State college savings plan under complete review.
Byline: Ilene Aleshire The Register-Guard Oregon's state treasurer said Wednesday that he will be reviewing the state's college savings network from "top to bottom" and proposed new options for parents saving for their children's education down the road. The options include an age-based portfolio and...

The Analyst Exchange Partners with www.UpDown.com to Offer Free Financial Modeling Courses.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Analyst Exchange, the world's premier financial modeling training company, has partnered with the popular stock market simulation website http://www.updown.com/ to offer free courses and services to winners of online contests. At UpDown.com, players can "invest" in real-world stocks using $1...

Local currency bond markets to get lift from new Asian fund.
SINGAPORE, July 14 (Reuters) Asian local currency bond markets outside Japan have $1.6 trillion in outstanding debt but they are still relatively illiquid and can be hard going for investors, put off by red tape and difficulties of access. The launch last week of a Pan-Asia Bond...

Rupee outlook, rising yields to lure FIIs to bond markets.
The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) move to tighten liquidity has rattled stock markets and increased pressure on the rupee over fears of FII inflows getting affected. However, with the rupee outlook remaining positive and bond yields turning attractive, more FII money may now flow into bonds. ...

Corporate bond markets; instruments and applications.
9780470821770 Corporate bond markets; instruments and applications. Choudhry, Moorad. John Wiley & Sons 2006 788 pages $90.00 Hardcover The Moorad Choudhry finance series HG4651 Choudhry (economics, London Metropolitan U....

GCC debt markets poised for take-off: for the Middle Eastern economies domestic bond markets have traditionally played a fairly minor role in financial intermediation. However, as in other emerging market regions, the pace of innovation in financial products is now gaining momentum in the Arab World.
Top-tier companies in the Middle East's financial services, telecoms, real estate and transport sectors are increasingly turning to rights issues on regional stock markets, debt securities and sophisticated Islamic financial instruments for their medium and long-term funding programmes, although conventional bank lending remains the dominant source of finance. ...

Economics of emerging markets.
9781600218507 Economics of emerging markets. Ed. by Lado Beridze. Nova Science Publishers 2008 361 pages $129.00 Hardcover HC59 Written primarily by an international group of professors of finance, business, and economics,...

IFC to raise $ 8 B from new bond issues for investments.
IFC's Deputy Treasurer and head of funding, John Borthwick, told Reuters the $ 8 billion would be an increase of 60 percent from $ 5 billion last fiscal year, and almost triple the $ 3 billion of the year earlier. "The change that is going to happen...

/FIRST AND FINAL ADD -- LNTH001 -- AEGON N.V. Earnings/.
United Kingdom - Underlying earnings before tax declined 39% on lower fund related charges in the pension business - New life sales in line with last year; sales of annuities rise to record levels, up 4% at GBP 49 million - Higher margins lead to further increase in UK's...

USAA Introduces Global Opportunities Portfolio.
The Portfolio is designed to provide moderate long term growth with greater downside risk control. SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- USAA launched the Global Opportunities Portfolio, a managed account consisting of four USAA mutual funds, including the new USAA Global Opportunities Fund. The Portfolio advisory fee...