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		<title>In News:Jan07</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barclays combines units to build wealth management in Asia  Barclays Group has decided to aggressively build its private-banking business in Asia and is opening an office in Mumbai to service India’s growing onshore market. “In Asia we’re linking more closely to Barclays Capital and Barclays Global Investors,” explains Thomas Karalis, the London-based CEO of Barclays [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefinanceflick.wordpress.com&amp;blog=442692&amp;post=69&amp;subd=thefinanceflick&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Focus:Jan07</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 07:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Background: Founded: 1812 as City Bank of New York with Samuel Osgood as President Headquarter: 399 Park Avenue, New York Major Brand Names: Citibank, CitiFinancial, Primerica, Smith Barney, Citigroup Wealth Advisors, Banamex, and Travelers Life and Annuity Key Person/s: Charles O. (Chuck) Prince III (Chairman &#38; CEO) Employee count: 307,000 (2005) Top Competitors: Bank of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefinanceflick.wordpress.com&amp;blog=442692&amp;post=67&amp;subd=thefinanceflick&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Terms:Jan07</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 07:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LDI (Liability Driven Investment) A form of investing in which the main goal is to gain sufficient assets to meet all liabilities, both current and future.  LDIs are most prominent in the funding schemes of defined-benefit pension plans, which are designed to provide a predetermined pension upon retirement. The liabilities in these funds arise as a result of the &#8220;guaranteed&#8221; pensions they are supposed to provide to members [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefinanceflick.wordpress.com&amp;blog=442692&amp;post=65&amp;subd=thefinanceflick&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trivia:Jan07</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contributed by Mr. Amardeep Grover 1. Till almost 1960 Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE (The Trucial states), Muscat and Oman shared a common currency name it:  Indian Rupee  2. What do Australia and Nauru have in common apart from the fact that both are island nations in oceania:  Have a common currency - the Australian Dollar 3. Identify the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefinanceflick.wordpress.com&amp;blog=442692&amp;post=52&amp;subd=thefinanceflick&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Terms:Sept-Oct06</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Variable Interest Entities (VIEs)An entity subject to FIN 46 is called a VIE. A VIE often holds financial assets (e.g., loans or receivables), real estate or other property. It may be passive or it may engage in activities such as research and development on behalf of another company. FIN 46 defines a VIE as a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefinanceflick.wordpress.com&amp;blog=442692&amp;post=31&amp;subd=thefinanceflick&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In News:Sept-Oct06</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morgan Rejoins Private Equity Morgan Stanley is joining the crowd and getting back into the booming private equity business. The big Wall Street firm, following in the footsteps of Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and other investment firms, named two co-heads for the new division. Morgan Stanley says the group will be led by Stephen Trevor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefinanceflick.wordpress.com&amp;blog=442692&amp;post=29&amp;subd=thefinanceflick&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Focus:Sept-Oct06</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Background: ·          Founded: 1869 by Marcus Goldman ·          Headquarter: New York ·          Leading Centers: New York City, Chicago, Frankfurt, Zürich, Paris, London, Hong Kong, Milan, Sydney and Tokyo ·          Key Person/s: Lloyd C. Blankfein (President and COO) ·          Employee count: 22,425 (2005)   Financials: ·          Assets Under Management: USD 532 Billion ·          Diluted Common Shares [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefinanceflick.wordpress.com&amp;blog=442692&amp;post=36&amp;subd=thefinanceflick&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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