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Local investment management firm Bermuda Investment Advisory Services Ltd. will today launch a family of mutual funds aimed at simplifying investment choices for businesses and high net worth individuals.
Cayman Islands-registered BIAS Global Portfol...
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NEW YORK (AP) — More than three-quarters of residential Web users got on the Internet using a high-speed broadband connection in November, according to a study released Tuesday.The 78 percent broadband penetration rate for US homes represents a jump ...
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SYDNEY (Bloomberg) — Qantas Airways Ltd., Australia’s largest airline, yesterday accepted a sweetened A$11.1 billion ($8.7 billion) buyout led by Macquarie Bank Ltd. and Texas Pacific Group, in the world’s biggest aviation takeover.
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MUNICH (Bloomberg) — Allianz SE, Europe’s largest insurer, and Munich Re, the world’s second-biggest reinsurer, will book one-time gains for fiscal 2006 due to a change in Germany’s corporate tax law.Munich Re will book a one-time gain of 400 million...
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Local investment management firm Bermuda Investment Advisory Services Ltd. will today launch a family of mutual funds aimed at simplifying investment choices for businesses and high net worth individuals.
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Ace promotes SamersAudrey M. Samers has been named global ethics & compliance officer for the Ace Group of Companies.
A statement said Ms Samers will be responsible for providing ethics and business practices guidance, educating the ACE organisation ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The minimum net worth an investor must possess to be allowed to invest in hedge funds would more than double to $2.5 million in investments, excluding a personal residence, under a measure proposed by the U.S. Securities and Ex...
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Assured Guaranty Ltd. has announced that its subsidiary, Assured Guaranty US Holdings Inc., has priced its $150 million Series A Enhanced Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2066. The debentures will pay a fixed 6.40 percent rate of interest until Dec...
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LONDON (Bloomberg) ? Bermuda-based Frontline Ltd., the world?s biggest oil-tanker owner by capacity, said it will convert a vessel into a heavy-lift ship to benefit from rising oil-rig construction.
The tanker will be converted between May and Augus...
DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) ? German reinsurer Hannover Re said it would use the cash freed up by the sale of U.S. unit Praetorian to assume more lucrative reinsurance risks, which could boost its 2007 returns.
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DATE: Dec 14, 2006
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