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  November 2008
  Agriculture and Infrastructure – Both Consumption and Production are Growing Fast!

 

PCP, in partnership with AA+ rated BNP Paribas, has created In-Cap Thematic designed to respond directly to the economic and investment issues of the day.



  November 2008
  Global Interest Rates are Slashed again as Governments Attempt to Confront the Financial Crisis

 

The World Interest Rate Table below covers the current interest rates of 23 different countries including previous rates and the latest dates when they were changed by Central Banks.



  October 2008
  With Profit Funds Suffer from Bearish Equity Markets While Aurora Growth remains Smooth and Steady

 

Life Offices are again wrestling against current market volatility to maintain the smoothed returns their With Profit Funds once offered. Removed over a year ago due to stronger market conditions, both major Life Companies, affected by turbulent market conditions have led to reintroducing Exit-Charges on With Profit policies.



  July 2008
  Introducing the First Luxembourg Regulated SICAV SIF Platform

 

This is a business service specifically designed for Investment Advisers, Wealth Managers, Insurance Brokerage firms, Family Offices, and Financial Planners who want to reap the benefits of running their own SICAV SIF Fund starting with as little as € 10 million disposable client’s assets, within days and without the usual cost or red tape.



  June 2008
  Innovations within the Islamic Capital Markets

 

Over the past few years there has been a great deal of discussion and activity in the financial press about Islamic capital markets and “Sukuk”, Islamic Capital Market Instruments. So much so, Dow Jones and Citigroup actually launched an Islamic bond index called the "Dow Jones Citigroup Sukuk Index”.



  April 2008
  Soaring Oil Prices – The Affect on Oil Stocks

 

As Energy-related stocks make up some 35% and 30% respectively of the Win Win Ultimate Series 10 and Win Win Ultimate Islamic Series 1 baskets, this important industry brings into sharp relief the important role that specific companies can play in helping Win Win to work.



  March 2008
  Freedom from Credit Crunches with AURORA Defined Benefits

 

The last week of February saw confirmation that the United States economy had barely grown in the final quarter of 2007. Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke also delivered a speech in which he stated that the Fed would ‘act in a timely manner as needed to support growth and to provide adequate insurance against downside risks’, clearly indicating that further interest rate cuts were all but inevitable in the coming months.



  February 2008
  Win Win ULTIMATE Closes With Exceptional Barrier

 

Our first Win Win ULTIMATE was issued on the 15th February 2008. Investors will benefit from the excellent strike prices, against the backdrop of a barrier of only 70%. Once again we achieved a better than expected barrier level, testament to the outstanding value of Win Win Ultimate!



  February 2008
  PCP Launch Sharia Compliant Win Win

 

Win Win, our Euro Medium Term Notes and Certificates; have always offered the best of both worlds (high return opportunities coupled with absolute capital security). These have now been re-structured in to a Sharia compliant certificate.



  January 2008
  How is the Aurora Fund Suited to the Current Climate?

 

Previously, we’ve spoken about the advantages of using Aurora Defined Benefits Fund as a method of bringing some diversity into a portfolio. With virtually no correlation to stock markets, it offers a real opportunity to invest in a fund that has just returned over 9% after charges in the last twelve months ...




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