Sunday, 26 October 2008

Michelle Rodger: Community spirit as businesses put on a united front - Scotland on Sunday Online



A CURIOUS phenomenon is emerging from the lengthy shadows of the credit crunch: businesses are beginning to recognise the opportunities in helping each other trade their way ...
Source: scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-10-14 15:35 UK commercial property values shed 2.9 pct in Sept (Interactive Investor)
LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - British commercial property values fell by another 2.9 percent in September, taking the market's fall since June 2007's bull market highs to more than 24 percent, benchmark data showed on Tuesday. The data from investment property Databank (IPD) was based on a sample of 1,486 properties owned by property fund managers and property firms with a combined value of 39.28 ...
Source: www.iii.co.uk

13 million to buy unsold homes for affordable housing - eGov Monitor
A £13 million deal to buy unsold homes off the market to use as affordable housing is being announced today, as part of the Government's programme of action to tackle current ...
Source: www.egovmonitor.com

house building figures fall by half - InsideHousing
house builders are applying to construct fewer than half the homes they were planning to a year ago. The latest figures from the National house Building Council show applications ...
Source: www.insidehousing.co.uk

Former Columbia Professor Starts Asia Fund of Value Hedge Funds - Bloomberg



Bloomberg - Oct 22, 2008
Funds of hedge funds may report more than $100 billion of year-end withdrawal notices by the Sept. 30 redemption deadline, London-based advisory firm ...
van Biema Value Partners, LLC Launches New Asia Fund MarketWatch
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Gloomy Forecast On Hedge Funds - Washington Post

Washington Post

Gloomy Forecast On Hedge Funds
Washington Post, United States - Oct 24, 2008
Cox said the SEC favors greater authority to regulate hedge funds. (By Mark Wilson -- Getty Images) Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or ...
The Regulatory Revolution Is Nigh New York Times
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Commercial property values fall another 2.9% (The Herald)
Commercial property values in the UK slipped by another 2.9% last month, according to benchmark data released yesterday. The latest figures from investment property Databank also revealed the latest slippage takes the market's fall since June 2007's bull market highs to more than 24%.
Source: www.theherald.co.uk

Saturday, 25 October 2008

The German prospect



Those looking at investing in property around Europe may have been doing a lot of revising recently. The appeal of ma...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

house building figures fall by half - InsideHousing
house builders are applying to construct fewer than half the homes they were planning to a year ago. The latest figures from the National house Building Council show applications ...
Source: www.insidehousing.co.uk

Gulf of hope
Mention Hurricane Katrina to some and the thoughts it will evoke are negative ones: of TV pictures showing New Orlean...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Favoured destinations
Those looking at investing in French property may be in very good company. When it comes to stability, it seems the n...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Mortgage Threat From Hedge Funds Irks Democrats - New York Times



New York Times, United States - 11 hours ago
By BARRY MEIER Several Democratic lawmakers lashed out Friday at hedge funds that have threatened to block attempts to renegotiate mortgages for struggling ...
Congress Talks Tough to Hedge Funds on Loan Modifications Housing Wire
Dems ‘outraged’ by reported hedge fund actions The Hill
BREAKING NEWS: Congress talking tough to hedge fund managers ... OhMyGov!
Helicopter Association International - The Daily Deal (subscription)
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The price is right - and so is the time
Those thinking of investing in property across the English Channel may be wondering what the future holds for the Fre...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Inflation deflating
With the last few days seeing widespread government action to bolster banks - a move copied overseas - plus a half po...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-09-30 13:27 European REITs rally amid financial market strains (Interactive Investor)
LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The EPRA/NAREIT Europe real estate index clung to positive territory on Tuesday as property equity investors refused to be spooked by bank failures and deadlock in U.S bailout talks.
Source: www.iii.co.uk

Gloomy Forecast On Hedge Funds - Washington Post

Washington Post

Gloomy Forecast On Hedge Funds
Washington Post, United States - 8 hours ago
Cox said the SEC favors greater authority to regulate hedge funds. (By Mark Wilson -- Getty Images) Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or ...
The Regulatory Revolution Is Nigh New York Times
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Friday, 24 October 2008

Wayne's world: Home truths with the Hemingways - Guardian Unlimited



When designers Gerardine and Wayne Hemingway sold their fashion label Red or Dead in 1999, they took themselves off to West Sussex, bought a plot of land and set about building the ...
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Risk-reward ratio is looking very attractive: Hedge funds - Economic Times

Risk-reward ratio is looking very attractive: Hedge funds
Economic Times, India - 5 hours ago
MUMBAI: As the Indian market went into a tailspin yet again on Friday, the finger of blame once again pointed to leveraged hedge funds, which are trying to ...

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Waxman Backs More Regulation of Hedge Funds, Rating Companies - Bloomberg

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Waxman Backs More Regulation of Hedge Funds, Rating Companies
Bloomberg - 8 hours ago
Hedge funds need regulation ``to make sure the incentives are right for them and others to do the right thing,'' said Waxman. ``Certainly we need more ...
Video: Greenspan Denies Blame for Crisis, Admits 'flaw' AssociatedPress
Kirsten Gillibrand Register Herald
Greenspan Testimony on Sources of Financial Crisis Wall Street Journal Blogs
BNET - AFP
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house building figures fall by half - InsideHousing
house builders are applying to construct fewer than half the homes they were planning to a year ago. The latest figures from the National house Building Council show applications ...
Source: www.insidehousing.co.uk

Bargain USA



When the subprime crisis broke in the US, Florida and California were identified as two states in which the situation...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Building a new opportunity
The last few months have been a tough time for the housebuilding sector, with the fall in housing transactions leavin...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Pathfinders are working, claims CLG (InsideHousing)
In July the Public Accounts Committee warned that ‘demolition sites, rather than new build homes’ could be the legacy of the regeneration scheme. It also said it was unclear whether housing development in pathfinder areas was linked to the programme or to wider market conditions.
Source: www.insidehousing.co.uk

house building figures fall by half - InsideHousing
house builders are applying to construct fewer than half the homes they were planning to a year ago. The latest figures from the National house Building Council show applications ...
Source: www.insidehousing.co.uk

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-09-30 13:27 European REITs rally amid financial market strains (Interactive Investor)
LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The EPRA/NAREIT Europe real estate index clung to positive territory on Tuesday as property equity investors refused to be spooked by bank failures and deadlock in U.S bailout talks.
Source: www.iii.co.uk

Training up for investment



Since it opened in 1994 the Channel Tunnel has opened up a whole new way of getting between Britain and France at gre...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk

Do not bail out builders: RICS - Belfast Telegraph
The Executive has been urged to refuse to buy up land and unsold property from private developers caught up in the economic downturn unless it can guarantee value for the public ...
Source: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

The German prospect
Those looking at investing in property around Europe may have been doing a lot of revising recently. The appeal of ma...
Source: news.assetz.co.uk