Trust Company of Australia (Trust) has unveiled plans to expand into the Asian market by opening offices in both Hong Kong and Singapore in a move to becoming a trustee of real estate investment trusts (REITs).
Trust managing director, Jonathan Sweeney, said the move comes on the back of strong results after Trust redirected the company to focus on its core capabilities in trustee and fiduciary areas.
SHANGHAI, China - China's banking regulators on Tuesday issued rules for commercial banks to invest client funds offshore, an important step toward opening up the country's tightly controlled foreign exchange regime.
The regulations, which take effect immediately, are meant to widen the investment options available to institutional and individual investors, allowing them to diversify their risks and get better returns, the People's Bank of China, or central bank, said in an announcement.
/24-7PressRelease/ - ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, April 16, 2006 - Much has been written lately about the subject of Certificates of Deposit. A certificate of deposit is a very powerful investment tool but, some are kept away because it all seems a bit to good to be true.
What are Certificates of Deposit? In simplified terms a CD is a savings certificate entitling the bearer to receive interest.
The securities market dealing in short-term debt and monetary instruments. Money market instruments are forms of debt that mature in less than one year and are very liquid.
Treasury bills make up the bulk of the money market instruments. Securities in the money market are relatively risk-free.
Everyone uses commodities such as wheat, cocoa, crude oil, butter, coal and electricity. But most investors know that speculating on commodities in the futures markets is only for the pros, and no sensible amateur would bet his retirement or college funds on sugar, silver, orange juice or feeder cattle. One of the most infamous commodities investments, pork belly futures, is shorthand for "how to lose your nest egg in the wink of an eye."
