November 2012
News Chi-X Japan PTS Receives Exemption from Take-Over-Bid Rule
The Financial Services Agency (FSA) announced that as of 31 October 2012, Chi-X® Japan Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of alternative trading venue operator Chi-X® Global Holdings LLC, will be designated as a proprietary trading system (PTS) on which transactions are exempt (...)
|
October 2012
News Rosneft agrees to acquire a 50% stake in TNK-BP from BP
Rosneft today announces that it has entered into an agreement in principle with BP to acquire its 50% interest in TNK-BP in exchange for $17.1 billion in cash and 12.84% Rosneft shares currently held in treasury.
|
October 2012
News Online retail sites, Jumia and Zando receive funding from J.P. Morgan Asset Management
The investor will take a stake through a German holding company in an all cash-for-equity investment...
|
October 2012
News Fitch Affirms Nigeria at ’BB-’; Outlook Stable
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Nigeria’s Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at ’BB-’ and ’BB’ respectively with a Stable Outlook. The agency has also affirmed Nigeria’s Short-term foreign currency IDR at ’B’. The Country Ceiling has been affirmed at (...)
|
October 2012
News The Carlyle Group and Getty Images Management Complete the Acquisition of Getty Images
Getty Images, a global creator and distributor of still imagery, video and multimedia products today announced the completion of its acquisition by The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG), in a transaction valued at approximately $3.3 (...)
|
October 2012
News Insuring livestock to protect the poor
Livestock insurance has the potential to reduce the vulnerability of poor populations. The challenges are formidable, but recent technology offers hope...
|
October 2012
News Momentum continues for alternative strategies
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index gained 0.2% in September (+2.2% in 2012). 11 Lyxor Strategy Indices out of 14 ended the month in positive territory, led by the Lyxor Event Driven - Special Situations Index (+2.2%) and the Lyxor L/S Equity – Long Bias Index (...)
|
September 2012
News NASDAQ OMX Launches FinQloud Powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS)
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced the launch of FinQloud, a new cloud computing platform powered by Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq:AMZN) and exclusively designed for the financial services industry. The offering combines the cloud computing expertise of (...)
|
September 2012
News Deutsche Bank and Kleinwort Benson Group reach agreement for proposed sale of BHF-BANK
Deutsche Bank confirmed today that it has reached agreement with Kleinwort Benson Group, the wholly owned subsidiary of financial services group RHJ International, on the sale of BHF-BANK, one of Germany’s leading private (...)
|
August 2012
News Nomura launches Thailand Equity Research Coverage
Nomura, Asia’s global investment bank, has launched its Thailand equity research coverage, in cooperation with Capital Nomura Securities (CNS)...
|
August 2012
News China Steel - Overproduction and Lower Prices to Persist
China’s steel industry output continues to rise notwithstanding slowing economic growth, falling prices for steel, and poor profitability at the steel mills. Fitch Ratings believes this paradox can be explained first by the larger steel mills’ priority of maintaining economies (...)
|
August 2012
News SMEs switching to Renminbi for Chinese business according to DB survey
In spite of increasing volatility in foreign exchange markets, only around half of companies that were surveyed hedge foreign exchange risks in Renminbi transactions...
|
August 2012
News Nomura Acquires Additional QFII Quota in China
Nomura Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., today announced that it has acquired an additional quota under China’s Qualified...
|
August 2012
News Sunny outlook for hedge funds in July
Fixed-income instruments exhibited significant performance across all risk classes: worldwide and US high-grade (1.01% and 0.93% respectively), convertibles (0.95%), and the credit-spread index (0.66%)…
|
August 2012
News Julius Baer to acquire Merrill Lynch’s International Wealth Management business outside the United States from Bank of America
BofAML will provide certain products and services to Julius Baer, including the provision of global equity research, product offerings, as well as structured and advisory products. In addition there will be cross-referral of clients between both (...)
|
| |
|
|
|
|
66
|
|
|
|
|
| |
