O’Leary BrIC-Plus Income & Growth Fund successfully closes its $174 million IPO – OBF.a is now trading on the Toronto …
O’Leary Funds Management LP is pleased to announce that the O’Leary BrIC-Plus Income & Growth Fund has completed today its initial public offering of 14,500,000 Units at a price of $12.00 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $174 million.

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India Said to Propose Sovereign Fund for Oil Assets (Update3)
March 17 (Bloomberg) — India , with $254 billion of foreign-exchange reserves, may create a sovereign wealth fund to help state companies compete for overseas energy assets with China, a government official said.

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India May Start Fund to Counter China
A government official says India may create a sovereign wealth fund to help state companies compete for energy assets

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Research and Markets: What VCs Need to Know About Attracting Investment into Their Venture Capital Fund from Foreign …
DUBLIN—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “What VCs Need to Know About Attracting Investment into Their Venture Capital Fund from Foreign Investors” audioconference to their offering.

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Inter Pipeline Fund Announces 2009 Tax Information
CALGARY, ALBERTA– – Inter Pipeline Fund announced today the following tax information in relation to cash distributions declared to unitholders in 2009.

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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-02 16:31 Allianz fund arm’s India JV to start by end-2010
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Benchmark Asset’s New Fund to Let Indians Invest in Hong Kong
Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) — Benchmark Asset Management Co. ’s opening today of its first Indian exchange traded fund linked to an overseas market will allow investors in the South Asian nation to tap growth in Hong Kong stocks.

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Reliance Mutual Fund bags Mutual Fund of the Year Awards 2010
Mumbai,Feb 12 : Reliance Mutual Fund has bagged top honours in the CNBC-TV18-CRISIL ‘Mutual Fund of the Year Awards 2010′ The 10th annual awards were announced here yesterday by CNBC-TV18 and CRISIL, India’s premier credit ratings organisation, in association with MCX, India’s new stock exchange.

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Orchard Capital targets new $500 mln Asia hedge fund
HONG KONG, Feb 11 (Reuters) – Hedge fund manager Orchard Capital Partners, which spun-off Stark Investments in 2009, said it has launched a new long/short fund on Thursday which it aims to grow to $500 million in two-three years.

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Parkland Income Fund becomes Canada’s largest national independent fuel distributor with completion of the Bluewave …
Parkland Income Fund is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of Bluewave Energy Limited Partnership making Parkland Canada’s largest national independent fuel distributor.

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