Star manager Bolton heads to Asia to launch Fidelity fund November 26, 2009 FIDELITY fund guru Anthony Bolton is returning to money management next year with the launch of a new portfolio investing in China. Bolton, one of Britain’s best-known fund managers, was nicknamed the “silent assassin” for taking boardroom scalps during his outstanding 28-year run at the head of Fidelity International’s Special Situations fund. He relinquished leadership [...]
F&C DITCHES THE DORCHESTER FOR A LEANER SHOWING AT PING PONG November 25, 2009 THINGS may be looking up in terms of the economy, but the corporate Christmas goose is looking just as lean as it was in the depths of the financial crisis last year – and a little bird tells me that asset management firm F&C Investments is among the companies trimming its budget. Usually, F&C staffers [...]
FOREX FLASH November 24, 2009 JPMorgan sees further falls for buck JPMorgan yesterday cut its 2010 forecast for the US dollar and predicted that the greenback will fall to as low as $1.62 per euro in the second quarter of next year. The continuing decline in the dollar will be driven by signs that the Federal Reserve will keep its [...]
China’s metals market retreat tempts bears November 23, 2009 WITH evidence of real recovery from the global economic meltdown still patchy at best, the mining sector – traditionally a “late cyclical” play – should by rights still be in its end-2008 trough. Yet 2009 has seen an amazing resurgence in the sector, borne up on an industrial commodity price recovery defying belief. Bellwether base [...]
BBVA ups stake in China November 22, 2009 SPANISH bank BBVA is looking to plough a further €1.1bn (£991,000) into China’s Citic Bank, increasing its reputation for Chinese invesment. The bank, which would lift its stake from 10 to 15 per cent, is bucking the trend of Western banks such as UBS and Royal Bank of Scotland, who have been pulling out of [...]
Las Vegas Sands IPO disappoints in China November 22, 2009 CASINO group Las Vegas Sands has seen lower than expected interest in the stock market float of its Macau business. Sands China, an offshoot of Las Vegas Sands, raised $2.5bn (£1.51bn) through its initial public offering in Hong Kong, Chinese sources said. That was at the bottom of the range hoped for, but will ensure [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING November 19, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES VODAFONE?VEXED BY VERIZON STANCEThe chief executive of Vodafone yesterday said that the question of dividend payments from Verizon Wireless, its US joint venture, was one of the most pressing items on the company’s agenda. Speaking at a MorganStanley investor conference in Barcelona, Vittorio Colao said: “We need to solve the US situation.” EUROPEAN [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING November 18, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES LLOYDS OFFLOADS MALL FOR £300MHammerson, the UK real estate investment trust, has emerged as the preferred buyer of a £300m shopping mall near Glasgow being sold by Lloyds Banking Group after the original owner defaulted on the loan. The UK commercial property market has seen few sales by the larger lending banks, in [...]
REVALUATION OF YUAN WILL BE GLACIAL November 17, 2009 BORIS SCHLOSSBERGDIRECTOR OF CURRENCY RESEARCH, GFT CURRENCY traders now widely assume that Asia will continue to lead the world economy to a recovery in 2010. Last weekend’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) meeting only reaffirmed that fact, with members pledging to maintain their fiscal stimulus programmes. Another rally in risk currencies should result as FX markets [...]
FOREX FLASH November 17, 2009 Bank fuels new high for the poundSterling hit its highest level in a year against the US dollar yesterday after Bank of England MPC member Andrew Sentance said in a speech on Monday night that he believed the UK had emerged from recession and that loose monetary policy cannot continue indefinitely. Mark O’Sullivan at Currencies [...]