Property investments

Market round-up: Wall St scandal hits - This is Money

2008-12-21T02:01:00.003-08:00

Weekly stock market report: The Madoff scandal rocked financials this week just in time for the new look FTSE 100 line-up. Investing correspondent Philip Scott rounds up the stock ...
Source: www.thisismoney.co.uk

Government offers to pay first-time buyers deposits - MyFinances.co.uk
Using Mortgage Finder to find the best mortgage and remortgage deals could save you thousands of pounds. Find the right cheap mortgage or cheapest remortgage. First-time buyers ...
Source: www.myfinances.co.uk

Protestors vow to fight on in Winchester homes battle - This is Southampton
THE CONTROVERSIAL building of thousands of new homes in the Hampshire countryside has moved a step closer. A plan that paves the way for 2,000 new homes to be built on the edge of ...
Source: www.dailyecho.co.uk

Four Predictions For 2009 (The Motley Fool)
Thankfully, 2008 is almost over. We make our stock market, recession, house price and interest rate predictions for 2009. Itâs not pretty, but there is hope.
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Ex-Anglo boss also had â¬7m in loans from EBS - Independent
FORMER chairman of Anglo Irish banks Sean FitzPatrick was not merely in debt to his own bank for â¬87m -- but had also negotiated a separate loan of around â¬7m with the EBS ...
Source: www.independent.ie

Why 'location location location' could make the difference in congested Manchester

2008-12-21T02:01:00.001-08:00

It has frequently been stated that one of the benefits of location that could help make a property more valuable is c...
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Cyprus provides another island in the sun
For those who are keen on overseas property investment, the idea of buying on an island in the midst of a deep blue s...
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Hedge funds return to roots as alpha claim refuted - Reuters

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Hedge funds return to roots as alpha claim refuted
Reuters - Dec 19, 2008
By Laurence Fletcher - Analysis LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge funds are set to return to their roots as niche products for the happy few as they have been unable ...
Cleaning Out the Hedge Funds Desk Motley Fool
Hedge fund graveyard: 693 and counting CNNMoney.com
Record Number of Hedge Funds Liquidated TheStreet.com
Wall Street Journal - SmartBrief
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Hedge funds gain access to $200bn Fed aid - Financial Times

Hedge funds gain access to $200bn Fed aid
Financial Times, UK - Dec 19, 2008
By Krishna Guha in Washington Hedge funds will be allowed to borrow from the Federal Reserve for the first time under a landmark $200bn programme intended ...

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Lisa Kraner, Manhattan Living Realty - PR.com

2008-12-20T18:01:00.002-08:00

13F Strategy vs. Allocating to Hedge Funds: Benefits and Drawbacks
Seeking Alpha, NY - Dec 18, 2008
Access- Many of the best hedge funds are not open to new investment capital, and if they are many have high minimum requirements (in excess of $10 million ...

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Hedge funds gain access to $200bn Fed aid - Financial Times

Hedge funds gain access to $200bn Fed aid
Financial Times, UK - 20 hours ago
By Krishna Guha in Washington Hedge funds will be allowed to borrow from the Federal Reserve for the first time under a landmark $200bn programme intended ...

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Let good sense be no barrier to concreting the countryside - Guardian Unlimited
Two headlines this week destroyed the house-builders' corporate mantra of the last 10 years. The first was the news that construction was at its lowest since 1924, with just 135 ...
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Lisa Kraner, Manhattan Living Realty - PR.com

2008-12-20T18:01:00.001-08:00

Lisa Kraner makes finding a new home, office or investment property a stress-free experience for busy people. By her knowledge of the market and access to every listing through MLR ...
Source: www.pr.com

Four Predictions For 2009 (The Motley Fool)
Thankfully, 2008 is almost over. We make our stock market, recession, house price and interest rate predictions for 2009. Itâs not pretty, but there is hope.
Source: rss.feedsportal.com

Base rate of zero could happen, says MPC member
This week saw the US Federal Reserve undertake a radical move that brought echoes of the monetary policies pursued in...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

13F Strategy vs. Allocating to Hedge Funds: Benefits and Drawbacks - Seeking Alpha

2008-12-20T08:01:00.003-08:00

Seeking Alpha, NY - Dec 18, 2008
Access- Many of the best hedge funds are not open to new investment capital, and if they are many have high minimum requirements (in excess of $10 million ...
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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

Government offers to pay first-time buyers deposits - MyFinances.co.uk
Using Mortgage Finder to find the best mortgage and remortgage deals could save you thousands of pounds. Find the right cheap mortgage or cheapest remortgage. First-time buyers ...
Source: www.myfinances.co.uk

Four Predictions For 2009 (The Motley Fool)

2008-12-20T08:01:00.001-08:00

Thankfully, 2008 is almost over. We make our stock market, recession, house price and interest rate predictions for 2009. Itâs not pretty, but there is hope.
Source: rss.feedsportal.com

Commercial Property (TrustNet)
Commercial Property investment property has long fascinated private investors. Unlike many other types of investment, such as shares and bonds, property is a tangible asset: if you own a property â" or a slice of one â" you can go and see your investment.
Source: www.trustnet.com

Hedge Funds to Stem Losses in 2009, GFIAâs Peter Douglas Says - Bloomberg

What Investment

Hedge Funds to Stem Losses in 2009, GFIAâs Peter Douglas Says
Bloomberg - Dec 18, 2008
19 (Bloomberg) -- Hedge funds, on course for the worst year on record, will stem losses in 2009 as managers of equity long-short funds and macro funds ...
As more managers lock up funds, investors consider ways to take ... MarketWatch
A golden age for hedge funds beckons Asian Investor (subscription)
Hedge fund investments down but not out in Alaska Juneau Empire
What Investment
all 6 news articles

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Hedge funds feel the force of the meltdown - Globe and Mail

Hedge funds feel the force of the meltdown
Globe and Mail, Canada - 8 hours ago
Most hedge funds are valued monthly. We excluded the US-dollar and other versions, plus the Horizons BetaPro's bull and bear exchange-traded funds. ...

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Four Predictions For 2009 (The Motley Fool)

2008-12-20T04:01:00.003-08:00

Thankfully, 2008 is almost over. We make our stock market, recession, house price and interest rate predictions for 2009. Itâs not pretty, but there is hope.
Source: rss.feedsportal.com

Ignore the excuses here are the signals showing disaster on the way (Daily Telegraph)
The looming crash of 2008 was a juggernaut with its headlights on and horn blaring writes Jeff Randall.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-27 10:35 UPDATE 2-Quintain says outlook challenging, NAV down 37 pct (Interactive Investor)
By Farah Master
Source: www.iii.co.uk

Your real estate Today! - Wbt.com
Airs Saturdays, 2pm, hosted by Paul Jamison . Charlotte Realtor Paul Jamison says you're not going to hear anything negative about the real estate market on this show. Paul and his ...
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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

Morgan Stanley Is Said to Cut Prime Brokers in Tokyo - Bloomberg

2008-12-20T04:01:00.001-08:00

Morgan Stanley Is Said to Cut Prime Brokers in Tokyo
Bloomberg - Dec 18, 2008
19 (Bloomberg) -- Morgan Stanley, one of the worldâs two biggest prime brokers, eliminated five jobs in the unit that provides services for hedge funds in ...
Morgan Stanley Hedge Funds, Prime Brokerage Post Declines FINalternatives
Morgan Stanley Posts $2.36 Billion Loss New York Times
Morgan Stanley F4Q08 (Qtr End 11/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript Seeking Alpha
Barron's - Bloomberg
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Fed decides to leave little in reserve
Those looking to invest in US property may have been encouraged by a number of possibilities. The number of potential...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Just the time to invest?
To read the views of some, the property market may look particularly bleak just now. With house prices falling, the e...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

A base rate of zero?
The last few months has brought enough gloomy economy news to prompt waves of speculation over the sort of action tha...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

New mortgage access?

2008-12-19T10:01:00.003-08:00

Those keen on investing in property may do so in two ways. One is for existing cash or assets to be liquidated and sp...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Government offers to pay first-time buyers deposits - MyFinances.co.uk
Using Mortgage Finder to find the best mortgage and remortgage deals could save you thousands of pounds. Find the right cheap mortgage or cheapest remortgage. First-time buyers ...
Source: www.myfinances.co.uk

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

Your Real Estate Today! - Wbt.com

2008-12-19T10:01:00.001-08:00

Airs Saturdays, 2pm, hosted by Paul Jamison . Charlotte Realtor Paul Jamison says you're not going to hear anything negative about the real estate market on this show. Paul and his ...
Source: wbt.com

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-12-17 12:34 Eurex to launch UK property derivatives exchange from Feb '09 (Interactive Investor)
LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Deutsche Boerse's derivatives exchange Eurex said on Wednesday that it is planning to launch Europe's first property futures market in early 2009, based on Britain's largest UK commercial properties index. The property derivatives, which will start trading from February 9 next year, are annual contracts based on the total returns of investment property Databank (IPD)'s ...
Source: www.iii.co.uk

More pressure put on greenfield sites - This is Winchester
THE spectre of house building on Winchesterâs green fringes moved a step closer this week. City councillors have backed a strategy that paves the way for 2,000 new homes to be ...
Source: www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk

Fed decides to leave little in reserve
Those looking to invest in US property may have been encouraged by a number of possibilities. The number of potential...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Bargain USA

2008-12-18T18:01:00.003-08:00

When it comes to investing in US property, the name of the game seems to be bargain hunting just now. The land of the...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Fed decides to leave little in reserve
Those looking to invest in US property may have been encouraged by a number of possibilities. The number of potential...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Rating the prospects
France contains many attractive reasons that have brought in British buyers down the years. Whether they are looking ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Prime Turkey with all the trimmings - Independent
Share PRUNTY'S Overseas Properties have just launched a brand new investment property development in the heart of Belek on the Mediterranean Coast of Turkey. Odessey Court will be ...
Source: www.independent.ie

More pressure put on greenfield sites - This is Winchester

2008-12-18T18:01:00.001-08:00

THE spectre of house building on Winchesterâs green fringes moved a step closer this week. City councillors have backed a strategy that paves the way for 2,000 new homes to be ...
Source: www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk

Base rate of zero could happen, says MPC member
This week saw the US Federal Reserve undertake a radical move that brought echoes of the monetary policies pursued in...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Hedge Funds to Stem Losses in 2009, GFIAâs Peter Douglas Says - Bloomberg

Hedge Funds to Stem Losses in 2009, GFIAâs Peter Douglas Says
Bloomberg - 57 minutes ago
19 (Bloomberg) -- Hedge funds, on course for the worst year on record, will stem losses in 2009 as managers of equity long-short funds and macro funds ...
A golden age for hedge funds beckons Asian Investor (subscription)
all 2 news articles

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Not All Hedge Fund Strategies Stink This Year - Wall Street Journal Blogs

2008-12-18T12:01:00.003-08:00

Not All Hedge Fund Strategies Stink This Year
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - 5 hours ago
âIf you look at the performance of hedge funds, global macro guys have shown the best performance. Certainly, wealthy people have taken notice,â said Quincy ...

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Madoff Mess Hits Hedge Funds - Forbes

Madoff Mess Hits Hedge Funds
Forbes, NY - 20 hours ago
The losing streak continues as investors in money managers try to get back their money. The lawsuits are beginning to pile up and it's not just alleged ...
Hedge Fund Sued Over Expsoure to Madoff Funds HedgeCo.net
Abbey Spanier Rodd & Abrams, LLP Commences Class Action Securities ... MarketWatch
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Commercial Property (TrustNet)
Commercial Property investment property has long fascinated private investors. Unlike many other types of investment, such as shares and bonds, property is a tangible asset: if you own a property â" or a slice of one â" you can go and see your investment.
Source: www.trustnet.com

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-12-09 19:39 Property derivatives growth seen despite crisis (Interactive Investor)
By Daryl Loo
Source: www.iii.co.uk

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-12-17 12:34 Eurex to launch UK property derivatives exchange from Feb '09 (Interactive Investor)
LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Deutsche Boerse's derivatives exchange Eurex said on Wednesday that it is planning to launch Europe's first property futures market in early 2009, based on Britain's largest UK commercial properties index. The property derivatives, which will start trading from February 9 next year, are annual contracts based on the total returns of investment property Databank (IPD)'s ...
Source: www.iii.co.uk

No sitting down on the investment job

2008-12-18T12:01:00.001-08:00

Those keen on investing in property and unfamiliar with the trade may have illusions that the business does not requi...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Ignore the excuses here are the signals showing disaster on the way (Daily Telegraph)
The looming crash of 2008 was a juggernaut with its headlights on and horn blaring writes Jeff Randall.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Commercial Property (TrustNet)
Commercial Property investment property has long fascinated private investors. Unlike many other types of investment, such as shares and bonds, property is a tangible asset: if you own a property â" or a slice of one â" you can go and see your investment.
Source: www.trustnet.com

Protestors vow to fight on in Winchester homes battle - This is Southampton
THE CONTROVERSIAL building of thousands of new homes in the Hampshire countryside has moved a step closer. A plan that paves the way for 2,000 new homes to be built on the edge of ...
Source: www.dailyecho.co.uk

NY gov. seeks tax hike on hedge funds, luxury goods - Reuters

2008-12-18T10:01:00.003-08:00

Reuters - Dec 16, 2008
David Paterson on Tuesday proposed to expand personal income tax for non-residents to include income from hedge funds and management fees, ...
New York Proposes Increased Taxes On Hedge Funds FINalternatives
New York Governor David Paterson turns on Wall Street with tax plan Telegraph.co.uk
NY Gov. Proposes 5% Luxury Tax on High-end Jewelry Diamonds.net
Bloomberg - Reuters
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Cyprus standing tall
In the midst of the credit crunch, one might wonder where the most popular places are around the world to invest. The...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

UBP confirms $700 million exposure in Madoff case: report - Reuters

UBP confirms $700 million exposure in Madoff case: report
Reuters - 6 hours ago
The Geneva-based bank that invests in funds of hedge funds denounced the "massive fraud" but said its exposure was less than 1 percent of its portfolio, ...
In Geneva, Spotlight Casts an Unwelcome Glare on Banks Wall Street Journal
SCAM bites Gulf Daily News
Reichmuth Warns Investors of $330 Million in Madoff Losses Bloomberg
International Herald Tribune - Seattle Times
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Madoff bad omen for fund of hedge funds industry - Reuters

2008-12-18T10:01:00.001-08:00

Madoff bad omen for fund of hedge funds industry
Reuters - 12 hours ago
The scandal comes as the funds of hedge funds model is already being widely questioned, with the diversification across strategies largely failing to ...
Video: Investors Reeling From Alleged Madoff Scheme AssociatedPress
End of the Hedge Fund? Washington Post
Afternoon Reading: Madoff and Getting Metaphysical About Funds of ... Wall Street Journal Blogs
BusinessWeek - Financial Times
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Two US pension funds see $52 million hit from Madoff - Reuters

Two US pension funds see $52 million hit from Madoff
Reuters - 12 hours ago
The Town of Fairfield Employees Pension Fund had invested the amount with Maxam Capital Management LLC, a fund-of-hedge- funds that in turn invested it with ...

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Protestors vow to fight on in Winchester homes battle - This is Southampton
THE CONTROVERSIAL building of thousands of new homes in the Hampshire countryside has moved a step closer. A plan that paves the way for 2,000 new homes to be built on the edge of ...
Source: www.dailyecho.co.uk

Rating the prospects
France contains many attractive reasons that have brought in British buyers down the years. Whether they are looking ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Why 'location location location' could make the difference in congested Manchester

2008-12-16T22:01:00.003-08:00

It has frequently been stated that one of the benefits of location that could help make a property more valuable is c...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Bargain USA
When it comes to investing in US property, the name of the game seems to be bargain hunting just now. The land of the...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Ignore the excuses here are the signals showing disaster on the way (Daily Telegraph)
The looming crash of 2008 was a juggernaut with its headlights on and horn blaring writes Jeff Randall.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

The local picture
When it comes to the property market, the question of location has been repeatedly cited as being a crucial one in de...
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

Commercial Property (TrustNet)

2008-12-16T22:01:00.001-08:00

Commercial Property investment property has long fascinated private investors. Unlike many other types of investment, such as shares and bonds, property is a tangible asset: if you own a property â" or a slice of one â" you can go and see your investment.
Source: www.trustnet.com

Metrovacesa offers to sell HSBC tower for Â£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

Working to help those hit hardest by credit crunch - Spalding Guardian
Retailers and house builders are bearing the brunt of the credit crunch in South Holland. But measures are in place to ensure everyone can get the help they need. The Rural Action ...
Source: www.spaldingtoday.co.uk

Realtycms.net Announces the Launch of New real estate CMS (Content ... - PR.com
Realty CMS are an innovative and productive company that provides a variety of services for real estate Businesses. Realty CMS company builds custom (Web 2.0) web solutions for the ...
Source: www.pr.com

Woman solicitor was 'lover lawyer and financial advisor' to drug dealer (Daily Telegraph)
A solicitor was "the lover lawyer and financial advisor" to a drug dealer who made half a million pounds from heroin and cocaine a jury was told.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Hedge funds failed to spot Madoff risks - BusinessWeek

2008-12-16T20:01:00.003-08:00

Hedge funds failed to spot Madoff risks
BusinessWeek - 4 hours ago
By RACHEL BECK and JOE BEL BRUNO First, hedge funds lost billions of dollars in their failed bets with Bernard Madoff. Now they could get hit again by ...
More hedge funds may fail amid bets on Madoff Reuters
Madoff's Lessons For the Market Washington Post
Tremont Invested More Than Half Its Assets With Bernard Madoff Bloomberg
MarketWatch - Bloomberg
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Credit where credit's due
In the wake of the collapse of Lehmann Brothers and the apparent imminence of financial meltdown, the government and ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

A base rate of zero?
The last few months has brought enough gloomy economy news to prompt waves of speculation over the sort of action tha...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Just the time to invest?
To read the views of some, the property market may look particularly bleak just now. With house prices falling, the e...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Climate-proofing Alpine options
Those investing in Alpine property in France will tend to do so with the aim of getting good rental returns from wint...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

The local picture

2008-12-16T20:01:00.001-08:00

When it comes to the property market, the question of location has been repeatedly cited as being a crucial one in de...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Climate-proofing Alpine options
Those investing in Alpine property in France will tend to do so with the aim of getting good rental returns from wint...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

BBC Blog Network - bbc
Cheers for the nod. Am not particularly biased politicaly, and to be honest I don't think any party at the moment is coming up with anything sensible either economicaly or ...
Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Bank practices putting housing associations at risk, MPs told - Guardian Unlimited
The Treasury and housing minister Margaret Beckett are to warn banks that their lending practices are risking the viability of housing associations. They are preparing a dossier ...
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Cyprus standing tall
In the midst of the credit crunch, one might wonder where the most popular places are around the world to invest. The...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

BBC Blog Network - bbc

2008-12-16T14:01:00.003-08:00

Cheers for the nod. Am not particularly biased politicaly, and to be honest I don't think any party at the moment is coming up with anything sensible either economicaly or ...
Source: www.bbc.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 sectorâs slump worsened.
Source: uk.biz.yahoo.com

Nick Robinson's Newslog - bbc
One minute, Gordon Brown says he's saved the world . The next, the German finance minister tells us that Mr Brown is, in fact, saddling "a whole generation" with debt by "tossing ...
Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Woman solicitor was 'lover lawyer and financial advisor' to drug dealer (Daily Telegraph)

2008-12-16T14:01:00.001-08:00

A solicitor was "the lover lawyer and financial advisor" to a drug dealer who made half a million pounds from heroin and cocaine a jury was told.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Commercial Property (TrustNet)
Commercial Property investment property has long fascinated private investors. Unlike many other types of investment, such as shares and bonds, property is a tangible asset: if you own a property â" or a slice of one â" you can go and see your investment.
Source: www.trustnet.com

Happy New Year on the Riviera?
As the effects of the credit crunch continue to be felt around the world and recessions kick in around the globe, tho...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Just the time to invest?
To read the views of some, the property market may look particularly bleak just now. With house prices falling, the e...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Layoffs as property slowdown increases (Tiscali)
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 closures, sending its shares tumbling as much as 8 percent in early trading.
Source: www.tiscali.co.uk

Neighbours in a tangle over unruly roots - Guardian Unlimited

2008-12-16T04:02:00.003-08:00

They may look half-dead at the moment, but unruly trees in your back garden could be ruinous when spring returns. As property owner William MacGeagh has discovered, neighbours can ...
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

More hedge funds may fail - Reuters

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More hedge funds may fail
Reuters - 10 hours ago
Manzke's Maxam Capital and other funds of hedge funds recommended that wealthy clients invest with Madoff and his feeder funds at a time when the portfolios ...
Fairfield Sent Madoff $7.3 Billion as Funds Took Fees Bloomberg
MassMutual entity loses all client funds to Madoff Boston Globe
Fleeing Investors Put a Strain on Funds New York Times
FINalternatives - Bloomberg
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Man Group Has $360 Million Linked to Madoff Funds - Bloomberg

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Man Group Has $360 Million Linked to Madoff Funds
Bloomberg - Dec 15, 2008
11 and charged with operating what he told his sons was a long-running Ponzi scheme in the New York-based firmâs business advising rich people, hedge funds ...
Man Group, RBS Disclose Exposure To Madoff EasyBourse.com
Man had $360m invested in Madoff, RBS Â£400m ShareCast
World wide web Financial Times
Morningstar - Forbes
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Metrovacesa offers to sell HSBC tower for Â£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

Foreclosures and the future

2008-12-16T04:02:00.001-08:00

In the US, the end is nigh, or at least it is for the current incumbent of the White house. As George W Bush prepares...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Global Macro Hedge Funds Are Weathering the Storm - Seeking Alpha

Global Macro Hedge Funds Are Weathering the Storm
Seeking Alpha, NY - 14 hours ago
The global macro strategy has fared well in the world of hedge funds. Paul Tudor Jones' Tudor Investment Corp has earned an annualized return of greater ...

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How cuts may help French property
When it comes to buying French property, many people may have imagined that this week would bring good news.This, of ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

New mortgage access?

2008-12-14T16:01:00.003-08:00

Those keen on investing in property may do so in two ways. One is for existing cash or assets to be liquidated and sp...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Tracking the way
Those investing in buy-to-let were given a boost earlier this week when housing minister Iain Wright gave a speech at...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Working to help those hit hardest by credit crunch - Spalding Guardian
Retailers and house builders are bearing the brunt of the credit crunch in South Holland. But measures are in place to ensure everyone can get the help they need. The Rural Action ...
Source: www.spaldingtoday.co.uk

Real Estate: Know how your real estate taxes are calculated - HometownAnnapolis.com

2008-12-14T16:01:00.001-08:00

In this time of good holiday cheer, we thought you'd enjoy a column about TAXES. We know that talking about taxes is like getting a lump of coal under your tree. But, for many of ...
Source: www.hometownannapolis.com

US-BUSINESS Summary - Conde Nast Portfolio

US-BUSINESS Summary
Conde Nast Portfolio, NY - 13 hours ago
Union Bancaire Privee (UBP), a leading bank for investment in funds of hedge funds, has lost about 1 billion Swiss francs, said Le Temps, which spoke to ...

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Working to help those hit hardest by credit crunch - Spalding Guardian
Retailers and house builders are bearing the brunt of the credit crunch in South Holland. But measures are in place to ensure everyone can get the help they need. The Rural Action ...
Source: www.spaldingtoday.co.uk

Trapped in cycle of hunger and exhaustion - Guardian Unlimited

2008-12-14T12:01:00.003-08:00

It's 6am in Ajobi village, Katine, and Stella and I are out weeding her beanfield. It's slow going. The earth is light and it's cool enough in the pale dawn sunshine, but we have ...
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Tug of war - InsideHousing
âThe government needs to decide on its key priority,â says CML director-general Michael Coogan. âThe tug of war with lenders being pulled in every direction at once needs to ...
Source: www.insidehousing.co.uk

Tough 2009 looms for open-ended UK property funds - Guardian Unlimited
LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - More redemptions, fund closures and forced sales could beckon in 2009 for UK open-ended property fund managers, a year after an investor exodus sparked ...
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

No sitting down on the investment job

2008-12-14T12:01:00.001-08:00

Those keen on investing in property and unfamiliar with the trade may have illusions that the business does not requi...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

New mortgage access?
Those keen on investing in property may do so in two ways. One is for existing cash or assets to be liquidated and sp...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Trapped in cycle of hunger and exhaustion - Guardian Unlimited
It's 6am in Ajobi village, Katine, and Stella and I are out weeding her beanfield. It's slow going. The earth is light and it's cool enough in the pale dawn sunshine, but we have ...
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Climate-proofing Alpine options
Those investing in Alpine property in France will tend to do so with the aim of getting good rental returns from wint...
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Trapped in cycle of hunger and exhaustion - Guardian Unlimited

2008-12-13T02:01:00.003-08:00

It's 6am in Ajobi village, Katine, and Stella and I are out weeding her beanfield. It's slow going. The earth is light and it's cool enough in the pale dawn sunshine, but we have ...
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Nick Robinson's Newslog - bbc
One minute, Gordon Brown says he's saved the world . The next, the German finance minister tells us that Mr Brown is, in fact, saddling "a whole generation" with debt by "tossing ...
Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Woman solicitor was 'lover lawyer and financial advisor' to drug dealer (Daily Telegraph)
A solicitor was "the lover lawyer and financial advisor" to a drug dealer who made half a million pounds from heroin and cocaine a jury was told.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Metrovacesa offers to sell HSBC tower for Â£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

How cuts may help French property
When it comes to buying French property, many people may have imagined that this week would bring good news.This, of ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Montana Elected Chairman of REBNY's Commercial Board - New York Observer

2008-12-13T02:01:00.001-08:00

William Montana of Studley got the nod as the new chairman of the real estate Board of New York's Commercial Board of Directors. He succeeeds Paul Massey, who has chaired the board ...
Source: www.observer.com

New York Lawyer Charged With Defrauding Hedge Funds Out of $380 ... - findingDulcinea

New York Daily News

New York Lawyer Charged With Defrauding Hedge Funds Out of $380 ...
findingDulcinea, New York - 14 hours ago
Dreier, the lawyer persuaded two unnamed hedge funds to pay him more than $100 million on a ruse that he was selling discounted notes from New York ...
More Wall Street Uglies Forex Hound
Lawyer Charged With Huge Fraud Is Denied Bail New York Times
Is Marc Dreier a gang member? Prison officials want to know New York Daily News
Newsday - Connecticut Law Tribune
all 16 news articles

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Dreier May Have Also Stolen Client Funds, SEC Says (Update1) - Bloomberg

Canada.com

Dreier May Have Also Stolen Client Funds, SEC Says (Update1)
Bloomberg - Dec 10, 2008
Dreier faces criminal and civil allegations that he cheated hedge funds out of more than $100 million. The US Securities and Exchange Commission added the ...
Dreier Jailed Without Bail for Alleged Fraud Targeting Hedge Funds HedgeCo.net
Feds Now Say Dreier Bilked Investors Of $380 Million Forbes
New York lawyer charged with stealing millions from hedge funds Telegraph.co.uk
Forbes - Bloomberg
all 477 news articles

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Climate-proofing Alpine options

2008-12-12T18:01:00.003-08:00

Those investing in Alpine property in France will tend to do so with the aim of getting good rental returns from wint...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Rating the prospects
France contains many attractive reasons that have brought in British buyers down the years. Whether they are looking ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Citadel Suspends Withdrawals in Two Hedge Funds After 50% Drop - Bloomberg

Citadel Suspends Withdrawals in Two Hedge Funds After 50% Drop
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
Citadel joins hedge funds including Fortress Investment Group LLC and Tudor Investment Corp. in limiting withdrawals as hedge funds head for their biggest ...
Hedge Funds: November Performance Update Seeking Alpha
Citadel to cover operating expenses Chicago Tribune
Citadel's Blood in the Street BusinessWeek
New York Times Blogs - Chicago Tribune
all 7 news articles

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The Lowdown on Leveraged Loans - MSNBC

The Lowdown on Leveraged Loans
MSNBC - 9 hours ago
The discounts have little to do with questions of fundamental value and more to do with the sheer volume of selling by hedge funds and other owners who need ...

Source: news.google.com

New investment tactics for Cyprus?

2008-12-12T18:01:00.001-08:00

Those who have been investing in Cyprus in recent years have been enjoying a number of advantageous circumstances. Th...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Rating the prospects
France contains many attractive reasons that have brought in British buyers down the years. Whether they are looking ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

How Hedge Funds and Private Equity Hurt Us - The Nation.

How Hedge Funds and Private Equity Hurt Us
The Nation., NY - 2 hours ago
Nicholas von Hoffman: College endowments and workers bear the brunt of hedge fund managers' gambles and private equity takeovers. ...

Source: news.google.com

Investors Who Entrusted Funds to Firm Are Shaken by Arrest - Wall Street Journal

2008-12-12T10:01:00.003-08:00

Wall Street Journal - 12 hours ago
Many investors gained exposure to Mr. Madoff through hedge fund of funds, including Tremont Capital Management, a major distributor of Mr. Madoff's fund, ...
Bernie Madoff's arrest sent tremors into Palm Beach Palm Beach Daily News
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Madoff World Conde Nast Portfolio
all 4 news articles
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Metrovacesa offers to sell HSBC tower for Â£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

Dreier Jailed Without Bail for Alleged Fraud Targeting Hedge Funds - HedgeCo.net

Canada.com

Dreier Jailed Without Bail for Alleged Fraud Targeting Hedge Funds
HedgeCo.net, FL - 17 hours ago
While it was first believed that only a few prominent big-name hedge funds were targeted, new evidence supports the theory that Dreier may have targeted ...
Dreier May Have Also Stolen Client Funds, SEC Says (Update1) Bloomberg
Feds Now Say Dreier Bilked Investors Of $380 Million Forbes
New York lawyer charged with stealing millions from hedge funds Telegraph.co.uk
Forbes - Bloomberg
all 474 news articles

Source: news.google.com

All about location
If 'Location Location Location' sounds like not just a TV programme title but a hackneyed phrase, tha...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Brent Sheather: Local funds need narrower spread - New Zealand Herald

2008-12-12T10:01:00.001-08:00

Brent Sheather: Local funds need narrower spread
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 1 hour ago
Passively managed funds have had a real boost of late with the advent of exchange traded funds, or ETFs, as they are commonly known. ETFs and hedge funds ...
Tax-Loss Harvesting Trickier In Volatile Times IndexUniverse.com
The instant diversifier - why every stock picker should know about ... CompareShares
Short ETFs May Pose Huge Tax-Liability ETFguide
all 29 news articles

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Citadel to cover operating expenses - Chicago Tribune

Citadel to cover operating expenses
Chicago Tribune, United States - 9 hours ago
Hedge funds typically finance operations by taking 2 percent of assets, then retaining 20 percent of profits to pay employee performance bonuses. ...
Citadel's Blood in the Street BusinessWeek
Citadel to Cover Its Own Operating Expenses New York Times Blogs
Citadel to cover much of its own operating expenses Chicago Tribune
all 5 news articles

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Hedge Funds Shrink by $64 Billion, Eurekahedge Says (Update2) - Bloomberg

Hedge Funds Shrink by $64 Billion, Eurekahedge Says (Update2)
Bloomberg - Dec 10, 2008
It said hedge-fund assets shrank by $110 billion to $1.65 trillion in October. The slump takes declines to 13 percent this year as hedge funds accelerate ...
Citadel forced to rein in its Asia ambitions Financial Times
Och-Ziff Cuts About 10 Jobs in Asia Wall Street Journal
Citadel Is On Top Of The World* DealBreaker.Com
RTT News - International Herald Tribune
all 51 news articles

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Layoffs as property slowdown increases (Tiscali)
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 closures, sending its shares tumbling as much as 8 percent in early trading.
Source: www.tiscali.co.uk

No sitting down on the investment job

2008-12-12T04:01:00.003-08:00

Those keen on investing in property and unfamiliar with the trade may have illusions that the business does not requi...
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-27 10:35 UPDATE 2-Quintain says outlook challenging, NAV down 37 pct (Interactive Investor)
By Farah Master
Source: www.iii.co.uk

Not the last cut
For some investors in property, yesterday's Bank of England decision to trim the base rate by one per cent to...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Tug of war - InsideHousing
âThe government needs to decide on its key priority,â says CML director-general Michael Coogan. âThe tug of war with lenders being pulled in every direction at once needs to ...
Source: www.insidehousing.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

A base rate of zero?

2008-12-12T04:01:00.001-08:00

The last few months has brought enough gloomy economy news to prompt waves of speculation over the sort of action tha...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Bargain USA
When it comes to investing in US property, the name of the game seems to be bargain hunting just now. The land of the...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Developers Deals Galore For Group Bids By Investors
Our new online property auction division launched this week at www.assetz.co.uk/auction and it has been a stunning su...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Worst Year Ever For Canyon Hedge Funds - FINalternatives

2008-12-11T10:01:00.003-08:00

FINalternatives, NY - 8 hours ago
In fact, the $19 billion hedge fund, founded by Drexel Burnham Lambert veterans Joshua Friedman and Mitchell Julis, is having its worst year ever, ...
Source: news.google.com

Dreier May Have Also Stolen Client Funds, SEC Says (Update1) - Bloomberg

New York Magazine

Dreier May Have Also Stolen Client Funds, SEC Says (Update1)
Bloomberg - Dec 10, 2008
Dreier faces criminal and civil allegations that he cheated hedge funds out of more than $100 million. The US Securities and Exchange Commission added the ...
The Dreier Case: Where's All The Money? Forbes
New York lawyer charged with stealing millions from hedge funds Telegraph.co.uk
Big Time NYC Lawyer Accused of Scheming Hedge Funds HedgeCo.net
Wall Street Journal Blogs - Bloomberg
all 410 news articles

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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 sectorâs slump worsened.
Source: uk.biz.yahoo.com

Rating the prospects

2008-12-11T10:01:00.001-08:00

France contains many attractive reasons that have brought in British buyers down the years. Whether they are looking ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

New mortgage access?
Those keen on investing in property may do so in two ways. One is for existing cash or assets to be liquidated and sp...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

New investment tactics for Cyprus?
Those who have been investing in Cyprus in recent years have been enjoying a number of advantageous circumstances. Th...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

How cuts may help French property
When it comes to buying French property, many people may have imagined that this week would bring good news.This, of ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

France holds together

2008-12-11T06:01:00.003-08:00

With the credit crunch decimating property prices in many countries, good news has sometimes been hard to find. But i...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

How cuts may help French property
When it comes to buying French property, many people may have imagined that this week would bring good news.This, of ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Tracking the way
Those investing in buy-to-let were given a boost earlier this week when housing minister Iain Wright gave a speech at...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Bay Area, US hedge funds bleeding, one's gone - San Francisco Chronicle

2008-12-11T06:01:00.001-08:00

San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 7 hours ago
If Copper River's death was singular, there are other Bay Area hedge funds in serious trouble, if not quite as fatal. Most notable is San Francisco's $50 ...
Source: news.google.com

STOCKS NEWS UK SMALL-housebuilders up as rate cut looms - Life Style Extra
Shares in housebuilders surge on the expectation that the Bank of England will cut interest rates to their lowest level for over 50 years later on Thursday. Last month, the Bank of ...
Source: www.lse.co.uk

Berkeley profit drops but cushioned by cash pile - MSN UK News
LONDON (Reuters) - housebuilder Berkeley Group Holdings reported a 12 percent drop in first-half pretax profit but said it was well positioned to cope with "unprecedented ...
Source: news.uk.msn.com

Berkeley profit drops but cushioned by cash pile - MSN UK News

2008-12-09T16:01:00.003-08:00

LONDON (Reuters) - housebuilder Berkeley Group Holdings reported a 12 percent drop in first-half pretax profit but said it was well positioned to cope with "unprecedented ...
Source: news.uk.msn.com

Och-Ziff Funds Said to Have Eliminated at Least 10 Jobs in Asia - Bloomberg

Och-Ziff Funds Said to Have Eliminated at Least 10 Jobs in Asia
Bloomberg - 10 hours ago
Citadel Investment Group LLC, the Chicago-based firm run by Kenneth Griffin, and New York-based Ramius LLC have also laid off staff in Asia as hedge funds ...
VIEW-One fifth of hedge funds may fail Reuters
Citadel Is On Top Of The World* DealBreaker.Com
Citadel Retreats in Asia After Earlier Expansion (Update3) Bloomberg
Bloomberg - Bloomberg
all 50 news articles

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Sticking up for landlords
Landlords have been on the wrong end of a lot of news in recent times, principally the claim that buy-to-let is a dea...
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Woman solicitor was 'lover lawyer and financial advisor' to drug dealer (Daily Telegraph)

2008-12-09T16:01:00.001-08:00

A solicitor was "the lover lawyer and financial advisor" to a drug dealer who made half a million pounds from heroin and cocaine a jury was told.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Big Time NYC Lawyer Accused of Scheming Hedge Funds - HedgeCo.net

Canada.com

Big Time NYC Lawyer Accused of Scheming Hedge Funds
HedgeCo.net, FL - 9 hours ago
According to the prosecution, Dreier convinced hedge funds to purchase these notes by highlighting the discount they would receive due to the original ...
Arrested Lawyer Accused Of Defrauding Hedge Funds FINalternatives
How Did Hedge Funds Fall for It? New York Times Blogs
Dreier Charged With $113 Million Financial Fraud Forbes
Wall Street Journal - Hedge Fund Net
all 321 news articles

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Scots stick with radical development proposals - InsideHousing
The Scottish Government has stuck by its controversial plan to channel most of its housing cash through a handful of âlead developersâ. Communities minister Stewart Maxwell has ...
Source: www.insidehousing.co.uk

STOCKS NEWS UK SMALL-housebuilders up as rate cut looms - Life Style Extra
Shares in housebuilders surge on the expectation that the Bank of England will cut interest rates to their lowest level for over 50 years later on Thursday. Last month, the Bank of ...
Source: www.lse.co.uk

Buy now? - InsideHousing

2008-12-09T02:01:00.003-08:00

UPDATE 1-Dillard's shareholders demand access to records
Reuters - 18 hours ago
The hedge funds own around 5 percent of Dillard's class A stock. The Dillard family own most of the company's class B stock, which allows them to nominate ...
Dillard's Investors Press Further on Records Wall Street Journal
all 13 news articles

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Europe's turn?
The dramatic last few months in the sphere of economics and property has blown away all manner of perceptions and ass...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Woman solicitor was 'lover, lawyer and financial advisor' to drug ... - Daily Telegraph

2008-12-09T02:01:00.001-08:00

Rachel Taylor, who was in a four-year relationship with unemployed Pardeep Bains, had Â£45,000 of "dirty money" deposited in her bank account, it was alleged. The 29-year-old ...
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

We must learn to build a better Britain - Daily Telegraph
Have you been to the new Westfield Shopping Centre in Shepherd's Bush, opened amid much hoopla a few weeks ago? I hadn't until yesterday. From the pictures, it looked ghastly. Then ...
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Hedge Funds Fell 2.7% in November - Wall Street Journal

Hedge Funds Fell 2.7% in November
Wall Street Journal - 18 hours ago
By KERRY E. GRACE Hedge funds declined 2.7% last month, continuing on their path to their worst year in history, but the decline hasn't been as bad as ...
Hedge Funds Post Modest Losses in November: Credit Suisse/Tremont ... MarketWatch
Hedge funds continue slow downhill roll InvestmentNews
Hedge funds break poor performance pattern Money Management
Opalesque
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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

HANDS OFF OUR HOMES - THE KEY TO RECOVERY - Daily Express
Britain's major house-builders are being forced to raise cash in order to comply with the terms of their loans. The only way they can do this is to dispose of their existing stock ...
Source: www.express.co.uk

Hedge Funds Fell 2.7% in November - Wall Street Journal

2008-12-08T10:01:00.003-08:00

Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago
By KERRY E. GRACE Hedge funds declined 2.7% last month, continuing on their path to their worst year in history, but the decline hasn't been as bad as ...
Hedge Funds Post Modest Losses in November: Credit Suisse/Tremont ... MarketWatch
Hedge Funds Decline Nearly 3 Percent in Nov. Markets Media (press release)
Hedge funds were supposed to be different Investors Chronicle
all 10 news articles
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Hedge funds extend losing streak in November - Reuters UK

Hedge funds extend losing streak in November
Reuters UK, UK - 7 hours ago
BOSTON (Reuters) - Hedge funds around the world extended their losses last month when the average portfolio declined 1.41 percent amid fresh stock market ...

Source: news.google.com

Even hedge funds with gains face redemptions - Reuters

Even hedge funds with gains face redemptions
Reuters - 7 hours ago
But he acknowledges the pressures these funds of hedge- funds face as their own clients demand to get their money out. Other hedge-fund managers who are ...
Hedge Fund Withdrawals Accelerate Wall Street Journal
Hedge Fund Roach Motels Might Just Be a Blessing Bloomberg
The strong will survive the hedge fund crisis Wealth Bulletin
Reuters - Bloomberg
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Bargain USA
When it comes to investing in US property, the name of the game seems to be bargain hunting just now. The land of the...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Hedge Funds: Back to Basics - Seeking Alpha

Hedge Funds: Back to Basics
Seeking Alpha, NY - Dec 7, 2008
With the news getting worse and worse for the hedgies (eg Fortress, Thomas Lee, DE Shaw), itâs time for a rethink on hedge funds. For hedge fund investors: ...
Lending activism his Icahnic voice FinancialWeek (subscription)
all 3 news articles

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Hedge Funds Said to Post Profit from Paulsonâs Abandoned Plan - New York Times Blogs

2008-12-08T10:01:00.001-08:00

New York Times Blogs, NY - 5 hours ago
Thatâs the suggestion by the New York Post, which reported that two hedge fund managers who followed Mr. Paulsonâs initial playbook and snapped up ...
Paulson Keeps Winning: Funds Rise In Nov. FINalternatives
all 2 news articles
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HSBC buys back headquarters from Metrovacesa - Times Online
HSBC made a Â£250 million profit yesterday when it bought back its London headquarters from Metrovacesa, the troubled Spanish property company. Twenty months after selling the 45 ...
Source: business.timesonline.co.uk

Berkeley profit drops but cushioned by cash pile - MSN UK News
LONDON (Reuters) - housebuilder Berkeley Group Holdings reported a 12 percent drop in first-half pretax profit but said it was well positioned to cope with "unprecedented ...
Source: news.uk.msn.com

We Are All Hedge Funds Now - Seeking Alpha

We Are All Hedge Funds Now
Seeking Alpha, NY - 8 hours ago
With apologies to the recently departed Tanta of Calculated Risk, who said, âWeâre all subprime now,â I add that âWeâre all hedge funds now. ...
Fleckenstein to Shutter Short-Selling Hedge Fund New York Times Blogs
all 2 news articles

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Hedge Funds: Back to Basics - Seeking Alpha

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Developers Deals Galore For Group Bids By Investors

2008-12-08T04:02:00.003-08:00

Our new online property auction division launched this week at www.assetz.co.uk/auction and it has been a stunning su...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Hedge funds extend losing streak in November - Reuters UK

Hedge funds extend losing streak in November
Reuters UK, UK - 1 hour ago
BOSTON (Reuters) - Hedge funds around the world extended their losses last month when the average portfolio declined 1.41 percent amid fresh stock market ...

Source: news.google.com

New investment tactics for Cyprus?
Those who have been investing in Cyprus in recent years have been enjoying a number of advantageous circumstances. Th...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

All about location

2008-12-08T04:02:00.001-08:00

If 'Location Location Location' sounds like not just a TV programme title but a hackneyed phrase, tha...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Breakingviews.com Hedge Funds Need Makeover - New York Times

Pique newsmagazine

Breakingviews.com Hedge Funds Need Makeover
New York Times, United States - Dec 4, 2008
By RICHARD BEALES and ROBERT CYRAN Hedge funds are facing many agonies. They are tortured by redemptions. Then there are âhigh water marks,â another ...
Fortress To Keep Funds Locked Up Forbes
Fortress holding investors' money Steamboat Pilot
Fortress Lifts Drawbridge Markets Media (press release)
Bloomberg - Seeking Alpha
all 55 news articles

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Europe's turn?
The dramatic last few months in the sphere of economics and property has blown away all manner of perceptions and ass...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

HSBC buys back headquarters from Metrovacesa - Times Online

2008-12-07T12:01:00.003-08:00

HSBC made a Â£250 million profit yesterday when it bought back its London headquarters from Metrovacesa, the troubled Spanish property company. Twenty months after selling the 45 ...
Source: business.timesonline.co.uk

Breakingviews.com Hedge Funds Need Makeover - New York Times

Pique newsmagazine

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Hedge funds put Gate Gourmet in the departure lounge - Telegraph.co.uk

Hedge funds put Gate Gourmet in the departure lounge
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 21 hours ago
Its new debt agreements ushered in a series of new owners, most of which were hedge funds, who struck debt for equity swaps. TPG began selling down its ...

Source: news.google.com

We must learn to build a better Britain - Daily Telegraph
Have you been to the new Westfield Shopping Centre in Shepherd's Bush, opened amid much hoopla a few weeks ago? I hadn't until yesterday. From the pictures, it looked ghastly. Then ...
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Construction industry confidence plummets to record low - The Independent

2008-12-07T12:01:00.001-08:00

Hit the banks where it hurts Hamish McRae: It will take time, but we'll recover Man who killed himself feared the effects of financial crisis Recession slows the Tesco juggernaut ...
Source: www.independent.co.uk

Hedge funds in EU will be regulated - Reuters

Reuters

Hedge funds in EU will be regulated
Reuters - Dec 4, 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Hedge funds in the European Union will be regulated following a public consultation that is currently underway, a senior EU official ...
EU moves toward new hedge fund rules Washington Post
Hedge funds next in EU firing line OpRisk and Compliance (subscription)
McCreevy looks into hedge funds IPE.com
London Stock Exchange - EasyBourse.com
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Breakingviews.com Hedge Funds Need Makeover - New York Times

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Hedge funds should beware pressure on fees - Reuters

Hedge funds should beware pressure on fees
Reuters - Dec 5, 2008
By Simon Meads LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge funds should be wary of being pressured into cutting fees because of poor performance numbers during the financial ...

Source: news.google.com

Buy now? - InsideHousing

2008-12-06T20:01:00.003-08:00

According to everything weâve come to believe over that period, that ought to mean a rapid recovery in house prices. Interest rates are at their lowest since 1951 - what a time ...
Source: www.insidehousing.co.uk

Woman solicitor was 'lover, lawyer and financial advisor' to drug ... - Daily Telegraph
Rachel Taylor, who was in a four-year relationship with unemployed Pardeep Bains, had Â£45,000 of "dirty money" deposited in her bank account, it was alleged. The 29-year-old ...
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Construction industry confidence plummets to record low - The Independent
Hit the banks where it hurts Hamish McRae: It will take time, but we'll recover Man who killed himself feared the effects of financial crisis Recession slows the Tesco juggernaut ...
Source: www.independent.co.uk

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-18 10:21 RPT-WRAPUP 1-US, UK layoffs as property slowdown accelerates (Interactive Investor)
By Ben Deighton and Farah Master
Source: www.iii.co.uk

Berkeley profit drops but cushioned by cash pile - MSN UK News
LONDON (Reuters) - housebuilder Berkeley Group Holdings reported a 12 percent drop in first-half pretax profit but said it was well positioned to cope with "unprecedented ...
Source: news.uk.msn.com

France holds together

2008-12-06T20:01:00.001-08:00

With the credit crunch decimating property prices in many countries, good news has sometimes been hard to find. But i...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

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

Tracking the way
Those investing in buy-to-let were given a boost earlier this week when housing minister Iain Wright gave a speech at...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

A presidential boost for France

2008-12-06T02:01:00.003-08:00

Ever since he first came to power, President Nicolas Sarkozy has expressed a desire to make France a property-owning ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Not the last cut
For some investors in property, yesterday's Bank of England decision to trim the base rate by one per cent to...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Buy now? - InsideHousing
According to everything weâve come to believe over that period, that ought to mean a rapid recovery in house prices. Interest rates are at their lowest since 1951 - what a time ...
Source: www.insidehousing.co.uk

Woman solicitor was 'lover, lawyer and financial advisor' to drug ... - Daily Telegraph

2008-12-06T02:01:00.001-08:00

Rachel Taylor, who was in a four-year relationship with unemployed Pardeep Bains, had Â£45,000 of "dirty money" deposited in her bank account, it was alleged. The 29-year-old ...
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

HSBC buys back headquarters from Metrovacesa - Times Online
HSBC made a Â£250 million profit yesterday when it bought back its London headquarters from Metrovacesa, the troubled Spanish property company. Twenty months after selling the 45 ...
Source: business.timesonline.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 sectorâs slump worsened.
Source: uk.biz.yahoo.com

Losses widen at McKay Securities (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)

2008-12-05T22:01:00.003-08:00

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 sectorâs slump worsened.
Source: uk.biz.yahoo.com

Hedge Funds Lower Fees, Lengthen Lockups on New Funds (Update1) - Bloomberg

Hedge Funds Lower Fees, Lengthen Lockups on New Funds (Update1)
Bloomberg - Dec 2, 2008
To attract money for the new funds, some hedge funds have lowered management fees to 1 percent from the more typical 2 percent rate and performance fees to ...
Asian fund industry execs see more job cuts ahead Reuters
all 17 news articles

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Hedge funds should beware pressure on fees - Reuters

Hedge funds should beware pressure on fees
Reuters - 20 hours ago
By Simon Meads LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge funds should be wary of being pressured into cutting fees because of poor performance numbers during the financial ...

Source: news.google.com

Hedge funds chalk up more losses, big names suffer - Reuters

Crain's Chicago Business

Hedge funds chalk up more losses, big names suffer
Reuters - 20 hours ago
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Some of the biggest names in hedge funds lost money in November, including Dan Loeb and Kenneth Griffin, ...
Citadel Hedge Funds Down, But Not Out HedgeCo.net
Citadel's Losses Add to Mr. Griffin's Pain Wall Street Journal Blogs
Citadel Down 13% in November Wall Street Journal
Bloomberg - Wealth Bulletin
all 31 news articles

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Brazil Hedge Funds Have 3.47 Billion Reais Outflows in November - Bloomberg

Brazil Hedge Funds Have 3.47 Billion Reais Outflows in November
Bloomberg - 9 hours ago
5 (Bloomberg) -- Brazilian hedge funds saw 3.47 billion reais ($1.41 billion) in withdrawals last month, pushing total outflows this year to a record 51.9 ...

Source: news.google.com

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

2008-12-05T22:01:00.001-08:00

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

FUND VIEW-Hedge fund manager bets on continued crude slump - guardian.co.uk

FUND VIEW-Hedge fund manager bets on continued crude slump
guardian.co.uk, UK - 11 hours ago
Both funds were among the best-performing hedge funds in their categories in 2007. So far, 2008 has been a different story. Some clients said the China fund ...

Source: news.google.com

Hedge funds chalk up more losses, big names suffer - Reuters

Crain's Chicago Business

Source: news.google.com

Crosby may boost buy-to-let

2008-12-05T00:01:00.003-08:00

The long-awaited pre-Budget report brought plenty of items connected with housing. There was an extension of eligibil...
Source: news.assetz.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

Need for property benchmark intensifies (Financial Times)
An accurate benchmark index for the commercial property market has always been a problem owing to the relatively few transactions and disparate nature of the assets in the sector.
Source: www.ft.com

A positive consensus

2008-12-05T00:01:00.001-08:00

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

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 Lower Fees, Lengthen Lockups on New Funds (Update1) - Bloomberg

Source: news.google.com

Hedge funds should beware pressure on fees-Lipper - guardian.co.uk

Earthtimes (press release)

Hedge funds should beware pressure on fees-Lipper
guardian.co.uk, UK - 14 hours ago
By Simon Meads LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Hedge funds should be wary of being pressured into cutting fees because of poor performance numbers during the ...
Managed Futures Funds Gain in Popularity and Performance MarketWatch
all 13 news articles

Source: news.google.com

A presidential boost for France
Ever since he first came to power, President Nicolas Sarkozy has expressed a desire to make France a property-owning ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-25 10:57 UPDATE 1-Russia LSR 9-mth profit falls on portfolio revaluation (Interactive Investor)

2008-12-04T22:01:00.003-08:00

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

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

UPDATE 2-Thomas H. Lee mulls shrinking 2 funds - WSJ - Reuters

UPDATE 2-Thomas H. Lee mulls shrinking 2 funds - WSJ
Reuters - 7 hours ago
Hard-hit hedge funds run by Lee farmed out investor money to about 110 other funds, including SAC Capital Advisors and DE Shaw Group, according to the paper ...
Buyout Titan Weighs Hedge-Fund Revamp Wall Street Journal
Lee Sustains Losses, May Shut Down Two Hedge Funds HedgeCo.net
Thomas Lee May Close Fund Of Hedge Funds Shop FINalternatives
all 16 news articles

Source: news.google.com

All about location
If 'Location Location Location' sounds like not just a TV programme title but a hackneyed phrase, tha...
Source: news.assetz.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 sectorâs slump worsened.
Source: uk.biz.yahoo.com

December 1: Builders still after town's green fields - Northampton Chronicle

2008-12-04T22:01:00.001-08:00

Despite reeling from the recession, the major house builders are still seeking to tie up greenfield sites all around Northampton: Bovis in Hunsbury and Collingtree Park and Taylor ...
Source: www.northamptonchron.co.uk

Construction industry confidence plummets to record low - The Independent
Hit the banks where it hurts Hamish McRae: It will take time, but we'll recover Man who killed himself feared the effects of financial crisis Recession slows the Tesco juggernaut ...
Source: www.independent.co.uk

A presidential boost for France
Ever since he first came to power, President Nicolas Sarkozy has expressed a desire to make France a property-owning ...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Need for property benchmark intensifies (Financial Times)
An accurate benchmark index for the commercial property market has always been a problem owing to the relatively few transactions and disparate nature of the assets in the sector.
Source: www.ft.com

Hedge funds should beware pressure on fees-Lipper - guardian.co.uk

2008-12-04T12:01:00.003-08:00

Hedge funds should beware pressure on fees-Lipper
guardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago
By Simon Meads LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Hedge funds should be wary of being pressured into cutting fees because of poor performance numbers during the ...
Managed Futures Funds Gain in Popularity and Performance MarketWatch
all 10 news articles

Source: news.google.com

Cash to support construction in Scotland - eGov Monitor
Decisive action to help the construction industry tackle current economic challenges was pledged today. Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon revealed that accelerated investment ...
Source: www.egovmonitor.com

Eminent domain: Port City property owner fights state - Portsmouth Herald
PORTSMOUTH â" When the state begins a $17 million project to replace five red-listed bridges in the city in 2011, it will have to acquire easements or very small sections of land ...
Source: www.seacoastonline.com

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

Farallon Is Latest Fund to Limit Redemptions - Wall Street Journal

2008-12-04T12:01:00.001-08:00

Wall Street Journal - 3 hours ago
Farallon joins Tudor Investment Corp. as large hedge fund firms taking measures to halt or slow investors trying to get out of hedge funds, something that's ...
DE Shaw, Farallon Restrict Withdrawals as Fund Freeze Deepens Bloomberg
Redemption central: The Tokyo Hedge-Fund Club parties onâ¦. FT Alphaville
Hedge Fund Giants DE Shaw, Farallon Block Redemptions FINalternatives
New York Times Blogs - Reuters
all 15 news articles
Source: news.google.com

Eminent domain: Port City property owner fights state - Portsmouth Herald
PORTSMOUTH â" When the state begins a $17 million project to replace five red-listed bridges in the city in 2011, it will have to acquire easements or very small sections of land ...
Source: www.seacoastonline.com

Sticking up for landlords
Landlords have been on the wrong end of a lot of news in recent times, principally the claim that buy-to-let is a dea...
Source: news.assetz.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

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

VAT Cut Will Help Business More Than Consumers

2008-12-04T04:01:00.003-08:00

Most people interviewed regarding the proposed VAT cut last night seem to think it would make no difference to them a...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

CML director general addresses annual conference - Politics.co.uk
I have fifteen minutes in which to describe the events in the most momentous year ever in the UK financial services sector. The housing and mortgage markets have been daily news ...
Source: www.politics.co.uk

All about location
If 'Location Location Location' sounds like not just a TV programme title but a hackneyed phrase, tha...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-11 19:19 Russian developer RTM profit falls, revisits plans (Interactive Investor)

2008-12-04T04:01:00.001-08:00

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

France holds together
With the credit crunch decimating property prices in many countries, good news has sometimes been hard to find. But i...
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

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

Layoffs as property slowdown increases (Interactive Investor)

2008-12-03T10:01:00.003-08:00

Tue 18 Nov, 2008 13:35
Source: www.iii.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

Metrovacesa offers to sell HSBC tower for Â£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

The next cut
For several months of this year, David Blanchflower stood alone on the Bank of England's monetary policy comm...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

CME Group Hires Mark Thompson as Director, Hedge Funds - MarketWatch

2008-12-03T10:01:00.001-08:00

MarketWatch - Dec 1, 2008
He will be based out of New York and will report to Tina Lemieux, Managing Director, Hedge Funds and Broker Services. Thompson joins CME Group from UBS ...
Eurex Trading Activity Sharply Lower In November CNNMoney.com
UPDATE 1-CME November volume slumps 29 pct on year Reuters
all 35 news articles
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Ramius Capital to close four funds: reportr - Reuters

Ramius Capital to close four funds: reportr
Reuters - 11 hours ago
Some of the money in Ramius's smaller, soon-to-be-closed funds could migrate to the multistrategy fund, the paper said. Dozens of hedge funds have recently ...
Ramius To Shutter Four Hedge Funds FINalternatives
JP Morgan's Once-Hot Highbridge Goes Cold Wall Street Journal
Highbridge Asia Hedge Fund Said to Limit Withdrawals (Update1) Bloomberg
InvestmentNews - Financial News (subscription)
all 48 news articles

Source: news.google.com

Augustus macro hedge fund doubles assets - Reuters

Augustus macro hedge fund doubles assets
Reuters - 5 hours ago
Augustus has assets under management of about $12 billion in long-only, absolute return and hedge funds. During recent months a number of hedge funds have ...
Hyperion Asset Management takes a five-year view The Australian
Augustus Credit, Currency Fund Assets Double FINalternatives
Hedge fund firm PAAMCO integrates smaller group Reuters
all 12 news articles

From boom to bust - Economist.com

2008-12-03T00:01:00.003-08:00

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

IndexIQ Launches Market's First Suite of Hedge Fund Replication ... - MarketWatch

IndexIQ Launches Market's First Suite of Hedge Fund Replication ...
MarketWatch - 16 hours ago
The benefits of this approach include significantly lower costs compared to traditional hedge funds, greater transparency, and the avoidance of manager- and ...
Institutional investors delay putting more money into hedge funds Hedge Funds Review Magazine
Research and Markets: 2009 Global Hedge Fund Investor Review after ... MarketWatch
all 12 news articles

Source: news.google.com

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

Cash to support construction in Scotland - eGov Monitor
Decisive action to help the construction industry tackle current economic challenges was pledged today. Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon revealed that accelerated investment ...
Source: www.egovmonitor.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

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

2008-12-03T00:01:00.001-08:00

Los Angeles Business Journal

Class Action Demands Countrywide Repay Hedge Funds For Losses
The Am Law Daily, NY - 11 hours ago
Plaintiffs, including the hedge funds Greenwich Financial Services and QED LLC, are represented by David Grais, J. Bruce Boisture, and Owen Cyrulnik of ...
A Tale of Two Loan Modifications, As Investors Sue Countrywide Housing Wire
all 72 news articles

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EU moves toward new hedge fund rules - Washington Post

Cay Compass

EU moves toward new hedge fund rules
Washington Post, United States - Dec 1, 2008
By AOIFE WHITE AP BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union will this week take the first step toward new rules governing high-risk hedge funds, ...
McCreevy looks into hedge funds IPE.com
EU to hold "wide ranging" hedge funds consultation London Stock Exchange
EU To Poll Firms On Hedge Fund Regulation FINalternatives
guardian.co.uk - EasyBourse.com
all 120 news articles

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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)

2008-12-02T04:01:00.003-08:00

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

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

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

Correspondent's Diary - Economist.com

2008-12-02T04:01:00.001-08:00

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

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

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

Bank of England Likely to Drop Half a Point on Interest rates

2008-12-02T02:01:00.003-08:00

In an attempt to save face it is likely that the MPC will decide a half point drop on Thursday and a further half poi...
Source: news.assetz.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

Paulson Bucks Paulson as His Hedge Funds Score $1 Billion Gain - Bloomberg

Paulson Bucks Paulson as His Hedge Funds Score $1 Billion Gain
Bloomberg - 50 minutes ago
The payoff: Four of Paulsonâs funds were among the 20 best- performing, and the 20 most profitable, hedge funds for the first nine months of 2008, ...
CME Group Hires Mark Thompson as Director, Hedge Funds MarketWatch
STREET MOVES: CME Names Mark Thompson As Hedge Fund Liaison EasyBourse.com
all 15 news articles

Source: news.google.com

Forced Selling at Hedge Funds - Briefing.com

2008-12-02T02:01:00.001-08:00

Briefing.com, CA - 14 hours ago
It has been widely reported that hedge funds are being forced to liquidate assets due to margin calls and redemptions. Hedge funds typically utilize ...
Source: news.google.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

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

Tudor Halts Redemptions in Largest Fund - Wall Street Journal

Tudor Halts Redemptions in Largest Fund
Wall Street Journal - 17 hours ago
Investors pulled $40 billion from hedge funds in October, Hedge Fund Research said last month. The troubles at Tudor show that redemption requests haven't ...
Redemptions Halted by one of the Worlds Largest Hedge Funds HedgeCo.net
Tudor Jones hedge fund suspends withdrawals Times Online
Tudorâs BVI Halts Withdrawals, Plans Hedge-Fund Split (Update3) Bloomberg
StreetInsider.com (subscription) - New York Times Blogs
all 49 news articles

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

2008-12-01T02:01:00.003-08:00

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

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

Doing the sums - InsideHousing
The Â£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

Mortgage move may help US funding

2008-12-01T02:01:00.001-08:00

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

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 sectorâs slump worsened.
Source: uk.biz.yahoo.com

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

Layoffs as property slowdown increases (Interactive Investor)

2008-12-01T00:01:00.003-08:00

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

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 sectorâs slump worsened.
Source: uk.biz.yahoo.com

Research and Markets: Market Risk Management for Hedge Funds ... - Insurance News Net (press release)

Research and Markets: Market Risk Management for Hedge Funds ...
Insurance News Net (press release), PA - Nov 29, 2008
This book provides a cutting edge introduction to market risk management for Hedge Funds, Hedge Funds of Funds, and the numerous new indices and clones ...

Source: news.google.com

Mortgage move may help US funding

2008-12-01T00:01:00.001-08:00

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

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

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

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

Price: 48.50 - Life Style Extra

2008-11-30T10:01:00.003-08:00

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 Â£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

2008-11-30T10:01:00.001-08:00

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

2008-11-30T08:01:00.003-08:00

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

2008-11-30T08:01:00.001-08:00

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

Market update - 25 November - The Independent

2008-11-29T10:01:00.003-08:00

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 sectorâs slump worsened.
Source: uk.biz.yahoo.com

Metrovacesa offers to sell HSBC tower for Â£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 ?

2008-11-29T10:01:00.001-08:00

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

2008-11-29T08:01:00.003-08:00

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

2008-11-29T08:01:00.001-08:00

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

A positive consensus

2008-11-28T08:01:00.003-08:00

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

2008-11-28T08:01:00.001-08:00

The Â£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)

2008-11-28T06:02:00.003-08:00

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

2008-11-28T06:02:00.001-08:00

Bloomberg - 3 hours ago
28 (Bloomberg) -- Allianz SEâs 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

Twin tourism potential may boost Cape Verde

2008-11-27T04:01:00.003-08:00

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 Mondayâs Pre-Budget Report by increasing the amount of ...
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Hedge funds pounded by BCE fall - Globe and Mail

2008-11-27T04:01:00.001-08:00

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 ...
Perotâs 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

The Boris plan

2008-11-26T22:01:00.003-08:00

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

2008-11-26T22:01:00.001-08:00

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
Perotâs 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

2008-11-26T10:01:00.003-08:00

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

2008-11-26T10:01:00.001-08:00

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

2008-11-26T00:01:00.003-08:00

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

2008-11-26T00:01:00.001-08:00

Mark Clare, the chief executive of Barratt Developments said the Government could boost the struggling housing market in Mondayâs 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

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

2008-11-24T18:01:00.003-08:00

HedgeWeek

Englanderâs 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 fundsâ 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

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

2008-11-24T18:01:00.001-08:00

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 Â£900m housing plan - Times Online
A Â£900 million package to insulate peopleâs 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)

2008-11-24T14:01:00.003-08:00

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. âWhile 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)

2008-11-24T14:01:00.001-08:00

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

Englanderâs Millennium Funds May Lose $1 Billion to Withdrawals - Bloomberg

Englanderâs 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 fundsâ average decline of 16 percent, according to data ...

Source: news.google.com

Property investments

Market round-up: Wall St scandal hits - This is Money

Why 'location location location' could make the difference in congested Manchester

Lisa Kraner, Manhattan Living Realty - PR.com

Lisa Kraner, Manhattan Living Realty - PR.com

13F Strategy vs. Allocating to Hedge Funds: Benefits and Drawbacks - Seeking Alpha

Four Predictions For 2009 (The Motley Fool)

Four Predictions For 2009 (The Motley Fool)

Morgan Stanley Is Said to Cut Prime Brokers in Tokyo - Bloomberg

New mortgage access?

Your Real Estate Today! - Wbt.com

Bargain USA

More pressure put on greenfield sites - This is Winchester

Not All Hedge Fund Strategies Stink This Year - Wall Street Journal Blogs

No sitting down on the investment job

NY gov. seeks tax hike on hedge funds, luxury goods - Reuters

Madoff bad omen for fund of hedge funds industry - Reuters

Why 'location location location' could make the difference in congested Manchester

Commercial Property (TrustNet)

Hedge funds failed to spot Madoff risks - BusinessWeek

The local picture

BBC Blog Network - bbc

Woman solicitor was 'lover lawyer and financial advisor' to drug dealer (Daily Telegraph)

Neighbours in a tangle over unruly roots - Guardian Unlimited

Foreclosures and the future

New mortgage access?

Real Estate: Know how your real estate taxes are calculated - HometownAnnapolis.com

Trapped in cycle of hunger and exhaustion - Guardian Unlimited

No sitting down on the investment job

Trapped in cycle of hunger and exhaustion - Guardian Unlimited

Montana Elected Chairman of REBNY's Commercial Board - New York Observer

Climate-proofing Alpine options

New investment tactics for Cyprus?

Investors Who Entrusted Funds to Firm Are Shaken by Arrest - Wall Street Journal

Brent Sheather: Local funds need narrower spread - New Zealand Herald

No sitting down on the investment job

A base rate of zero?

Worst Year Ever For Canyon Hedge Funds - FINalternatives

Rating the prospects

France holds together

Bay Area, US hedge funds bleeding, one's gone - San Francisco Chronicle

Berkeley profit drops but cushioned by cash pile - MSN UK News

Woman solicitor was 'lover lawyer and financial advisor' to drug dealer (Daily Telegraph)

Buy now? - InsideHousing

Woman solicitor was 'lover, lawyer and financial advisor' to drug ... - Daily Telegraph

Hedge Funds Fell 2.7% in November - Wall Street Journal

Hedge Funds Said to Post Profit from Paulsonâs Abandoned Plan - New York Times Blogs

Developers Deals Galore For Group Bids By Investors

All about location

HSBC buys back headquarters from Metrovacesa - Times Online

Construction industry confidence plummets to record low - The Independent

Buy now? - InsideHousing

France holds together

A presidential boost for France

Woman solicitor was 'lover, lawyer and financial advisor' to drug ... - Daily Telegraph

Losses widen at McKay Securities (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)

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

Crosby may boost buy-to-let

A positive consensus

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-25 10:57 UPDATE 1-Russia LSR 9-mth profit falls on portfolio revaluation (Interactive Investor)

December 1: Builders still after town's green fields - Northampton Chronicle

Hedge funds should beware pressure on fees-Lipper - guardian.co.uk

Farallon Is Latest Fund to Limit Redemptions - Wall Street Journal

VAT Cut Will Help Business More Than Consumers

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-11 19:19 Russian developer RTM profit falls, revisits plans (Interactive Investor)

Layoffs as property slowdown increases (Interactive Investor)

CME Group Hires Mark Thompson as Director, Hedge Funds - MarketWatch

From boom to bust - Economist.com

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

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-25 10:57 UPDATE 1-Russia LSR 9-mth profit falls on portfolio revaluation (Interactive Investor)

Correspondent's Diary - Economist.com

Bank of England Likely to Drop Half a Point on Interest rates

Forced Selling at Hedge Funds - Briefing.com

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

Mortgage move may help US funding

Layoffs as property slowdown increases (Interactive Investor)

Mortgage move may help US funding

Price: 48.50 - Life Style Extra

Thinking about tenancy

Hedge funds try to hold back redemption wave - MarketWatch

Hedge Funds Said to Post Profit from Paulsonâs Abandoned Plan - New York Times Blogs