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Is a decade-long bull run for gold coming to an end?

Gold prices have suffered their sharpest fall in 30 years over the last couple of days, heightening fears among investors that the decade-long bull run for precious metals, especially gold, is about to end. The dramatic development started on 12th of April with 15thof April as the ugly black

Last Updated on Monday, 22 April 2013 13:24

Interest Rate Strategy CNH: RQFII will not deplete offshore liquidity

By Nathan Chow, Group Research, DBS Bank (HK) Limited)

On 6 March, the China Securities Regulatory Commission promulgated new rules for the Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) pilot scheme:

Financial institutions registered in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong units of Chinese banks and insurers will be allowed
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 April 2013 07:56

Case study for Torstone Technology

Settlement hots up at Peel Hunt with Inferno

FTSE 100 market maker and full-service broker Peel Hunt reveals how Tortstone Technology’s Inferno solution for high volume securities and derivatives processing supports their competitiveness and agility in the market.

Back in 2007 full-service broking and advisory house Peel Hunt, known for

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:24

Technology Innovation, Investment as a Force for Economic Growth

By Robert Marcus, CEO of QuantumWave Capital, an investment bank for technology start-ups

The global economy continues to stagnate, with all the major Western economies reporting tepid growth or recession. In the UK, 2012 growth figures provided by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) were recently revised up from

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 March 2013 06:50

Understanding Investor Services

Dearbhaile O’Hare is the head of training at Information Mosaic, the global leader in post trade software and analytics. As an Accredited Training Provider (ATP) for the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment (CISI), and a certified associate trainer, Dearbhaile has spent the last six years immersed in the

Last Updated on Saturday, 02 February 2013 03:35

In PE, cash is king, but unfortunately only in the short term

By Daniel Windaus, Head of Private Equity, REL UK

‘Cash is king’ is an oft-quoted mantra but reality is far removed from the theory as far as fast-growing companies and their working capital go. Private equity held investments arguably have the most to gain from optimising the cash conversion

Last Updated on Friday, 01 March 2013 14:47

The OTC derivatives and eligible collateral challenge

Ian Mainwaring, Senior Consultant, Citisoft

There are many current investment management challenges where a metadata-centric approach can be applied to ‘ease the pain’. One of particular concern at the moment is handling the collateral requirements of OTC derivatives when cleared through central counterparties (CCPs).

The requirement to clear OTC

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 January 2013 15:03

Buyer Beware the Annuity Oversell: Find the Fixed Indexed Product That Works for You

MEDFORD, Ore., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer interest in fixed index annuitieshas surged in the past few years, driven by the desire to avoid a volatile market plus the attraction of tax-deferred advantages and lifetime income. As a result, buyers have an abundance of FIA products with

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 February 2013 11:27