Equities
Investment
Chinese equities have slumped to a three and a half year low, amid concerns additional monetary easing stimulus will be shelved as property prices in the region soared to a fourteen month high.
20 August 2012
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Emerging markets
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has named Raymond Ma (pictured) as lead manager on the group's offshore $391m Greater China fund.
20 August 2012
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Wealth managers
US-based tax lawyer Douglas Stransky considers the impact of FATCA, the onerous US tax regime which is already turning Americans into 'financial pariahs' overseas.
20 August 2012
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Europe
Lord Rothschild has taken a near £130m bet against the euro through RIT Capital Partners, the £1.9bn investment trust of which he is executive chairman.
19 August 2012
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US
Robin McDonald, co-head of the multi-manager range at Cazenove, has said investors should not hold out for further stimulus from the Federal Reserve as he believes it has ceased its policy to weaken the US dollar.
17 August 2012
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Investment
After building up a $5bn emerging markets strategy at Barings, James Syme and Paul Wimborne left in February 2011 to join boutique fund manager JO Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM).
17 August 2012
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Technology
Shares in social networking giant Facebook have hit a new low, falling another 6% after the first lock-in period ended and its largest investors were able to sell the stock.
17 August 2012
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Europe
Finland's foreign minister said the country is taking measures to prepare itself for a full-blown currency crisis in Europe.
17 August 2012
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