Financial & Business Services News by GLG Council Members

After some hesitation in the past ING is ready to step up the next Central Eastern European market place. After successful entrance of their perceived third European home market Poland (after the Netherlands and Belgium), ING is now ready for the next phase.

Japan property funding is definitely shaky. However, unlike some of the other problem markets there are global buyers sniffing out bargains.

Understanding the psychology of buyers can help those in the market better prepare and know how to appeal to that market. * Comfort Zones * Decision Making Processes * Psychology of Fear and Responses * Creating a Perspective of Hope Within the Market * The Psychology of Buyers versus Investors  

Media Industries have a problem to be attach immediate, as they are doing, this is the change in his business model. Now the convergence to Internet is more obvious than ever. The paper & TV format will disappear in a few years. But now the have another problem, how big is the audience in term of people, if one day 100K peoples hit the page and the next day 1000K hit, if the growing is 150% in...

While it is true that credit card delinquencies and charge offs are not at their historic peaks, there is considerable evidence that supports the argument that we have not yet seen the bottom of the consumer credit crisis, and that delinquencies and charge offs will likely increase in the next 12 months. While charge offs and delinquencies are not at all-time highs, consumer sentiment and consumer...

The news that Treasury Secretary Paulson and Fed Chairman Bernanke are trying to reassure the broader markets that Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) will not be allowed to fail has not produced the expected calming effect on the markets. Shares of both firms have plunged into single digits. Who would have thought that FNM and FRE would become disastrous ticker symbols whose survival is now being...

The monetary value of timeshare propeties are decreasing. As the demand for consumer disposable income increases, more people are selling timeshare properties at a discount.

1. Citi's investment constitutes a drop in the ocean. 2. India's infrastructure requires huge investments and a potential boom for construction companies. 

Will The Mid-West Floods Of Early Summer Negatively Affect Crop Futures?

Credit Card delinquency and chargeoff rates are still tracking below historic highs.  There are signs that 2007 account vintages, especially those at or near subprime scores, may be among the worst performing vintages ever.  Card issuer guidance on delinquencies, writeoffs and loan loss provisions may be inadequate.