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Butterfield Bank’s share price fell by one cent in Bermuda Stock Exchange trading yesterday.
The bank closed the week at $1.43, down 0.7 percent, as 25,000 shares traded.
The only other stock to trade yesterday was West Hamilton Holdings Ltd, which r...
DATE: Nov 09, 2013
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Bermuda Stock Exchange
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International accountancy and consultancy firm EY is to host a global hedge fund symposium in Bermuda.
Experts from the firm and throughout the industry will examine the state of hedge funds and announce the results of its annual global survey.
Econo...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda is the most secretive UK offshore territory, according to an influential British think tank on tax.
Now the Tax Justice Network (TJN) has written to the Queen asking her to intervene to tackle “tax havens and secrecy jurisdictions” where she ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The increased demand for reinsurance and the tough environment for traditional ways of providing it is to feature at a major conference on the island next week.
But delegates will hear that — while low yields, mounting capital demands and price compe...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Bermuda Stock Exchange Index jumped 18.88, or 1.64 percent, to 1,170.52 yesterday.
Butterfield Bank climbed four cents, or 2.9 percent, to $1.44 as 15,000 shares changed hands.
Bank of NT Butterfield Preference Shares jumped $4.85, or 0.4 percent...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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Bermuda Stock Exchange
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Bermuda reinsurance firm SAC Re is still on the hunt for a buyer after a US firm owned by a major investor was fined a record $1.8 billion in the US on charges of securities and wire fraud.
Steven Cohen’s Connecticut-based SAC Capital, a hedge fund, ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Two shares were active on the Bermuda Stock Exchange yesterday with BF&M shedding 95 cents, or 0.1 percent, to $17.55 as 1,200 shares changed hands and Butterfield Bank was down 0.03 cents, or 2.1 percent, to stay unchanged at $1.40 as 2,000 shares c...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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Bermuda Stock Exchange
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A major conference focusing on reinsurance is to held next week.
And Economic Development Minister Grant Gibbons is slated to give the keynote address to the eighth annual Bermuda Reinsurance Conference.
Run by accountancy firm PwC with ratings agenc...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda’s rate of mergers and acquisitions has hit $8 billion in the third quarter of the year — up ten percent on the same period in 2012, a new report has revealed.
Offshore legal specialists Appleby, in its Offshore-i report, said the Island was i...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Retail sales on the island slumped by nearly 4.5 percent in September compared to the same month last year, the latest Government figures have revealed.
But — after adjusting for inflation, measured at two percent in September — the volume of retail ...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor