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LLC: Profits In Luxury Real Estate

(14/11/2011)

Chief Investment Officer, Steve Shafer, for Covenant Financial Services, LLC (“Covenant Investors”) is investing in premier luxury vacation properties along Florida’s gulf coast and the Pacific Northwest coast in advance of what he anticipates will be growing demand from Asian investors and from “highly educated, highly compensated” Americans looking for weekend retreats. Covenant has invested in properties in Seaside, FL. and in nearby Rosemary Beach, both developed using the principles of... [more]

Legg Mason: Emerging market companies are delivering faster earnings growth compared to their counterparts in the developed world

(01/12/2010)

Emerging market companies are delivering faster earnings growth versus their counterparts in the developed world as the cost of capital gap narrows. As a result, they will enjoy higher price-to-earnings ratios and will eventually trade at a premium compared to developed market stocks in terms of both asset-backed and earnings-related valuations. Claudio Brocado, senior portfolio manager at Legg Mason affiliate, Batterymarch's Emerging Markets team, says: "Emerging markets have historically ha... [more]

Laing and Buisson: Assets wiped out because of care home fees

(19/11/2010)

According to research by Laing & Buisson and the House of Commons Library, more than 20,000 pensioners had to sell their homes last year to pay for residential care home fees- an increase of 17 percent in the past five years. Last year's Age Concern/Help the Aged estimates put average care home fees at £470 per week, prompting the Law Society to warn that many wills could need reviewing as care residents' assets continue to deplete, and urge people to seek legal advice before it's too late. ... [more]

Law Society: Be prepared for the financial implications of divorce for those approaching retirement

(27/11/2009)

A marked increase in so-called ‘Saga divorces’ over the past ten years has led the Law Society to stress the financial implications of separation for those approaching retirement, and to urge those seeking divorce to get professional legal advice before proceeding. With falling property prices and reduced assets following the credit crunch, pension funds could be hit. Confounding the problem is that older people have fewer opportunities to build up capital again after a divorce. As divorce... [more]