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IO Daily: HKEx Gets Approval To Trade Renminbi Futures

5/30/2012 6:01:00 AM

IO Daily: Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited has received approval from the Securities and Futures Commission to offer renminbi currency futures and, subject to market readiness, plans to introduce them in the third quarter of this year.

IO Daily: Borza Malta Prepares For Xetra Switch

5/30/2012 5:47:00 AM

IO Daily: The Malta Stock Exchange will soon become the latest securities exchange to be integrated into Deutsche B�rse's fully electronic trading platform, Xetra.

IO Daily: Venture Capital Deal Flow Slows

5/29/2012 5:20:00 AM

IO Daily: An increase in venture capital deal flow occurred in 2011 in comparison to the previous year, but looks to have slowed down in 2012, recent research shows.

IO Daily: Guernsey Funds Industry Recovers Lost Ground

5/28/2012 5:29:00 AM

IO Daily: New figures from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission show that the total value of funds business in Guernsey grew by GBP8.7bn (USD13.6bn), or 3.3%, during the first quarter of the year.

IO Daily: Institutional Demand Boosts Hedge Fund Transparency

5/25/2012 6:35:00 AM

IO Daily: The influx of institutional money in the years following the collapse of Lehman Brothers, an event which triggered the financial crisis, has resulted in a marked increase in the global industry�s operational sophistication and transparency to investors.

IO Daily: US Investors Seek To Protect Retirement Savings From Risk

5/24/2012 6:49:00 AM

IO Daily: Two recently-published studies show that, while US investors are focusing on investment strategies to protect their retirement savings from risk, a more cavalier attitude is being displayed across the pond, where an alarming number of adults are failing to save anything at all towards their old age.

IO Daily: Jersey Highlights Private Client Business

5/23/2012 6:26:00 AM

IO Daily: Jersey Finance's Annual London Conference was attended by over 200 wealth management professionals, who heard of the important role Jersey's internationally-acclaimed judicial and regulatory framework plays in enabling the territory to continue to attract substantial high-quality private client business.

IO Daily: LSE Profits Soar

5/22/2012 5:45:00 AM

IO Daily: The London Stock Exchange's growth and diversification strategy has paid dividends, with pre-tax profit for the year to the end of March 31 rising to GBP639.7m (USD1.01bn) a rise of 169% over the previous year's pre-tax profit.

IO Daily: China Emerges As Asia's Hedge Fund Capital

5/21/2012 6:13:00 AM

IO Daily: China has continued to emerge as the preferred location for hedge fund firms investing in Asia, while the number of Asia-focussed hedge funds is approaching the record number set just before the global economic crisis, according to new data.

IO Daily: Advisors Turning Towards Alternatives

5/18/2012 6:43:00 AM

IO Daily: A new asset management survey has found that US financial advisors are increasingly willing to eschew conventional financial instruments when constructing investment portfolios in favour of more alternative products, even for mass market investors.