International Finance

Category : Wealth Management

Emirates REIT now world’s largest listed shari’ah compliant REIT

Total assets is $773 million and market capitalisation is $333 million IFM Correspondent November 3, 2016: With a year-on-year increase of 13 per cent in total portfolio value, Emirates REIT (CEIC) Limited, one of UAE’s first regulated shari’ah compliant Real Estate Investment Trusts to be listed on Nasdaq Dubai, is now the largest shari’ah compliant...

Investment bank sold all its UK assets before Brexit

Carnegie Investment Bank manages $17 billion for clients IFM Correspondent November 2, 2016: Carnegie Investment Bank AB, which manages $17.2 billion for clients, sold all of its UK holdings as opinion polls narrowed ahead of the June vote to exit from the European Union. Chief strategist Henrik Drusebjerg explained that the bank held equities as...

Brexit: Pound’s turbulence unsettling British pensions

Could drive pension pots worth hundreds of millions overseas Nigel Green October 31, 2016: The Brexit-battered pound has triggered a significant surge in people seeking advice on moving British pensions out of the UK. Since the UK’s historic vote to leave the EU, the sterling has fallen in value 14.5 per cent against the euro...

SIX Swiss Exchange extends technology contract with Nasdaq

It will leverage Nasdaq’s trading, market surveillance and pre-trade risk management technologies October 31, 2016: Nasdaq and Six Swiss Exchange announced the extension of their current technology contract, which includes X-stream INET Trading technology for all SIX markets, including equities, ETFs, structured products, funds and fixed income, as well as SMARTS Market Surveillance and Nasdaq Pre-Trade...

Tapping the opportunities in Latam

HMC Capital has developed a complete platform of third party products and strategies, and proprietary products October 25, 2016: HMC Capital is a Latin American investment and financial advisory firm with offices in Chile, Brazil, Peru, Colombia and United States. With $5 billion under distribution (third party funds) and $1 billion under management, HMC provides...

85% of remortgagors lowering their mortgage rates

Spurred on by record low rates, two thirds of remortagagors plan to remortgage again in the next four years October 24, 2016: In September, 85% of remortgagors were able to lower their mortgage rate, according to LMS, one of the UK’s leading conveyancing panel management specialists. The findings illustrate why it is such a good...

The transfer of trust

Paving the path for generational succession October 7, 2016: With almost two decades of experience and expertise, Kuwait-based KAMCO Investment Company’s Wealth Management Team has developed a comprehensive and consistent understanding of client expectations. The team effectively utilise their resources to deliver superior custom-made products and services that help clients reach their investment goals. By...

Allianz, IFC to invest in infrastructure projects

The partnership will focus on emerging markets October 6, 2016: Allianz Group and International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, have signed a partnership under the Managed Co-Lending Portfolio Program (MCPP). Under the agreement, Allianz intends to make an investment of $500 million which will be co-invested alongside IFC debt financing...

401 (k) Plan for Savings and Retirement

International Finance Desk
In this article let us understand the meaning of a 401 (k) plan, eligibility criteria, how the plan works, caveats to the rule and difference between a 401 (k) 403 (b) plans. 30th September 2013 Fidelity Investments, the top retirement plan providers in the U.S. has been sued by its own employees over the 401...

Brazil’s Growing Trade Needs Better Infrastructure and More Investments

International Finance Desk
Brazil benefited from a high global demand for commodities, such as minerals and food products. But if it weren’t for that, the country wouldn’t have performed so well. Think of a ton of soybeans being transported from the fields of Mato Grosso do Sul – a state neighboring Paraguay – to the ports of Santos...