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This article reveals the steps taken to clean up the stock market in Bangladesh. That investors will have two stock exchanges to choose from is good news for regulation, efficiency and transparency. The amount of speculative foreign flowing in and out of the Dhaka Stock Exchange has alarmed the government. That is one reason it has established the Securities and Exchange Commission. The rule requiring stock trades to be registered has been unpopular. The other stock market is in the port city of Chittagong. Equity finance is more expensive than bank loans due to market distortions created by the government.

Focuses on Private Capital Clearinghouse Inc.'s (PriCap) announcement of a national marketplace for private capital. Use of the Web as the backbone of a network that will connect private investors with firms and entrepreneurs seeking capital; Inefficiency in the angel market of private investments of under $5 million; Transaction life cycle; PriCap as a neutral platform; Pricing for investor services.

Deals with the move of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company (HKSCC) allowing institutional and retail investors to open accounts at the clearinghouse in order to increase legal protection for investors. Purpose of HKSCC for the move; Significance of the move; How the account will reduce the investors' exposure to the broker; How HKSCC will recover the cost of running investors accounts.

The article reports on the depository receipts (DR) or financial security rules in Taiwan. It states that the DP rules could increase foreign investment and international ownership in Taiwan. It also mentions that the rules will provide services to global investors with a more convenient access to Taiwanese companies which will benefit the company by widening their shareholder.

The article reports on the launch of deVere Investment Strategy, a free financial service division of independent financial advisory firm deVere Group. It states that the new service aims to help investors to understand the factors that adds impact in the capital market such as economic, political and social factors. It mentions that the new service will be headed by Tom Elliott, former executive director of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

The article offers information on Investor Income Properties (IIP) firm, which provides better rate-on-investment. It mentions that IIP was founded by Davor Ram in 2008 and has been providing and managing a high volume of cashflowing turnkey properties to domestic and international investors. Topics discussed include target markets in Akron, Cleveland, and Columbus in Ohio, real estate owned (REO) in Florida, and international offices in China and Great Britain.

The article focuses on the launch of a program municipal advisors (MA) registration rule by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) to examine newly regulated municipal advisors. According to Kevin Goodman, national associate director of OCIE's broker-dealer examination program, the initiative will focus on areas including the protection of issuers, investors and municipal taxpayers and promotion of compliance.

The article focuses on the nonprofit CARS Inc. which provides financial data analysis and advisory services to community development financial institutions (CDFIs) as of April 16, 2014. The article notes CARS' president Paige Chapel's remarks about the firm's value to investors in terms of avoiding risk. It also notes that CDFI loan funds are unregulated.

Information on topics discussed at the 45th Annual Securities Regulation Institute conference by the Practising Law Institute is presented. Mary Jo White, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), states that the SEC offers finance to protect investors in the U.S. from the risk of financial markets. She also discussed issues regarding the wrong statement issued by the Wenatchee Regional Events Center Public Facilities District regarding bond anticipation notes in 2008.

The article discusses the impact of the passive US sector exchange traded funds (ETF) launched by Fidelity Investment on other providers of ETF. Analysts believe that Fidelity Investment's ETF will allow the financial services industry and investors to provide their own ETF on their own platforms and offer a lower cost of investing in the new funds. The effect of Fidelity ETF on iShares Core S&P 500 is mentioned.

The article discusses the 2013 fi360-ThinkAdvisor Fiduciary Survey conducted by organization for fiduciary education fi360 Inc. It states that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is supported by 79 percent of financial advisors. It informs that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed new fiduciary rules for adding financial advisors under the ERISA fiduciary standard when they advise retirement investors.

The article gives information about SeedInvest, a company co-founded by Ryan Feit and James Han to make it easier for investors to find new business enterprises or startups they are interested in financing. SeedInvest developed an online platform called SeedInvest Groups for angel investors, meaning those who want to new businesses succeed. The article notes the company also has a technology platform for automating paperwork and compliance tasks that is rented out to financial institutions.

In this article, the author reflects on the aim of conducting the research poll Value Research with the help of the journal to recognize those mutual funds that have performed well despite of the global financial crises. According to the author, the ranking provided to mutual funds help investors in categorizing the stocks that can offer them a good rate of return and better investment opportunity.

The author reflects on the financial policy of Louisville, Kentucky that offers opportunity to investors to buy high-quality government bonds with refunding and new-money offerings of 50 million dollars.

The article examines proposed regulations that will force large investment banks to downsize, and discusses the possible effects of that. Topics include how the proposed regulation helped inspire investment bank UBS to launch a corporate reorganization, what will happen to mid-tier investment banks, like UniCredit and Crédit Agricole, that cannot afford to downsize, and how banks are changing their relationships with investors to avoid downsizing.

The article presents information about JPMorgan Chase's decision to let its customers put excess swaps and futures collateral in a separate bank account at JPMorgan Chase Bank, noting investors' concern after clients' money went missing at MF Global Holdings and Peregrine Financial Group.

The article offers the insights of Chris Dannenfeldt on his company Property Partners 1 from Addison, Texas and its service on investors in real estate investment property. Dannenfeldt discusses the diversified service area of the company, and how his company handle turnkey providers. Moreover, he cites their control on the tenants of their neighborhood, and their purchase on properties.

The article offers information on the Professionals Real Estate Group, which provides property management and residential sales in several areas including South Pacific, New Zealand, and in the U.S. It discusses how they provide knowledge and experience for the local market and process requirement, and on having services for investors. Moreover, a diagram of activities in providing successful investing is presented.

The article discusses angel investors who enjoy the energy of entrepreneurs without having to keep up with the pace of daily operations and that they have a key role to play in balancing entrepreneurial spirit that will give depth and ground the new enterprise in reality.

The article discusses a brokerage account called unified managed accounts (UMA) for investors of at least $500,000 that makes it easier to track investment returns on a consolidated statement.

The author focuses on improving the financial market condition. The demand for fund performance is said to force custodians and sub-custodians to re-engineer core processes to ensure that efficiency and capacity can be delivered at optimal economic returns. He notes that risk management can come in different client strategies, such as the cost driven strategy that bulk buys discount. He adds that a custodian acting as a client advocate is the most powerful aspect of providing a wide range of investor services.

The article reports on a November 2009 announcement from ALPS Advisers Inc. In the announcement the firm indicated that it had started a long-short fund in an effort to broaden its investment offerings for consumers. The firm also indicated that the fund will be available on mutual fund platforms and through financial intermediaries.

The article reports that MetLife has introduced an online platform to offer financial advice to investors who make a minimum investment of $10,000 in order to improve customer retention and attract younger customers. According to Rebecca Kovatch, vice president in the company's broker-dealer division, the company wanted to retain customers whose account balances decreased during the recession.

The article reports that Fidelity Investments plans to offer retail investors access to initial public offerings (IPO) and follow-on deals underwritten by Deutsche Bank AG. Fidelity has a similar arrangement with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Mark Haggerty, president of Fidelity Capital Markets, Fidelity's institutional trading division, is noted as observing signs that that IPO market is improving.

The article reports on the business activities of SecondMarket Inc. SecondMarket auctions assets that are illiquid on the Internet and it has created a secondary market for investor owned utilities issued by California and eventually other municipalities. The secondary market is aimed to help the recipients of investor owned utilities who have banks that are not accepting them.

The article reports on the business activities of BlackRock Inc. BlackRock will be instituting a fund created to help small investors buy bank assets which are associated with distressed commercial and residential nonagency mortgage-backed securities. The fund will work with the U.S. Treasury Department's Public-Private Investment Program.

The article offers information on the services offered by YourShare Financial Services Pty. Ltd. It notes that the company forwards the entry fees and trailing commissions from financial planners to capitalists that are payable on most financial products. The company rebates the entire upfront commissions of investors with failed financial planners. However, it is also remarked that the services offered by the company can worsen the relationship between the investor and financial planner.

The article discusses the online investment firm Scottrade Inc. Scottrade, a provider of tools and research for financial management for independent investors, will be opening a new branch in San Jose, California in May 26, 2009 which will be managed by Nate Denig. Scottrade has opened 9 branches in California in 2009.

The article discusses the IQ Alpha Hedge Strategy Fund. Fidelity Investments has launched the fund which is a no-load, open-end fund which will be offered to retail investors. There will be no transaction fee and investors will only need a minimum investment of $2,500 if they are first-time shareholders with Fidelity.

The article reports that MetLife Advisers, the wealth management division of insurance company MetLife Inc., has hired Wilshire Associates Inc. to provide investment services for its asset allocation program portfolio. The program allows investors to choose among five portfolios offering varying degrees of risk.

The article reports on a 2009 decision from Morgan Stanley Investment Management to reopen the Morgan Stanley Global Infrastructure Fund to new U.S. investors. A discussion of the features and attributes of the fund, which was closed to new investors in April of 2006, is presented. The fund will be managed by Morgan Stanley's quantitative and structured solutions equity investment team.

The article reports that Bank of New York Mellon Corp. is offering a credit fund service program for hedge fund managers. The service merges loan administration and investor services programs into one operation. The bank is a major provider of hedge fund administration services.

The article focuses on the temporary guaranty program to be administered by the Treasury Department of the U.S. to all money market mutual funds. The program, accordingly, is designed at providing moral and public relations support for investors who began worrying of their investments without any insurance or back up. Moreover, to extend their assistance, the Department has likewise reached out to those small class of money market funds that have a net asset value greater than $1.00.

The article reports on the plans of John Hancock Financial Services Inc. to open its John Hancock Global Opportunities Fund to retail investors. The fund was previously only open to institutional investors and is subadvised by MFC Global Investment Management LLC, an institutional asset unit of John Hancock's parent company Manulife Financial Corp. of Toronto, Canada.

The article discusses business strategies of Scottrade Inc. According to the author, the online investment firm announced that it plans to open a branch in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The branch, scheduled to open May 29, 2007, will be Scotttrade's 299th. The author notes that the company provides individual investors the tools and research to make investment decisions.

The article discusses the creation of mutual funds. According to the author, RiverSource Investments LLC, a subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial Inc. announced the launching two different mutual funds. The author notes that RiverSource Strategic Income Allocation Fund is designed to help investors meet their income needs, while the Riversource Disciplined Large-Cap Growth Fund is designed to help investors accumulate assets.

The article discusses two new services that JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services is offering to help institutional investors increase risk-adjusted returns. The two products, Manager Consistency Analysis and Marginal Risk Analysis are designed for asset managers and pension and endowment funs executives. Information on both the services is included.

The article discusses the announcement by Moody's Investor Service that the company will revise the way it rates banks. The announcement came after Moody's rated three banks in Iceland the same as the U.S. Treasury. The ratings firm is reducing the amount of outside support it uses when it judges a bank's creditworthiness. Moody's has given itself a deadline of April 10, 2007 to reassess the way it rates banks.

This article discusses the addition of 5 target date funds to Pennsylvania investment management company Vanguard Group. The introduction of these funds is part of an effort on Vanguard's part to allow investors a choice of funds which more closely meet their retirement needs. These funds, which invest primarily in stock and bond index futures, have become increasingly popular among individual investors.

The article discusses Bank Hapoalim BM and its acquisition of Investec Inc. Hapoalim, Israel's largest banking company, bought the New York institutional broker-dealer from Investec PLC of London and renamed it Hapoalim Securities USA Inc. The newly named company provides trading and research services, primarily for institutional investors, in U.S. fixed-income securities, equities and options.

States Taipan Group LLC offers a program, the House Hedge Program, for individual investors. Homebuilder stocks in the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Housing Sector Index that are recommended for short-term call and long-term put positions; Indication that a subscription for the "Taipan" newsletter is required; Comment of analyst Bryan Bottarelli.