China considers opening doors to hedge funds – TelegraphThe thresholds for banks and brokerages are even higher. But the regulator is looking to reduce the minimum requirement for assets under …

beyondbrics: Will Hong Kong lose its place as China’s financial centre? Not likely http://on.ft.com/IQCxHIFT Asia

Hong Kong Bankers Fight Regulator’s ProposalUp in arms over a regulator’s proposal to make them criminally liable if companies lie in stock-market filings, Hong Kong’s initial-publi…

Canada may lead in global M&AThough many parts of the capital markets are very slow, a consistent theme from Canadian investment bankers is that the pipeline of pendi…

Asian IPO pipeline suggests a relatively busy month ahead [http://FinanceAsia.com] http://ow.ly/aNfTUBeth Bandy

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IPO postponement raises fears of more to come© RIA Novosti. PanovAlexey The delay of a long-awaited initial public offering by real estate giant O1 Properties has sparked fears of a …

Rothschild to cut MidEast staff by more than half – Banking & Finance – ArabianBusiness.comFinancial advisory firm NM Rothschild & Sons is cutting its Middle Eastern staff by more than half in a significant change of strategy in…

S. Korea’s overseas property purchases reach US$49 mln in Q1 | YONHAP NEWSSEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) — Local residents’ acquisition of overseas real estate reached US$49.5 million in the first three months of this …

Despite the economic problems in Europe, the market for luxury real estate in France has not declined. According to this article in Challenges, luxury real estate sales during the first quarter of 2012 were “exceptional.” 

Pas d’attentisme dans l’immobilier de luxe – - Immobilier – Challenges.frSotheby’s International Realty France – Monaco annonce un 1er trimestre 2012 " exceptionnel " pour l’immobilier de prestige. Alors que le…

Life at the top… of the Shard: Penthouse in London’s tallest building yours for £50m @HomesProperty http://tinyurl.com/cjfvxvqKnight Frank

India’s The Caravan: A Journal of Politics and Culture, just launched a new “Style & Living” publication. The inaugural issue, bundled with the May issue of The Caravan, includes an article on the “the world of the well-heeled in Delhi.”

The Caravan | Style & LivingCaravan Style and Living (CSL), a special new offering from The Caravan, is a captivating and thoughtful look into the world of fashion, …

A new article,  ”Wo die Reichen ankern” (Where the rich drop anchor), posted today on the website of Germany’s Manager-magazin reported on the emergence of new high-end marinas around the world.

Neue Luxushäfen: Wo die Reichen ankern – manager magazin – LifestyleMonte Carlo war gestern, heute legen die Yachten der Reichen und Schönen in Montenegro an. Die Marina "Porto Montenegro" ist nur eine der…

Globe & Mail is running a series on immigration in Canada. Two recent articles focused on immigrants returning to India and China.

For many Indians, the land of opportunity is the land they’re going back toThis is part of The Immigrant Answer -The Globe’s series on the future of immigration in Canada. Read the original story here. After 11 y…

China lures back its bestThis is part of The Immigrant Answer -The Globe’s series on the future of immigration in Canada. Read the original story here. Like those…