Investor Vote - Bloomberg



Bloomberg - 3 hours ago
28 (Bloomberg) -- Allianz SE’s 300 million-euro ($387 million) collateralized fund obligation linked to the performance of 80 hedge funds will be liquidated ...
BUDGET CUTS PROPOSED IN CANADA New York Times
all 3 news articles

Source: news.google.com

Mortgage move may help US funding
Those viewing the economic news all over the world may get something of a sense of deja vu when watching and reading ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

A new call to action
After all the recent moves by the government to raise stamp duty thresholds, recapitalise the banks and add liquidity...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Thursday 27 November 2008

Twin tourism potential may boost Cape Verde



Cape Verde is now well known as a growing tourism attraction, becoming less of a hidden gem and more a highly visible...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

How the crunch could boost France and Germany
When it comes to buying property overseas, many Britons have held back in recent months from doing so. This is not be...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Pre-Budget report wish list - Daily Telegraph
Mark Clare, the chief executive of Barratt Developments said the Government could boost the struggling housing market in Monday’s Pre-Budget Report by increasing the amount of ...
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Hedge funds pounded by BCE fall - Globe and Mail



Hedge funds pounded by BCE fall
Globe and Mail, Canada - 14 hours ago
Hedge funds large and small were playing the BCE takeover. It was big, it was liquid, and the gap between the market price and the planned $42.75 takeover ...
Bell Canada Bombshell Hits Hedge Funds New York Times Blogs
Deals of the Day: Is BCE the Next Busted Buyout? Wall Street Journal Blogs
Big day on the BCE file Business News Network
Bloomberg - InformationWeek
all 593 news articles

Source: news.google.com

Hedge fund backed by Perot family is liquidating - Dallas Morning News

Hedge fund backed by Perot family is liquidating
Dallas Morning News, TX - Nov 26, 2008
Dramatic market gyrations have made 2008 a "challenging year" for hedge funds, said Ed Easterling, president of Crestmont Research, a financial markets ...
Perot’s Parkcentral Fund Closes as Credit Freezes (Update1) Bloomberg
Perot Fund Liquidates as Debt Bets Turn Sour Wall Street Journal
Allianz Global Investors Fund Management Announces a Change to the ... MarketWatch
all 25 news articles

Source: news.google.com

France 'still a place to invest'
To hear some speak it may be believed that when it comes to property France has offered nothing more than a stable ma...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Investing smarter in 2009
While 2008 has not been such a good year for those trying to buy or sell a house, it has been very positive for landl...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Wednesday 26 November 2008

The Boris plan



When it comes to investing in London property, the situation has been a difficult one for many, given the widespread ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Twin tourism potential may boost Cape Verde
Cape Verde is now well known as a growing tourism attraction, becoming less of a hidden gem and more a highly visible...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Germany strong on buy-to-let
Read about Germany in the news and the most likely thing one will encounter at present is stories of how the country ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-11 19:19 Russian developer RTM profit falls, revisits plans (Interactive Investor)
MOSCOW, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Russian real estate developer RTM reported on Tuesday a 60 percent fall in first-half net profit and said it would temporarily suspend investing in projects in their early stages due to the market crisis.
Source: www.iii.co.uk

Act now or face total freeze on home loans, Darling told - Guardian Unlimited
A 50% drop in mortgage lending in the past 12 months and dire predictions by the government's mortgage tsar of a complete freeze in home loans next year prompted calls yesterday ...
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Hedge fund backed by Perot family is liquidating - Dallas Morning News



Dallas Morning News, TX - 21 hours ago
Dramatic market gyrations have made 2008 a "challenging year" for hedge funds, said Ed Easterling, president of Crestmont Research, a financial markets ...
Perot Fund Liquidates as Debt Bets Turn Sour Wall Street Journal
Perot’s Parkcentral Fund Closes as Credit Freezes (Update1) Bloomberg
Allianz Global Investors Fund Management Announces a Change to the ... MarketWatch
all 24 news articles

Source: news.google.com

Correspondent's Diary - Economist.com
From Economist.com AS I drive up to the dusty fairgrounds of the German-American Social Club of Cape Coral, Florida, I see an abandoned white house with peeling paint and boarded ...
Source: www.economist.com

The Business of New Jersey real estate: Timely Information, Trusted Analysis and Valuable Resources Online (GlobeSt.com)
FLORHAM PARK, NJ-Just more than a year ago, AIG Global teamed with Morgan Properties to buy a portfolio of 16,784 apartments in 86 properties in five states from locally based Kushner Cos. for just less than $1.9 billion . Now, according to a report in The Bergen Record , any or all of those properties, a large percentage of which are in New Jersey, are for sale as the ailing insurer tries to ...
Source: www.globest.com

Hedge Funds May Sell $200 Billion More of Assets, Survey Finds - Bloomberg

Hedge Funds May Sell $200 Billion More of Assets, Survey Finds
Bloomberg - Nov 24, 2008
24 (Bloomberg) -- Hedge funds are about halfway done selling securities to reduce their use of borrowed money and may unload $200 billion more to complete ...
Survey: Hedge Funds Halfway Home, May Dump Another $200 Billion FINalternatives
Hedge funds 'need to sell $200bn in assets' London Stock Exchange
Hedge funds 'need to ditch $200bn to complete de-leveraging' Bobsguide (press release)
Bloomberg - FINalternatives
all 6 news articles

Source: news.google.com

Germany strong on buy-to-let



Read about Germany in the news and the most likely thing one will encounter at present is stories of how the country ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-18 10:13 WRAPUP 1-US, UK layoffs as property slowdown accelerates (Interactive Investor)
By Ben Deighton and Farah Master
Source: www.iii.co.uk

Thinking about tenancy
When it comes to investing in buy-to-let, landlords have many things to think about. Location is important, with the ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Act now or face total freeze on home loans, Darling told - Guardian Unlimited
A 50% drop in mortgage lending in the past 12 months and dire predictions by the government's mortgage tsar of a complete freeze in home loans next year prompted calls yesterday ...
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Cape ambition



Over the last few years Cape Verde has built its economic growth on the back of some significant foreign investment. ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Crosby may boost buy-to-let
The long-awaited pre-Budget report brought plenty of items connected with housing. There was an extension of eligibil...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Thinking about tenancy
When it comes to investing in buy-to-let, landlords have many things to think about. Location is important, with the ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Correspondent's Diary - Economist.com
From Economist.com AS I drive up to the dusty fairgrounds of the German-American Social Club of Cape Coral, Florida, I see an abandoned white house with peeling paint and boarded ...
Source: www.economist.com

The Business of New Jersey real estate: Timely Information, Trusted Analysis and Valuable Resources Online (GlobeSt.com)
FLORHAM PARK, NJ-Just more than a year ago, AIG Global teamed with Morgan Properties to buy a portfolio of 16,784 apartments in 86 properties in five states from locally based Kushner Cos. for just less than $1.9 billion . Now, according to a report in The Bergen Record , any or all of those properties, a large percentage of which are in New Jersey, are for sale as the ailing insurer tries to ...
Source: www.globest.com

Pre-Budget report: Property world calls for empty rates review - Daily Telegraph



The commercial property world says the Government risks causing "long-term damage" to the economy if it does not announce a review of empty rates in the pre-Budget report today ...
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Cheaper in the eurozone?
One recent issue that may have held back British investors in eurozone property is the unfavourable price of the poun...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL? - Estate Agency News
But hang on in there, for there is light at the end of the tunnel â€" that is the message from former National Association of Estate Agents president Melfyn Williams, who sees ...
Source: www.estateagencynews.co.uk

Cyprus variety keeps coming
As may befit a country that has a cultural heritage drawing on so many different traditions down the ages, Cyprus has...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

No end in sight for the great retail recession - Belfast Telegraph
Panic over then. Retail sales fell by only 0.1% in October, according to the Office for National Statistics, far less than economists and the retail trade itself had been ...
Source: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Pre-Budget report wish list - Daily Telegraph



Mark Clare, the chief executive of Barratt Developments said the Government could boost the struggling housing market in Monday’s Pre-Budget Report by increasing the amount of ...
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Pre-Budget report: Property world calls for empty rates review - Daily Telegraph
The commercial property world says the Government risks causing "long-term damage" to the economy if it does not announce a review of empty rates in the pre-Budget report today ...
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

From boom to bust - Economist.com
AS I drive up to the dusty fairgrounds of the German-American Social Club of Cape Coral, Florida, I see an abandoned white house with peeling paint and boarded-up windows across ...
Source: www.economist.com

Germany strong on buy-to-let
Read about Germany in the news and the most likely thing one will encounter at present is stories of how the country ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Twin tourism potential may boost Cape Verde
Cape Verde is now well known as a growing tourism attraction, becoming less of a hidden gem and more a highly visible...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Monday 24 November 2008

Pre-Budget report: Property world calls for empty rates review - Daily Telegraph



The commercial property world says the Government risks causing "long-term damage" to the economy if it does not announce a review of empty rates in the pre-Budget report today ...
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Englander’s Millennium Funds May Lose $1 Billion to Withdrawals - Bloomberg

HedgeWeek

Englander’s Millennium Funds May Lose $1 Billion to Withdrawals
Bloomberg - 4 hours ago
Millennium lost about 3 percent this year through October, the people said, compared with hedge funds’ average decline of 16 percent, according to data ...
Hedge funds seen lowering fees Reuters
October was a cruel month for hedge funds BloggingStocks
Last Month, $40 Billion Pulled From Hedge Funds Wall Street Journal
HedgeWeek - Reuters
all 33 news articles

Source: news.google.com

France 'still a place to invest'
To hear some speak it may be believed that when it comes to property France has offered nothing more than a stable ma...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-20 13:55 UPDATE 1-Dubai real estate suffers as distressed sales rise (Interactive Investor)



By Jason Benham
Source: www.iii.co.uk

Misunderstood hedge funds suffered in mid-match rule change - Times Online

Misunderstood hedge funds suffered in mid-match rule change
Times Online, UK - 3 hours ago
Investment banks, rather than hedge funds, were behind the surge in gearing, or leverage, that pushed markets to breaking point in the middle of last year. ...
Hedge funds face ever-shrinking future Financial Director
all 4 news articles

Source: news.google.com

Support for construction in £900m housing plan - Times Online
A £900 million package to insulate people’s lofts, give sub-standard homes new bathrooms and kitchens and repair crumbling council homes was announced by the Chancellor ...
Source: business.timesonline.co.uk

Hedge funds leave hole in real estate market - FierceFinance

Hedge funds leave hole in real estate market
FierceFinance, DC - 6 hours ago
Until now, the long bet was the smart bet, and hedge funds were paying up to $200 a square foot--more than double the average--for offices in "midtown's ...

Source: news.google.com

Layoffs at Wolseley as property slowdown accelerates (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)



In a sign of the increasingly acute contraction of the worldwide property market, building supplies company Wolseley announced a slew of layoffs and store closures, sending its shares tumbling as much as 8 percent in early trading.
Source: uk.news.yahoo.com

A positive consensus
If one reads the views of some commentators on the buy-to-let industry, the situation appears unremittingly dire: one...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

When more of the same is good news
With the world economy struggling, many will look at the future with some foreboding, wondering about their jobs and ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Billions in losses may have to be written off in one fell swoop - Belfast Telegraph
A comment from a senior stockbroker the other day may have summed up the banking problem. “While banks say publicly that they don't need fresh funds, most are privately resigned ...
Source: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Cheaper in the eurozone?
One recent issue that may have held back British investors in eurozone property is the unfavourable price of the poun...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Layoffs at Wolseley as property slowdown accelerates (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)



In a sign of the increasingly acute contraction of the worldwide property market, building supplies company Wolseley announced a slew of layoffs and store closures, sending its shares tumbling as much as 8 percent in early trading.
Source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Layoffs as property slowdown increases - MSN UK News
LONDON (Reuters) - In a sign of the increasingly acute contraction of the worldwide property market, building supplies company Wolseley announced a slew of layoffs and store ...
Source: news.uk.msn.com

Senior Accident & Health Acc Underwriter - Guildford - Silicon.com
Do you have previous Accident & Health underwriting experience? Are you ACII qualified - or in progress towards it? If so we could have the role for you! Our client is a leading ...
Source: www.silicon.com

Englander’s Millennium Funds May Lose $1 Billion to Withdrawals - Bloomberg

Englander’s Millennium Funds May Lose $1 Billion to Withdrawals
Bloomberg - 22 minutes ago
Millennium lost about 3 percent this year through October, the people said, compared with hedge funds’ average decline of 16 percent, according to data ...

Source: news.google.com

Sunday 23 November 2008

Thank You MPC - Admission of Guilt ?



Nice to see the MPC admit yesterday that they considered our suggestion, and that of a couple of other right-thinking...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Hedge Funds Reduce Stock Holdings - Washington Post

CharlotteObserver.com

Hedge Funds Reduce Stock Holdings
Washington Post, United States - 14 hours ago
By Jeff Kearns Hedge funds cut stock holdings by almost two-thirds from a year ago, signaling that they are less willing to take risks amid tighter credit ...
Banks dump assets in fire sale South China Morning Post (subscription)
Evening Reading: Citigroup and the End of the SIV? Wall Street Journal Blogs
all 243 news articles

Source: news.google.com

Manzke ‘Disgusted’ by Hedge Funds, Seeks Investor-Rights Group - Bloomberg

Manzke ‘Disgusted’ by Hedge Funds, Seeks Investor-Rights Group
Bloomberg - Nov 21, 2008
21 (Bloomberg) -- Sandra Manzke, an investor in hedge funds for more than 20 years, wants her peers to band together to stop what she calls “outrageous” ...
Hedge Funds Ask: Where's the Love? Motley Fool
all 2 news articles

Source: news.google.com

Record Options Trading Slows After Hedge Funds Fold (Update3) - Bloomberg

Record Options Trading Slows After Hedge Funds Fold (Update3)
Bloomberg - Nov 20, 2008
20 (Bloomberg) -- US options trading slowed this month from a record pace after hedge funds collapsed and the biggest market swings since 1929 made equity ...
US stock volatility is expected to stay high for rest of year Forbes
all 29 news articles

Source: news.google.com

How the crunch could boost France and Germany
When it comes to buying property overseas, many Britons have held back in recent months from doing so. This is not be...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Investing smarter in 2009



While 2008 has not been such a good year for those trying to buy or sell a house, it has been very positive for landl...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Bank Of England Accepts That house prices Are Important
Charlie Bean, the Bank of England's deputy Governor said six months ago that there was little link between h...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

The Boris plan
When it comes to investing in London property, the situation has been a difficult one for many, given the widespread ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Treasury secretary calls for hedge fund oversight - MarketWatch

ABC News

Treasury secretary calls for hedge fund oversight
MarketWatch - Nov 20, 2008
"To ensure the market stability regulator can fulfill its role, large, systemically-important institutions, including hedge funds, should be required to ...
For Paulson, a New View on Hedge Funds Too New York Times Blogs
Paulson's Cascade of Lies CounterPunch
Paulson’s evolution, from Wall Street to Washington VentureBeat
Daily Beast - FINalternatives
all 2,324 news articles

Source: news.google.com

Conflict? What conflict?
To believe some headlines, one might think that the private rental system is one in which disputes between landlords ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Fair trade - InsideHousing



The Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 is presenting problems for housing associations and residential developers in already tough economic times. Disaffected homebuyers have been ...
Source: www.insidehousing.co.uk

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-11 19:19 Russian developer RTM profit falls, revisits plans (Interactive Investor)
MOSCOW, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Russian real estate developer RTM reported on Tuesday a 60 percent fall in first-half net profit and said it would temporarily suspend investing in projects in their early stages due to the market crisis.
Source: www.iii.co.uk

State money went to two additional hedge funds - NJ.com

State money went to two additional hedge funds
NJ.com, NJ - 2 hours ago
At the time, Investment Division officials did not mention they had made identical infusions into the two other hedge funds on the same day as the BlackRock ...

Source: news.google.com

Hedge funds fume about CVC's rescue plan for PBL Media - The Australian



The Australian, Australia - 2 hours ago
HEDGE funds who invested in Channel Nine's owner PBL Media are unhappy about a rescue package to refinance the group's $4.3 billion in debt, The Asian Wall ...

Source: news.google.com

US, UK layoffs as property slowdown accelerates - Guardian Unlimited
LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - In a sign of the increasingly acute contraction of the worldwide property market, building supplies company Wolseley announced a slew of layoffs and ...
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Property values to fall further at Segro (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Segro, formerly Slough Estates, expects the value of its UK investment property portfolio to have fallen further in the second half due to "severe stress" in global financial markets.
Source: uk.biz.yahoo.com

Saturday 22 November 2008

Thank You MPC - Admission of Guilt ?



Nice to see the MPC admit yesterday that they considered our suggestion, and that of a couple of other right-thinking...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Layoffs as property slowdown increases - MSN UK News
LONDON (Reuters) - In a sign of the increasingly acute contraction of the worldwide property market, building supplies company Wolseley announced a slew of layoffs and store ...
Source: news.uk.msn.com

REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL? - Estate Agency News
But hang on in there, for there is light at the end of the tunnel â€" that is the message from former National Association of Estate Agents president Melfyn Williams, who sees ...
Source: www.estateagencynews.co.uk

Investing smarter in 2009
While 2008 has not been such a good year for those trying to buy or sell a house, it has been very positive for landl...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Cheaper in the eurozone?
One recent issue that may have held back British investors in eurozone property is the unfavourable price of the poun...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Oil Prices Drop 40% Year on Year



Oil prices continue to drop and there is now a 40% year-on-year price fall with oil prices in the $53 to $59 price ra...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Thank You MPC - Admission of Guilt ?
Nice to see the MPC admit yesterday that they considered our suggestion, and that of a couple of other right-thinking...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-12 20:34 Polish GTC profit halved on lower real estate value gains (Interactive Investor)
WARSAW, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Globe Trade Centre (GTC) , a Warsaw-listed real estate company, reported on Wednesday a 53 percent fall in third-quarter net profit due to lower gains on revaluation of its real estate portfolio. GTC earned 189 million zlotys from July through September compared to 403 million zlotys in the same period last year. The company's profit from revaluation of investment ...
Source: www.iii.co.uk

A new mortgage plan?
Next week's pre-budget report by the government will be a subject of interest to people all over the country,...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

France 'still a place to invest'
To hear some speak it may be believed that when it comes to property France has offered nothing more than a stable ma...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

A new mortgage plan?



Next week's pre-budget report by the government will be a subject of interest to people all over the country,...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

UK retail property capital values plunge - Retail Bulletin
Retail property values are falling faster than ever, according to new data from the influential investment property Databank, with major landlords feeling the pinch. By Graham ...
Source: www.theretailbulletin.com

How the crunch could boost France and Germany
When it comes to buying property overseas, many Britons have held back in recent months from doing so. This is not be...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Pre-Budget report wish list - Daily Telegraph
Mark Clare, the chief executive of Barratt Developments said the Government could boost the struggling housing market in Monday’s Pre-Budget Report by increasing the amount of ...
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Pre-Budget report wish list - Daily Telegraph



Mark Clare, the chief executive of Barratt Developments said the Government could boost the struggling housing market in Monday’s Pre-Budget Report by increasing the amount of ...
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Bank Of England Accepts That house prices Are Important
Charlie Bean, the Bank of England's deputy Governor said six months ago that there was little link between h...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Thank You MPC - Admission of Guilt ?
Nice to see the MPC admit yesterday that they considered our suggestion, and that of a couple of other right-thinking...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Paphos takes off
When it comes to surviving the credit crunch, many markets have essentially done no such thing, in the sense that the...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Conflict? What conflict?
To believe some headlines, one might think that the private rental system is one in which disputes between landlords ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Thursday 20 November 2008

France 'still a place to invest'



To hear some speak it may be believed that when it comes to property France has offered nothing more than a stable ma...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Layoffs as property slowdown increases - MSN UK News
LONDON (Reuters) - In a sign of the increasingly acute contraction of the worldwide property market, building supplies company Wolseley announced a slew of layoffs and store ...
Source: news.uk.msn.com

A new mortgage plan?
Next week's pre-budget report by the government will be a subject of interest to people all over the country,...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Not all gloom where once was boom
Those investing in property in recent years whose main aim was to ensure they bought in places with fast-rising price...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-20 13:55 UPDATE 1-Dubai real estate suffers as distressed sales rise (Interactive Investor)
By Jason Benham
Source: www.iii.co.uk

Fundamentalist view: Investors have a window into the future - Daily Telegraph



Profits are falling, house prices are tumbling and for all intents and purposes, the British economy is in recession. If times are getting tougher for businesses, surely the stock ...
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Citi shutters more hedge funds - CNNMoney.com

Citi shutters more hedge funds
CNNMoney.com - 9 hours ago
by Katie Benner Amid massive layoffs and losses, Citigroup (C) is also getting hammered by hedge fund declines, according to the Financial Times. ...

Source: news.google.com

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-12 20:34 Polish GTC profit halved on lower real estate value gains (Interactive Investor)
WARSAW, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Globe Trade Centre (GTC) , a Warsaw-listed real estate company, reported on Wednesday a 53 percent fall in third-quarter net profit due to lower gains on revaluation of its real estate portfolio. GTC earned 189 million zlotys from July through September compared to 403 million zlotys in the same period last year. The company's profit from revaluation of investment ...
Source: www.iii.co.uk

Fair trade - InsideHousing
The Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 is presenting problems for housing associations and residential developers in already tough economic times. Disaffected homebuyers have been ...
Source: www.insidehousing.co.uk

Record Options Trading Slows After Hedge Funds Fold (Update3) - Bloomberg



Bloomberg - 24 minutes ago
20 (Bloomberg) -- US options trading slowed this month from a record pace after hedge funds collapsed and the biggest market swings since 1929 made equity ...

Source: news.google.com

City jobless figures fall - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
THE number of jobless people in Peterborough slipped last month bucking the national trend. While new figures show the number of people without jobs across Britain has soared from ...
Source: www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk

Hedge funds find silver lining in crisis - Norwalk Advocate

Hedge funds find silver lining in crisis
Norwalk Advocate, ct - 14 hours ago
Smaller hedge funds will have a tougher time with the onset of new regulations because they will cause additional compliance challenges and legal fees, ...

Source: news.google.com

Hedge fund assets shrink 9 pct, clients pull $40 bln - Reuters

Hedge fund assets shrink 9 pct, clients pull $40 bln
Reuters - 17 minutes ago
Hedge funds around the world now manage an estimated $1.56 trillion, down from $1.72 trillion at the end of September, Chicago-based tracking firm Hedge ...

Source: news.google.com

Government housing policy is confused - This is Sentinel
HOUSING CRISIS: The collapse of the housing market must have serious consequences for the Renew programme in North Staffordshire. A key feature of the Renew programme is that ...
Source: www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk

Cheaper in the eurozone?



One recent issue that may have held back British investors in eurozone property is the unfavourable price of the poun...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Not all gloom where once was boom
Those investing in property in recent years whose main aim was to ensure they bought in places with fast-rising price...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Paphos takes off
When it comes to surviving the credit crunch, many markets have essentially done no such thing, in the sense that the...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Commercial property values down 27 percent on '07 peak (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Commercial property values dropped by a further 4.6 percent in October, extending the market's price correction to 27.4 percent from its summer 2007 peak, data from property consultant CB Richard Ellis showed.
Source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Tax & wills - Inheritance tax - This is Money
One positive factor that has emerged from the gloom of the economic turmoil is that it has presented a prize opportunity to mitigate inheritance tax. The collapse in the value of ...
Source: www.thisismoney.co.uk

Wednesday 19 November 2008

How big will the bounceback be?



At the current moment in time, the prospects for the property market may seem as sizzling as a washed-out barbecue. S...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Investing smarter in 2009
While 2008 has not been such a good year for those trying to buy or sell a house, it has been very positive for landl...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Broker snap: Price targets for property shares cut (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Property companies have been put under the microscope by US investment house Morgan Stanley, and it does not much like what it sees, with debt covenants a major concern.
Source: uk.biz.yahoo.com

Broker tips: Banks, properties (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Banks are under the cosh again, thanks to negative comment from investment analysts.
Source: uk.biz.yahoo.com

Obama Embrace of Wall Street Insiders Points to Politic Reforms - Bloomberg



Obama Embrace of Wall Street Insiders Points to Politic Reforms
Bloomberg - 12 hours ago
The regulator might set requirements for holding capital in banks, hedge funds and private equity firms and try to prevent financial implosions that would ...
Obama Embrace of Wall Street Insiders Points to Politic Reforms HedgeCo.net (registration)
all 304 news articles

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Citadel Hedge Funds’ Counterparty Rating Cut by S&P (Update3) - Bloomberg

Citadel Hedge Funds’ Counterparty Rating Cut by S&P (Update3)
Bloomberg - 21 hours ago
Founded by Griffin in 1990, Citadel runs the only S&P-rated hedge funds, the result of a $500 million, five-year note sale in December 2006. ...
S&P cuts ratings for two Citadel funds Reuters
S&P Cuts Counterparty Rating On Citadel Hedge Funds StreetInsider.com (subscription)
Citadel’s rating cut by S&P Crain's Chicago Business
Wall Street Journal - Chicago Tribune
all 20 news articles

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Government housing policy is confused - This is Sentinel
HOUSING CRISIS: The collapse of the housing market must have serious consequences for the Renew programme in North Staffordshire. A key feature of the Renew programme is that ...
Source: www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk

When more of the same is good news
With the world economy struggling, many will look at the future with some foreboding, wondering about their jobs and ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Tuesday 18 November 2008

Tax & wills - Inheritance tax - This is Money



One positive factor that has emerged from the gloom of the economic turmoil is that it has presented a prize opportunity to mitigate inheritance tax. The collapse in the value of ...
Source: www.thisismoney.co.uk

US, UK layoffs as property slowdown accelerates - Guardian Unlimited
LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - In a sign of the increasingly acute contraction of the worldwide property market, building supplies company Wolseley announced a slew of layoffs and ...
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Glitzy Greenwich feels hedge fund pain - Reuters

Reuters

Glitzy Greenwich feels hedge fund pain
Reuters - 5 hours ago
By Joseph A. Giannone GREENWICH, Connecticut (Reuters) - As many hedge funds suffer big losses and anxious investors yank out their money, ...

Source: news.google.com

UK commercial property prices fall at record pace - Guardian Unlimited
LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - UK commercial property prices dived by a record 4.3 percent in October, taking the market's total decline from a June 2007 peak to more than 28 percent ...
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

UK commercial property prices fall at record pace - Guardian Unlimited



LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - UK commercial property prices dived by a record 4.3 percent in October, taking the market's total decline from a June 2007 peak to more than 28 percent ...
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Just Because You Say It Does Not Make It True
Mervyn King must think we are all wet behind the ears saying today that everything changed when Lehman brothers colla...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Broker tips: Banks, properties (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Banks are under the cosh again, thanks to negative comment from investment analysts.
Source: uk.biz.yahoo.com

Government housing policy is confused - This is Sentinel



HOUSING CRISIS: The collapse of the housing market must have serious consequences for the Renew programme in North Staffordshire. A key feature of the Renew programme is that ...
Source: www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk

Hedge Funds May Fall to $1 Trillion by Mid-2009, Citigroup Says - Bloomberg

Hedge Funds May Fall to $1 Trillion by Mid-2009, Citigroup Says
Bloomberg - Nov 17, 2008
Funds of funds are middlemen who select hedge funds for their clients. ``The so-called `Swiss hot money' wants out and funds are responding,'' Levkovich ...
ANALYSIS-Hedge fund December cash call won't hit market hard Forbes
Ignis to expand short-selling capacities Reuters
Citigroup Report: Hedge Fund Assets Could Fall to $1 Trillion Seeking Alpha
all 9 news articles

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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-11 19:19 Russian developer RTM profit falls, revisits plans (Interactive Investor)
MOSCOW, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Russian real estate developer RTM reported on Tuesday a 60 percent fall in first-half net profit and said it would temporarily suspend investing in projects in their early stages due to the market crisis.
Source: www.iii.co.uk

Tepper, Barakett Abandon Stocks as Funds Cut Holdings (Update2) - Bloomberg



Bloomberg - 12 hours ago
Regulatory filings last week by 38 hedge funds with more than $1 billion in assets each show that selling and market declines cut the value of their ...
Quarterly Data Confirms Hedge Funds Exited Stocks In A Big Way StreetInsider.com (subscription)
all 5 news articles

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Hide and seek
There are some property secrets that are so good they should never remain hidden. As the sun beats down from the sky ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Hedge Funds May Turn on Prime Brokers - Financial-Planning.com

Hedge Funds May Turn on Prime Brokers
Financial-Planning.com, NY - 5 hours ago
Some hedge funds are also doing what once would have been unthinkable: lashing out at prime brokers by laying the groundwork for suits, attorneys say. ...
Institutional Sales - Prime Brokerage FINalternatives
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When more of the same is good news
With the world economy struggling, many will look at the future with some foreboding, wondering about their jobs and ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Not all gloom where once was boom
Those investing in property in recent years whose main aim was to ensure they bought in places with fast-rising price...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Monday 17 November 2008

Latest Share Chat - Life Style Extra



ink pound, become a.. I last posted at c.600... does not 3 months make a difference. I was bullish on this stock and it has not changed much.Just so you all know , I am now ...
Source: www.lse.co.uk

UK commercial property prices fall at record pace - Guardian Unlimited
LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - UK commercial property prices dived by a record 4.3 percent in October, taking the market's total decline from a June 2007 peak to more than 28 percent ...
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Tax & wills - Inheritance tax - This is Money
One positive factor that has emerged from the gloom of the economic turmoil is that it has presented a prize opportunity to mitigate inheritance tax. The collapse in the value of ...
Source: www.thisismoney.co.uk

Hedge Funds Post Fifth Monthly Drop - Financial-Planning.com

Hedge Funds Post Fifth Monthly Drop
Financial-Planning.com, NY - 8 hours ago
By Matt Ackermann Hedge funds lost an average of 5.52% last month, according to data released by Hennessee Group LLC. The asset decline was the fifth in as ...

Source: news.google.com

Hedge Funds May Fall to $1 Trillion by Mid-2009, Citigroup Says - Bloomberg



Bloomberg - 4 hours ago
Funds of funds are middlemen who select hedge funds for their clients. ``The so-called `Swiss hot money' wants out and funds are responding,'' Levkovich ...

Source: news.google.com

Tepper, Barakett Abandon Stocks as Funds Cut Holdings (Update1) - Bloomberg

Tepper, Barakett Abandon Stocks as Funds Cut Holdings (Update1)
Bloomberg - 7 hours ago
Regulatory filings last week by 38 hedge funds with more than $1 billion in assets each show that selling and market declines cut the value of their ...
Quarterly Data Confirms Hedge Funds Exited Stocks In A Big Way StreetInsider.com (subscription)
all 4 news articles

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Empty gesture - InsideHousing
But that’s exactly what the Boris Johnson seems set to do when he publishes his housing strategy as London mayor this week.  Figures obtained by  Inside Housing  say that ...
Source: www.insidehousing.co.uk

Banks Forced to Lose Money by the Chancellor



A completely unreported effect of the Chancellor's demands that banks pass on the full 1.5% base rate drop o...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Property swindles exposed (Investors Chronicle)
Given the current crisis in the housing and mortgage markets, you would think that the days of the buy-to-let property seminar were over. Sadly, the reverse is true. Despite the collapse of property club Inside Track earlier this year, plenty more outfits have arrived to fill its place.
Source: www.investorschronicle.co.uk

Just Because You Say It Does Not Make It True
Mervyn King must think we are all wet behind the ears saying today that everything changed when Lehman brothers colla...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

German stability may attract investors
When it comes to seeking a property market in which to invest, many have overlooked Germany in recent years, reasonin...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

More cuts on the way?



When the Bank of England's monetary policy committee voted to cut interest rates by 1.5 per cent last week, s...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Rate hopes coming true
Last month brought a flurry of dramatic activity as governments and central banks battled to save their financial sys...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Empty gesture - InsideHousing
But that’s exactly what the Boris Johnson seems set to do when he publishes his housing strategy as London mayor this week.  Figures obtained by  Inside Housing  say that ...
Source: www.insidehousing.co.uk

Conflict? What conflict?



To believe some headlines, one might think that the private rental system is one in which disputes between landlords ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Hedge Funds Post Fifth Monthly Drop - Financial-Planning.com

Hedge Funds Post Fifth Monthly Drop
Financial-Planning.com, NY - 2 hours ago
By Matt Ackermann Hedge funds lost an average of 5.52% last month, according to data released by Hennessee Group LLC. The asset decline was the fifth in as ...

Source: news.google.com

UK hedge funds wary of signing up to code -survey - Reuters UK

UK hedge funds wary of signing up to code -survey
Reuters UK, UK - 4 hours ago
"It is essential that effective, appropriate self-regulation is applied to hedge funds," said Julian Korek, a member of Kinetic. "The global hedge fund ...
Few UK Hedge Funds Adopt Industry's Standards, Survey Says Bloomberg
UK Hedge Funds slow to adopt best industry practice standards RTT News
Hedge Fund Standards Get Cold Shoulder From Funds, Investors FINalternatives
Markets Media (press release) - HedgeWeek
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Fundamentalist view: Investors have a window into the future - Daily Telegraph
Profits are falling, house prices are tumbling and for all intents and purposes, the British economy is in recession. If times are getting tougher for businesses, surely the stock ...
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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