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Economy

Panama papers: Joint statement on waked organisations

Regarding a ten-year investigation May 10, 2016: In light of the announcement made by the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control regarding a ten-year investigation of the waked organisations, Panama’s Attorney General, Banking Superintendent, and Securities Market Superintendent have issued the following statements...
Banking

LCP brings in former FTSE chairman as property fund director

Richard Crowder has experience in growing securities, banking, investment and advisory May 6, 2016: As part of its continued commitment to the highest levels of regulatory oversight, leading Central London property fund and asset management specialist, London Central Portfolio (LCP), is delighted to announce the appointment of Richard Crowder, an experienced FTSE 250 Chairman, as a...
Business Leaders

Mosaic moves to The Prince’s Trust

The mentoring initiative was founded by HRH The Prince of Wales in 2007 April 28, 2016: Mosaic, HRH The Prince of Wales’s mentoring initiative, will from July 1, 2016 move home from Business in the Community to sister charity The Prince’s Trust. Having been founded by HRH The Prince of Wales in 2007, Mosaic’s mentoring...
Business Leaders

Mitsubishi shares continue to fall

Japan’s Transport Ministry raids its research centre during probe into mileage test data scam IFM Correspondent April 22, 2016: Mitsubishi Motor Corp shares fell the second time in as many days following its admission to manipulating mileage test data for its mini cars sold in Japan. The shares fell by 15 percent on Wednesday and...
Economy

Panama and Japan reach $2.6 billion agreement to fund Panama Metro

Project will benefit more than 500,000 people; represents first Japanese monorail in the Americas April 22, 2016: The Republic of Panama announced the signing of a historic agreement with the Government of Japan valued at PAB/USD $2.6 billion to fund the construction of Line 3 of Panama’s Metro, the largest project in Panama since the...
FinanceIslamic Banking

Non-banking financial companies leading the way in India

An update on the status of Islamic finance in India Camille Paldi April 22, 2016: India is a continent full of entrepreneurs, accountants, lawyers, IT practitioners, bankers, finance professionals and more, and is projected to become one of the two largest economies alongside China in this century. Although operating in a caste system with a...
Fintech

Tech veterans to promote product startups

Introduce Rs 125 crore fund called Ideaspring Capital IFM Correspondent April 27, 2016: In order to promote home-grown product startups, angel investors Naganand Doraswamy and Prashant Deshpande; T V Mohandas Pai, co-founder of venture capital firm Aarin Capital; Rajiv Mody, managing director of Sasken Technologies; and Amit and Arihant Patni, founders of Nirvana Venture Advisors...
Uncategorized

Fidelity taps Alpha Factor Library

The S&P Global Market Intelligence product helps investors identify and analyse investment opportunities April 22, 2016: S&P Global Market Intelligence, a division of McGraw Hill Financial (NYSE: MHFI), has announced that Fidelity Investments has selected the US Value Model from its unique Alpha Factor Library to help customers identify or validate attractively priced stocks with...
Fintech

BrickVest raises £1 million

Platform has already attracted 1,120 international members April 22, 2016: BrickVest, the online pan-European real estate investment platform, announced that it has raised £1 million, closing two oversubscribed investments two months after launch. The platform has already attracted more than 1,120 international members. The BrickVest platform provides investors online access to institutional quality commercial real...
Fintech

Yahoo not ready to reveal details on bids

Reports first quarter earnings; results in line with analysts’ expectations IFM Correspondent April 20, 2016: Yahoo on Tuesday announced its first quarter earnings which were better than what Wall Street had estimated. The company posted adjusted first quarter earnings per share of 8 cents, compared to 15 cents per share in previous year.  Gross revenue...