More top hedge funds dropped Apple shares in first quarter May 15th, 2013 - 22:20h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - One-time hedge fund darling Apple Inc was dropped by more well-known fund managers in the first quarter, including John Griffin and Chase Coleman. Shares of Apple were down $19.50, or 4.4 percent, at $424.36 in trading on the Nasdaq on We... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : hedge, funds, dropped, apple, shares, first, quarter, Top Keywords

Nations pledge funds to rebuild Mali May 15th, 2013 - 17:50h (CET +01.00) BRUSSELS (AP) - A plan to turn Mali into a stable democracy and prevent it from becoming a terrorist haven got a boost Wednesday as European nations lined up to pledge hundreds of millions of euros in aid for the conflict-ridden West African nation. ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : nations, pledge, funds, rebuild, mali, first, quarter, Top Keywords

Somalia asks for more funds at London conference May 7th, 2013 - 16:00h (CET +01.00) LONDON (AP) - Somalia's president urged donors at an international conference Tuesday to provide "considerable investment and support" for his beleaguered government, arguing that the fate of his country and the region hangs in the bal... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : somalia, asks, funds, london, conference, first, quarter, Top Keywords

Karzai: US gives funds to national security team Apr 29th, 2013 - 21:30h (CET +01.00) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that his national security team has been receiving payments from the U.S. government for the past 10 years. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : karzai, gives, funds, national, security, team, quarter, Top Keywords

U.S.-based stock funds have $7.3 billion outflow - Lipper Apr 26th, 2013 - 02:30h (CET +01.00) By Sam Forgione NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors pulled $7.3 billion out of U.S.-based stock funds in the latest week, the most since July of last year even as U.S. stock markets recovered from a sharp selloff, data from Thomson Reuters' Lipper Se... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : usbased, stock, funds, have, billion, outflow, lipper, Top Keywords

Czechs to send funds to blast-hit Texas town Apr 24th, 2013 - 20:30h (CET +01.00) PRAGUE (AP) - The Czech Republic plans to donate 4 million koruna (some $200,000) to help the Texas town of West recover from a devastating fertilizer plant explosion. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : czechs, send, funds, blasthit, texas, town, lipper, Top Keywords

SEC says funds need not report all social media postings Mar 15th, 2013 - 20:10h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Mutual funds regulators are suffering from Twitter overload. Many funds companies, which are required to file advertising and promotional materials for regulatory review, have also been sending over all of their posts on Facebook, Twitter... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : says, funds, need, report, social, media, postings, Top Keywords

Pension funds lose £100 million annual VAT saving Mar 7th, 2013 - 13:30h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's top court has denied UK final salary workplace pension funds the chance of a one-off 2 billion pound ($3.01 billion)windfall after a ruling rejected a call for an exemption from paying VAT on some fund manager fees. T... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : pension, funds, lose, £100, million, annual, saving, Top Keywords

Government lets public pension funds raise stakes in infrastructure Mar 6th, 2013 - 20:10h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - The British government has made it easier for local authority pension schemes to invest in infrastructure by doubling the amount they can invest to up to 30 percent of their assets, paving the way potentially for billions of pounds... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : government, lets, public, pension, funds, raise, stakes, infrastructure, Top Keywords

Pension funds join forces to invest in farmland Mar 6th, 2013 - 18:20h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - Major asset managers, cowed by the cost, the risk and the controversy involved in investing in farmland, are joining forces to increase investment in the historically under-capitalised sector. In one example, Swiss fund of funds Ad... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : pension, funds, join, forces, invest, farmland, stakes, infrastructure, Top Keywords