BOI cuts payout as bad debts rise - Financial Times

Bank of Ireland is cutting its full-year dividend by 50 per cent to strengthen its capital position after warning on Wednesday that bad debts would rise in the second half of the ...
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Counterparty credit risk hits record again: CDR - MarketWatch

Counterparty credit risk hits record again: CDR MarketWatch - 52 minutes ago Interesting move by the SEC this evening to require disclosure from all large hedge funds on their short positions. They also need to track dow the funds ... Credit Default Swaps At Meltdown's Heart Investor's Business Daily (subscription) Counterparty Risk Moves to the Fore Conde Nast Portfolio all 5 news articles

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Property market reels amid banking sector drama - Reuters UK
LONDON (Reuters) - Global financial markets are reeling from a woeful weekend on Wall Street but the demise of Lehman Brothers' and takeover of Merrill Lynch has also left the ...
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Fortis Sheds Trio Of Hedge Funds - FINalternatives

Fortis Sheds Trio Of Hedge Funds FINalternatives, NY - 8 hours ago Fortis has closed three hedge funds, succumbing to redemptions, lack of new capital and personnel changes. The firm decided to close the funds after its ... Funds of Hedge Funds Growth Slows FINalternatives all 2 news articles

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Hopes vanish for commercial property recovery (Interactive Investor)

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France to hold up, say experts
With many overseas property markets stuttering, stagnating or simply spiralling downwards in the wake of the credit c...
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Trading: Regulators take action to curb 'abusive' moves by short ... - guardian.co.uk

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Trading: Regulators take action to curb 'abusive' moves by short ... guardian.co.uk, UK - 3 hours ago The moves come after hedge funds betting on a drop in the price of Lehman Brothers' shares were estimated to have made some $3bn (£1.7bn) when the bank ... Banks Fear Next Move by Shorts New York Times Short-sellers bet against Lehman International Herald Tribune Concern that short-sellers may move in for kill The Age guardian.co.uk all 17 news articles

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Hopes vanish for commercial property recovery (Interactive Investor)

Fri 05 Sep, 2008 11:48
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Fannie and Freddie's great rescue
As the country where the credit crunch began as the sub-prime crisis unfolded, much if not most of the US has been se...
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Sparking with variety
Investors in property looking to find new, emerging markets have frequently been setting their eyes on Cape Verde in ...
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Fletcher King sees tough conditions persist (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
London-based property fund and asset manager Fletcher King said tough market conditions persist with trading conditions remaining difficult, adding that it sees little chance of the market improving before mid-2009 at the earliest.
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Lucky 13 for California property investors
For those investing in US property, the last week has been a time of big news following the saving of Freddie Mac and...
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Property values fell again in August (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Commercial property values sank by a further 2.1 percent in August, extending the market's correction from its peak a year ago to 21.5 percent, data from CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) showed on Tuesday.
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Olympian dreams for US property investment
Those investing in overseas property in the US may have some big dreams about what they can achieve, particularly if ...
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Market round-up: Oil ups and downs - This is Money
A falling oil price is welcome for both motorists and businesses but it is causing chaos with the oil dependent shares, notably BG Group. On Thursday shares in the group, which has ...
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The future of home design? - InsideHousing
A towering black cloud is advancing towards Venice from the north. White crests are tumbling over its vertiginous summit. Inside the Giardini della Biennale, the park that hosts ...
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UK unemployment total rises again - BBC Business
The number of people out of work in the UK rose by another 81,000 between May and July, to 1.72 million, according to government figures. That took the official unemployment rate ...
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European Parliament compromises over hedge funds - FT Adviser

FT Adviser, UK - 15 hours ago
The European Parliament has softened its view on hedge funds and private equity after earlier calls for strict pan-European legislation and transparency ...

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"Offices, particularly in central London, would appear to present the best rental growth opportunities in the next couple of years and therefore, given our medium term yield forecasts, the best total returns prospects," Ludo MacKenzie, manager of the Henderson UK Property fund, said.
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Sparking with variety
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to benchmark data from investment property Databank (IPD), commercial property values in the UK have on average sunk by 21 percent since the market peaked last summer. About half of that fall has happened in the first seven months of 2008.
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Hopes vanish for commercial property recovery (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Property fund managers and analysts have written off all hope of a British commercial real estate recovery in the next year-and-a-half, consensus data showed on Friday.
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Property values fell again in August (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Commercial property values sank by a further 2.1 percent in August, extending the market's correction from its peak a year ago to 21.5 percent, data from CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) showed on Tuesday.
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New proposal challenges eco town ethos
Today has been another big news day for eco towns, coming as it does on the eve of the party conference season, when ...
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-09-11 11:02 HK Sun Hung Kai Props FY net up 30 pct on revaluation gain; core up 6 pct UPDATE (Interactive Investor)
HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd said its year-to-June net profit was 27.60 bln hkd, up 30 pct from 21.23 bln hkd a year earlier, boosted by higher rental income and a huge revaluation gain on its investment properties.
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South-west situation may create investor opportunity
While some people may complain about how expensive prices are in London, a new survey has shown that in fact across B...
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