PowerShares has introduced the PowerShares Zacks Micro Cap Portfolio. The PowerShares ETF will be based on an index from Zacks Investment Research and will also evaluate and remove components on a weekly basis. The anticipated listing on August 18, 2005,
Assets under management of the UK fund management industry increased for the second year running in 2004 to Ј2,966bn, according to a new IFSL report. This was up 9% on 2003 and 11% on 2002. Funds are, however, still 3%
The recent Bank of England interest rate cut was hailed a fillip for Britain's private business. The Forum of Private Business (FPB), which champions the case for 25,000 small and medium sized firms nationwide, said it was a welcome move
Rather than NAV value, Morningstar begins applying discounted cash flow (DCF) model to value REITs. Morningstar said the new DCF model will impact the analysis and fair value estimates for all of the 61 REITs the firm covers. Before applying
Summit Real Estate Holdings Ltd completed last week the acquisition of a portfolio of 25 buildings in 12 locations throughout Germany, all of which are completely leased to Deutsche Telekom for long terms. The aggregate investment in the portfolio is
Financial services call centers must focus on performance measurements that illustrate the center's level of customer service to become more profitable, notes a study conducted by Cutting Edge Information. Call center managers tend to measure call efficiency to reduce costs.
Advisors from The Camelot Group International have been selected to meet with several large private equity investors and limited partners in Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden in August and September to discuss global opportunities in the private equity secondary market
GSC Partners, a private investment firm specializing in credit based alternative investment strategies, announced the formation of GSC Capital Corp., a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). The new REIT will invest in real estate related securities, whole loan mortgages, bank
Eighty one percent of investors think that their brokerage or investment firm is ethical and honest, while 85% of those surveyed believe that their firm has earned their trust and 78% of respondents agree that their broker or investment advisor
The combined assets of the nation's exchange traded funds (ETFs) were $242.66 billion in June, according to the Investment Company Institute. Assets of all exchange traded funds rose in June by $4.27 billion, or 1.8 percent, to $242.66 billion. Equity