Archive for January 2010
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Hedge funds are set to see solid inflows in 2010 after a strong performance last year virtually wiped out the heavy losses seen in 2008, Gottex head of European business Max Gottschalk said on January
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Reinsurer Hannover Re expects catastrophe bond issuance to jump this year, with growing opportunities for bonds covering insurance risks outside the United States. Catastrophe bonds worth about $3.5 billion were issued last year, just half
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Reinsurer Hannover Re expects catastrophe bond issuance to jump this year, with growing opportunities for bonds covering insurance risks outside the United States. Catastrophe bonds worth about $3.5 billion were issued last year, just half
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Mattel Inc, the world's leading toymaker, said it has seen very strong sales for its Christmas hit Fashionista Barbie doll following a recent revamp of its 50-year-old mainstay product. The US company, whose products also
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Mattel Inc, the world's leading toymaker, said it has seen very strong sales for its Christmas hit Fashionista Barbie doll following a recent revamp of its 50-year-old mainstay product. The US company, whose products also
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The boss of Britain's state-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland vowed on January 12 to minimise bankers' bonuses amid public anger over potential payouts that could be deemed a reward for failure. The British bank, which
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Dubai's Union Properties is considering the sale of some of its completed property assets to generate liquidity and enhance revenues, its chairman said, as the company struggles amidst a real estate downturn. Khalid bin Kalban
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Gulf banks are estimated to have made provisions worth 9.4 billion dollars for 2009 against impairment of assets and credit loss, a massive 40 percent rise from the previous year, a report said on January
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Only "rank bad management" would allow a Premier League club to go into administration such are the huge amounts of money coming in, the league's chief executive Peter Scudamore said on Sunday. Portsmouth are the
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Aston Villa became the latest of the Premier League's top-four challengers to miss an opportunity when they were held to a disappointing goalless draw by West Ham United on Sunday. In Saturday's action leaders Chelsea
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