http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/investment Blog Articles Tagged with 'investment' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1138257?rsstype=tag&tag=investment Details have emerged in the CITIC Pacific forex scandal:Citic Pacific Ltd.'s attempt to manage currency risk means the Chinese steelmaker and property developer has four times more money riding on the Australian dollar than it earned last year.The un... Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:13:10 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1138257?rsstype=tag&tag=investment http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1138396?rsstype=tag&tag=investment Details have emerged in the CITIC Pacific forex scandal:Citic Pacific Ltd.'s attempt to manage currency risk means the Chinese steelmaker and property developer has four times more money riding on the Australian dollar than it earned last year.The un... Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:13:10 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1138396?rsstype=tag&tag=investment http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/finance-markets/1133969?rsstype=tag&tag=investment Iceland had a disastrous week last week after the nationalisation of the country s three largest banks. On Thursday, it announced that trading had been suspended on the OMX Nordic Exchange in a bid to prevent further crises. It was expected that th... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:49:55 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/finance-markets/1133969?rsstype=tag&tag=investment http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1131807?rsstype=tag&tag=investment Just over the wire: the Fed will set up an SPV (special-purpose vehicle) to purchase bad commercial paper directly from banks and non-banks. Echoes of the Chinese experience... An extraordinary step, which appears to be authorized by the Federal Re... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:01:14 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1131807?rsstype=tag&tag=investment http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1138265?rsstype=tag&tag=investment Just over the wire: the Fed will set up an SPV (special-purpose vehicle) to purchase bad commercial paper directly from banks and non-banks. Echoes of the Chinese experience... An extraordinary step, which appears to be authorized by the Federal Re... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:01:14 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1138265?rsstype=tag&tag=investment http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1127996?rsstype=tag&tag=investment I wasn't quite sure how to handle this one. Incredulous that a friendly AIG media relations exec would even send it my way. (If they haven't gotten this out in Chinese, Malay, Thai, etc., they are not getting through to their customers directly.)Th... Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:57:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1127996?rsstype=tag&tag=investment http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1130641?rsstype=tag&tag=investment I wasn't quite sure how to handle this one. Incredulous that a friendly AIG media relations exec would even send it my way. (If they haven't gotten this out in Chinese, Malay, Thai, etc., they are not getting through to their customers directly.)Th... Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:57:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1130641?rsstype=tag&tag=investment http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1124949?rsstype=tag&tag=investment It isn't too long ago when American officials excoriated PRC banking authorities for establishing asset management companies to take the nonperforming loans off of the books of technically insolvent banks and to recapitablize them. A ruse, it was sh... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:18:41 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1124949?rsstype=tag&tag=investment http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1125059?rsstype=tag&tag=investment It wasn't too long ago when American officials excoriated PRC banking authorities for establishing asset management companies to take the nonperforming loans off of the books of technically insolvent banks and to recapitablize them. A ruse, it was s... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:18:41 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1125059?rsstype=tag&tag=investment http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1125061?rsstype=tag&tag=investment Bloomberg TV has just announced Morgan Stanley refused CIC's offer to raise its stake in the bank to 49% from 10%, preferring to remain independent. More on this as the day goes by.[Update: 10.14am EST -- Bloomberg. This article maintains that ta... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:56:35 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1125061?rsstype=tag&tag=investment http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1124387?rsstype=tag&tag=investment Bloomberg TV has just announced Morgan Stanley refused CIC's offer to raise its stake in the bank to 49% from 10%, preferring to remain independent. More on this as the day goes by. ... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:30:56 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1124387?rsstype=tag&tag=investment http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/finance-markets/1115884?rsstype=tag&tag=investment Research by Thomson-Reuters Lipper, commissioned by the BBC, has found that savers investing their money in savings accounts have benefited rather than investing in UK stocks and shares.The research found that if 1,000 was invested at the start of ... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:36:35 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/finance-markets/1115884?rsstype=tag&tag=investment http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1108217?rsstype=tag&tag=investment One has heard of the promise of private equity investment in China at various times since the early 90s. What is really going on? BusinessWeek, which curiously seems to mistitle its articles often, implies a boom. Shaun Rein's article implies gre... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:18:02 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/asia-business-intelligence/1108217?rsstype=tag&tag=investment http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/globe-and-mail-streetwise/1102188?rsstype=tag&tag=investment When Ontario Teachers Pension Plan CEO Claude Lamoureux[amp]nbsp;was[amp]nbsp;feted at his retirement[amp]nbsp;last December, he gently teased long-time colleague Bob Bertram about the ever-increasing size of the fund's investment arm. Bob, for yea... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:24:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/globe-and-mail-streetwise/1102188?rsstype=tag&tag=investment http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/globe-and-mail-streetwise/1091453?rsstype=tag&tag=investment Recent months have seen a number of established money managers sell their franchises, rather than try to keep building the business in an increasingly complex global market.Mawer Investment Management Ltd. is trying a different route.The Calgary-base... Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:25:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/globe-and-mail-streetwise/1091453?rsstype=tag&tag=investment http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1092090?rsstype=tag&tag=investment Higher energy prices are feeding through to rampant consumer energy price inflation. And yet the authorities and many investment houses still see energy prices falling in the future. This naive view of global energy supplies is starving energy market... Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:15:56 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1092090?rsstype=tag&tag=investment http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1090591?rsstype=tag&tag=investment Higher energy prices are feeding through to rampant consumer energy price inflation. And yet the authorities and many investment houses still see energy prices falling in the future. This naive view of global energy supplies is starving energy market... Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:00:56 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/oil-drum/1090591?rsstype=tag&tag=investment http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/globe-and-mail-streetwise/1080138?rsstype=tag&tag=investment Canadian companies are exiting Europe with a helping hand from private equity, a sign that these funds continue to be a major factor in the M[amp]amp;A game.Enbridge announced a $1.36-billion sale of a stake in a Spanish pipeline on Thursday. The buy... Thu, 29 May 2008 14:17:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/globe-and-mail-streetwise/1080138?rsstype=tag&tag=investment http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1078258?rsstype=tag&tag=investment I first met Tokiva s Tong Li about a year ago when our mutual friend, William Bao Bean, introduced us. Over lunch, in Toronto, Tong showed Howard and myself a relatively modest SMS call back service running on a mobile handset, accompanied by some... Tue, 27 May 2008 21:26:49 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1078258?rsstype=tag&tag=investment http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/globe-and-mail-streetwise/1077160?rsstype=tag&tag=investment CIBC World Markets is expected to kick off a long-expected round of Bay Street layoffs by trimming 100 employees in coming weeks, or 4 per cent of its work force.In the wake of credit market losses and a downsizing of its U.S. and European arms, sour... Tue, 27 May 2008 00:22:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/globe-and-mail-streetwise/1077160?rsstype=tag&tag=investment