You had a dream of your own car and you fulfilled it. May be you have taken a loan to get it done and now you are facing some problems with the present lender due to some reasons. So the only solution to escape this situation is now refinancing your previous loan. And if you … Read more
Throughout the year, many of us do exactly the same thing…we start saving for our annual summer holidays. This year seems to be different, the savings account has been dipped into and the credit cards would appear to be maxed out! With the credit crunch affecting the majority of us, finding enough spare cash to … Read more
Acquiring financing for a company is tough when the economy is doing well and close to impossible when the economy is suffering. This is especially true when considering traditional borrowing avenues such as bank financing. Compounded with the fact that the present time is considered the worst economic credit crisis since the Great Depression and … Read more
Then the Asian financial crisis of 1997/98 made people realize that long-only leveraged equities or property were not necessarily the best asset classes, so they started to be interested in structured products or hedged vehicles. For many years, there was no interest in Asian-based hedge funds. If they were interested investing in a hedge fund … Read more
Tokyo, June 10 2009 — Opalesque has published the 2009 Opalesque Japan Roundtable, whose findings will surprise many financial professionals. In this 33-page Roundtable script, Japan-based investment veterans share how the financial crisis has changed investing in and asset raising from Japanese institutions. The new Japan Roundtable can be downloaded here for free: http://www.opalesque.com/RT/RoundtableJapan2009.html … Read more