Ireland: Irish Funds Trends 2013-2017

Ireland: Irish Funds Trends 2013-2017

… whether in the area of UCITS or AIFMD and whether related to mutual funds, hedge funds, real estate funds, private equity funds, ETFs, loan funds or managed account platform structuring. In maintaining and strengthening our market share, we have extended our regulatory expertise across a range of
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Predatory lending is the Tip of the iceberg

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is supposed to “protect” consumers from fraud and predatory lending. But since 45 has ruled the roost, he has empowered exploiters to extract too much money from consumers. And he has exposed himself to implicit bribes, which is
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Invigorated Cvent plans buying spree, global expansion

An energized Cvent Inc. may be the biggest player in the more than $550 billion event management industry, but CEO and founder Reggie Aggarwal aims to go much, much bigger. The plan? Buy competitors. Hire hundreds of workers. Expand across the globe. Continue to dominate a space with
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Strong housing market prediction for the South West

The South West will have the strongest housing market growth over the next few years, according to industry predictions. Residential property in the region is set to increase value by 4.3% by 2022 according to analysis of figures from Nationwide and the ONS by KPMG. Developer Generator South West
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Financial Stock Roundup: Investors Real Estate Trust (IRET)

Share of Investors Real Estate Trust (IRET) have caught the attention of the Wall Street community. The stock price is settled at $5.23 after trading hours. Taking a look at the daily price change trend and size of price movement it is recorded that IRET spotted a positive behavior with drift of 0.97%.
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AFR Wholesale Partners With Blend on Digital Mortgage Solution

Blend enhances Mortgage Brokers' ability to deliver a fully digital customer experience, while automating many of the steps of the mortgage process. Blend will enable AFR's brokers to operate out of one singular system, taking customer applications, receiving documentation, pricing loans, and
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Toronto foreign-buyer home sales drop to 2.5 per cent of real-estate purchases

The number of homes sold to foreign buyers in Toronto has dropped steadily over the year since the province introduced a 15-per-cent tax on such purchases, falling from 7.2 per cent of sales in May, 2017, to 2.5 per cent over a three-month period ending in February. New data from the province's
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HUD proposes raising rent for people receiving federal housing subsidies

According to HUD, approximately 4.7 million families currently receive federal housing subsidies in order to gain access affordable, quality housing and pay their rents. Of those families, more than half are currently headed by senior citizens or a person living with a disability. HUD's rent reforms will not
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Kirsten Gillibrand Unveils Her Ambitious Plan to Turn the Post Office Into a Bank

Add New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to the list of big name Democrats who want the U.S. Postal Service to double as a bank. The potential 2020 contender is rolling out legislation today that would require post offices to offer their customers basic financial services, such as checking and savings
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The State of Mortgage Consumers

That's according to CMHC's recently released Mortgage and Consumer Credit Trends report, which said Canadian households' credit market debt reached a record $1.70 for every dollar of disposable income. Mortgage debt was one of the main drivers, but CMHC notes that credit card and auto loan
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Sears real estate head to leave

Jeff Stollenwerck plans to step down from his role as president of Sears real estate business and senior VP, Reuters reported. The 15-year Sears veteran has played a key role in the chain's real estate deals in recent years, including when Sears' spun off of some 250 properties to form real estate
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Could the takeover of GKN by Melrose Industries change Bristol forever?

There are concerns that Melrose's short-term approach does not fit with Britain's long-term industrial strategy and that GKN could be broken up and sold off to international buyers. There are fears about how this could impact the UK economy and what will happen to the thousands of workers employed by
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Democrats Have a Plan to Save the Post Office – and Kill Payday Lenders

But Kirsten Gillibrand's new plan to establish a public option for banking is an exception to the rule: By requiring the post office to provide basic financial services, Gillibrand's bill would significantly mitigate the economic exploitation of America's most vulnerable people, punish predatory lenders — and
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Help wanted: More employers hiring adults with autism

An increasing number of companies across the country like Microsoft, Freddie Mac, and Walgreens are establishing hiring and recruiting campaigns and developing new hiring methods with this large population of workers in mind. Al Greer says personally and professionally this is a trend in the right
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TSB boss: We know everything's working, you just can't see that

A major IT meltdown occurred at the bank following a scheduled upgrade between 4pm on Friday 20 April and 6pm on Sunday 22 April, as TSB migrated from former parent Lloyds Banking Group's systems. TSB initially warned customers that online services may not be available during that window.
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Daily Report: Existing Home Sales, Prices And Rates

Growing demand for homes signifies continuing upswing in the economy. Limited supply and higher production costs put upward pressure on prices and may limit homebuilders' earnings potential as demand from would-be first-time buyers stays subdued. Interest rates are likely to continue rising with
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The Most Expensive Takeover in Retail Is Drowning in Debt

The rest it took on to buy what was intended as an Amazon-beater — the $3.4 billion acquisition last year of online pet merchant Chewy.com. It was the biggest e-commerce acquisition to date, topping even the $3.3 billion that retail giant Walmart shelled out for its takeover of Jet.com the year before.
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FTC sues LendingClub, accusing it of deceiving borrowers about hidden fees

… Renaud Laplanche, was pushed out of the company after revelations that the firm had improperly changed the application dates on about $3 million in loans sold to an investment bank and that Laplanche had not disclosed his involvement with an investment fund Lending Club was considering taking
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Apple's Tim Cook Meets With Trump in Oval Office

Thus far, Apple doesn't appear to be seriously affected by the growing trade tensions, but as a U.S.-based technology company that produces the majority of its products in China and lists the U.S. and China as its largest and third largest markets, respectively, that impact could change at any time.
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Nasdaq-Listed Amazon, Alphabet Halted for the Day at NYSE

Amazon.com Inc. and Google parent Alphabet Inc. won't trade for the rest of the day at the New York Stock Exchange, which is not a scary prospect … 6.2 percent of Amazon's trading volume over the past 20 days, versus 27 percent at the Nasdaq Stock Market, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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