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  Mideast Loans on Block as Euro Banks Seek Cash

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 29, 2011

  European banks, in search of cash to meet new requirements, are looking to sell off their loans to Middle Eastern countries, and are looking for Arab banks as buyers in the process.

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  S&P, Fitch Cut Ratings of 17 Banks in U.S., Europe

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 16, 2011

  S&P clips 10 in Spain, Fitch hits BofA and Goldman.

• Bank of England Boosts QE

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 6, 2011

  For the first time in nearly two years, the Bank of England increased its bond-buying program on Thursday, boosting the ceiling to 275 billion pounds ($421 billion) from 200 billion pounds as it said that slow growth worldwide and European unrest 'threaten the U.K. recovery.'

• Greece Worries Set Markets Tumbling

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 12, 2011

  Worries that Greece might default on its mountain of sovereign debt sent global markets steeply downward on Monday, with bank stocks in France leading the plunge.

• Swiss Franc Continues Rise

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 17, 2011

  The Swiss franc continued its rise into the stratosphere on Wednesday, spurred on by a failure by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to directly intervene in the currency's valuation. Instead SNB boosted liquidity and said it would take additional steps.

• Corporate Debt Safer Than Euro Zone Sovereign Debt

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  November 15, 2010

  Europe's sovereign debt crisis has turned the region's credit markets upside down.

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  Chinese Bank Buys U.S. Broker-Dealer

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  November 1, 2010

  Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., China's largest lender, is venturing into the broker-dealer business in the U.S., one of the most telling new signs of the rise of Chinese financial institutions in the world economy.

• Man Launches New Structured Product

  By Staff Writer  |  August 30, 2004

  LONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--Man Investments Ltd. has launched a new capital guaranteed structured product, the Man RMF Multi-Style Series 2 Ltd. The new fund will invest in five hedge fund styles that Man officials said would complement each other. The fund will target annualized returns of between 13% and 15% with volatility...

• Arrow Hedge Launches Third Series of Notes

  By Staff Writer  |  January 15, 2004

  TORONTO (HedgeWorld.com)--Arrow Hedge Partners Inc. launched the Arrow Multi-Strategy Notes, Series 3, after raising C$40 million (US$31 million) in the first two series of notes...

• Arrow Hedge Issues Second Series of Notes

  By Staff Writer  |  September 8, 2003

  TORONTO (HedgeWorld.com)--Arrow Hedge Partners Inc. announced its second series of guaranteed principal notes linked to the performance of its multi-strategy hedge fund. The first series of...