Credit Suisse in Crisis, shuts its Private Banking Office in Birmingham
Credit Suisse is shutting its private banking office in Birmingham in the West Midlands area of the UK. The Zurich-listed banking group confirmed it to some newspapers. “Clients in the Birmingham region will continue to be served out of our London and Manchester offices,” a spokesperson for Credit Suisse said. Birmingham, renowned as a centre of UK manufacturing, has had a private banking office since 2008. … Read more »
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Soros’ recipe to overcome the crunch in Europe
DAVOS – The measures introduced by the European Central Bank last December, especially the Long Term Refinancing Operation (LTRO), have relieved the liquidity problems of European banks, but have not cured the financing disadvantage of the highly indebted member states. Since high-risk premiums on government bonds endanger the capital adequacy of banks, half a solution is not enough. Indeed, that supposed solution leaves half the eurozone relegated to the status of Third World countries that have … Read more »
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THE STRAITS OF AMERICA by Nouriel Roubini
Macroeconomic indicators for the United States have been better than expected for the last few months. Job creation has picked up. Indicators for manufacturing and services have improved moderately. Even the housing industry has shown some signs of life. And consumption growth has been relatively resilient. But, despite the favorable data, US economic growth will remain weak and below trend throughout 2012. Why is all the recent economic good news not to be believed? First, US consumers … Read more »
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IAIR Awards: BENEFICENTIA FUND MANAGEMENT “Excellence in Alternative Investments – Hedge, Rising Star”
The IAIR Award is given to Beneficentia Fund Management in recognition of its expertise for alternative investments. Beneficentia Fund Management has achieved excellent performance and confirmed itself as one of the leading companies in the sector of managed futures, private equity special solutions and Multi-asset defensive strategies. www.beneficentiafundmanagement.com … Read more »
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Tosca, how to diversify your portfolio with mining investments
The Round Table «Diversification of investments: economic outlooks to protect the assets» took successfully place on November 7th at Palazzo Visconti. The event was organized by Le Fonti Publishing House in cooperation with TOSCA MINING CORPORATION – A Molybdenum & Copper Company (Canada) and MINESTAT. Guido Giommi, President of Le Fonti Publishing House, introduced the discussion with the institutional greetings. Stefano Campanella (Minestat – Statistics for Investor Mining) and Luca Riccio (geologist at Tosca) presented … Read more »
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