Saturday, 6 December 2008

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

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 we’ve 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 £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 £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 sector’s slump worsened.
Source: uk.biz.yahoo.com

Friday, 5 December 2008

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



real estate investment trust McKay Securities saw its net asset value per share dive in the first half of its financial year, as the commercial property sector’s slump worsened.
Source: uk.biz.yahoo.com

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
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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)



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

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

Source: news.google.com

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

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



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

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

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

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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

Thursday, 4 December 2008

(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 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 sector’s slump worsened.
Source: uk.biz.yahoo.com