Global Experts Explain How Funds Can Attract Billions in Investment From Islamic Investors
(ContentDesk) November 15, 2005 -- Capital market limitations in the Middle East are drawing billions of dollars in alternative investment products in Europe and the U.S. But only financial vehicles that meet strict Shariah criteria get approved by a board of Shariah scholars and can then be deemed appropriate for Islamic investment. Join an Institutional Investor audio conference as three leading international Islamic financial experts discuss how to structure Shariah-compliant financial products ---
and how to market them to Islamic financial investors. They will discuss business practices taboo to Islamic investors --- no pork products, for example, and no interest-bearing or interest-charging products --- but also detail how to establish a Shariah-compliant fund.Speakers will discuss core financial values of Islamic financial investors and techniques for preparing quasi-financial assets such as real estate and commodities for investment. They will update the regulatory environment surrounding Shariah-compliant funds and discuss finding the right partners --- and where to find them.
Speakers are:Eric Meyer is president and CEO of Shariah Capital and Fund Management. A pioneer in Shariah-compliant funds in the U.S., Mr. Meyer is a fund manager of the Shariah Long/Short Master Fund Ltd. and Shariah Market Neutral Master Fund Ltd. He is a founder of the first multi-manager funds of hedge funds that comply with Shariah law.
He was a former long/short hedge fund manager and venture capitalist. Sheikh Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo is a scholar of Shariah, or Islamic Law and has educated financiers, lawyers, accountants, economists, and fund managers on the implementation of modern Islamic Finance Islamic scholarship. He has served on numerous Shariah boards, including those with the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes, the Canadian Islamic Bank, the New York-based Silver Crescent Private Equity Fund and the London-based Societe General Asset Management. He is the chairman of the Wafra Investment Advisory Group's Shariah board. Sheikh DeLorenzo has written extensively on Arabic culture, language and finance and from 1981 to 1984 he advised the Pakistan government on Islamic education.
He was raised and educated in the U.S. and studied Islamic law in the Middle East and Pakistan.
Abdulkader Thomas is the President and CEO of Shape Financial, which designs and structures Islamic financial solutions for the capital markets and banking sectors. Clients include banks, securities firms and prospective issuers seeking to understand the intricacies of Islamic processes and how these may open new markets or improve their operations. This conference will be of special interest to venture capitalists, managers and principals of real estate investment trusts, hedge fund principals and managers and attorneys.
To register for the event, please call 1-800-437-9997 or register on this link: https://www.e-ii.com/IIStore/default.asp?Page=101&VS=134&generic=true&brandnew=true&act=add&productID=4897&sourcecode=5961For more information about Institutional Investor audio conferences see https://www.e-ii.com/audioconferences/ or contact Liza Shevitz at 212-224-3623..
iShares Japan Fund Drops on the Highest Volume Traded in the Funds History
(ContentDesk) January 21, 2006 -- On Wednesday January 18th
the Exchange Traded Fund iShares Japan Fund dropped on the highest volume in the funds history, over 86,000,000 shares. The price dropped to the 50 day moving average on the stock charts and then stopped. Wednesdays trading volume was nearly 20,000,000 shares more then the previous volume high. Even though the news seems to indicate this is due to temporary panic, technical traders will view this as a negative sign.On Thursday in Japan the markets were up. That indicates the ETF iShares Japan fund will move up on Thursday in the US.
With the Hugh volume traded on a down day it may be hard for the fund to regain its up trend in the near future. With the US markets relatively flat in the past year, US investors have been spreading their money more into foreign investments An investigation into possible irregularities at Internet firm Livedoor, caused the shock in the Japanese markets and could scare away foreign...
iShares Japan Fund Drops on the Highest Volume Traded in the Funds History
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EFX Williamsburg Announces New FOREX Platform for Hedge Funds
Williamsburg, VA (ContentDesk) October 10, 2005 -- EFX Group/Williamsburg, a branch office of El Segundo, Calif.-based EFX Group and an introducing broker for MBTT announced a new FOREX trading platform for hedge funds and institutions.Unlike most FOREX trading firms, MBTT does not have a deal desk between you and your orders.
MBTT utilizes Straight Through Processing (STP), sending your orders directly to various banks and eliminating the potential for markup or spread manipulation.
STP also prevents instances where you may be re-quoted, which generally occur when it is in the deal desk's best interest to delay the execution of your order, acting against your best interests.
"There are a lot of myths about the FOREX market that we are shattering" says EFX Williamsburg Branch Manager Lee Young.
Fixed spreads are a way for FCMs to markup or markdown the best bid or offer.
FCMs do this to hide their fee into the price of the currency pair instead...
EFX Williamsburg Announces New FOREX Platform for Hedge Funds
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Exchange Traded Funds Primer
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are a group of passive index funds that trade on an exchange like an individual stock. At the time of writing there are 162 ETFs with $220 billion in assets under management trading on U.S. exchanges.ETFs hold a basket of securities that mimic the results of various indices including broad stock and bond market, industry sectors, and international securities. New niche funds are being created regularly. Recent introductions include gold and China funds, and there are rumors that a silver ETF will soon be available.The most popular ETF is the NASDAQ 100 Tracking Stock (QQQQ) trading 50 million shares a day on the NASDAQ Stock Market.
The volume leaders on the American Stock Exchange are the SPDRS (SPY) tracking the S&P 500 trading 25 million shares per day, the Energy SPDR (XLE), Japan iShares (EWJ), Russell 2000 iShares (IWM), and the Financial SPDR (XLF).ETFs are widely used by institutional and individual investors as a tool for diversification,...
Exchange Traded Funds Primer
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Hedge Fund Gurus' Investment Ideas Tracked by GuruFocus.com
(ContentDesk) October 4, 2005 -- When Warren Buffett buys a new stock, millions of people follow. For more stock ideas, investors may also want to look at the investment gurus who are as good, or almost as good as Buffett. GuruFocus.com has been tracking the stock picks of the best mutual fund managers. It also initiated tracking the stock ideas of hedge fund gurus."These hedge fund managers have beaten Warren Buffett in his own game, although some of them consider themselves students of Warren Buffett," said Dr. Charlie Tian, research director at GuruFocus.com.
"Most of them are value-investors, they have the same investment philosophy as Buffett's."As of today GuruFocus.com tracks the stock picks of hedge fund managers George Soros, Edward Lampert, Bruce Sherman, and Glenn Greenberg, besides the best mutual fund managers it has been tracking: Bill Miller, Martin Whitman, John Keeley, Ron Baron, Bill Nygren and 16 others.Not all the stocks gurus pick go up, some of them go down,...
Hedge Fund Gurus' Investment Ideas Tracked by GuruFocus.com
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Triumph Investment Master Fund Ranked #1 For the Past 5 Year Time Frame
(ContentDesk) September 8, 2004 -- Nelsons Worlds Best Money Managers ranked Triumph Investment Master Fund # 1 for the past 12 and 20-quarter time frames for the International Balanced Multi-Asset investment class.
In addition The Barclay Group and its subsidiary Global Hedge Source, Ltd. ranked the fund #1 for the past 36-month time frame ending June 30th for fund of hedge funds with under $250MM in assets under management.
Triumph is a strategic multi-strategy, alternative investment fund. Within the fund, there are currently 20 traders and 24 strategies.It is one of the only pools that merge the talents of floor-traders, market makers and "niche" traders who have honed their trading skills and developed their "edge" on the various exchange floors or at "boutique" trading firms.
It has recently caught the attention of the New York Sun and their weekly hedge fund column with an August 23rd article titled, Triumph's Strategy: Making Money a little at a time;...
Triumph Investment Master Fund Ranked #1 For the Past 5 Year Time Frame
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Flower Gifts
If you want to gift it right, invest in flowers. Life's many hurly-burly capers are best tackled through flowers to enfold the giver and the recipient in waves of human bonding. Flowers combine a mysterious subtlety and breath-taking beauty that unfailingly connect to the occasion.
So if it is a red-letter day, beguiling interlude, rumbles in a relationship, painful parting or dappled moments that call for an immediate response, communiqu?s through flowers are your best bet. A spontaneous...
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Ford Focus Fuel Cell Vehicle with Ford Automotive Replacement Parts at Parts Train
The Focus FCV is one of the industry's first hybridized fuel cell vehicles combining the improved range and performance of hybrid technology with the overall benefits of a fuel cell.Using a fuel cell powertrain supplied by Ballard Power Systems, the world leader in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology, the FCV is hybridized with the addition of a nickel metal?hydride battery pack and a brake-by-wire electro-hydraulic series regenerative braking system. The fuel cell engine converts...
Ford Focus Fuel Cell Vehicle with Ford Automotive Replacement Parts at Parts Train
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Smart Tags ? Buttons with a Brain! IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY WITHIN YOUR OFFICE XP 2002/3 DOCUMENTS!
(ContentDesk) August 15, 2004 -- The software product range known as "SmartPac" dynamically scans and searches your Office 2002/3 Microsoft, Word, Excel and Outlook documents recognising your business data or any other predefined type of data which then gives you numerous other options to access information or services from directly within the office document. These predefined Smart Tags can improve productivity and accuracy, because you can access the necessary data/service without leaving the...
Global Experts Explain How Funds Can Attract Billions in Investment From Islamic Investors Smart Tags ? Buttons with a Brain! IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY WITHIN YOUR OFFICE XP 2002/3 DOCUMENTS!
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