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Issue: 0817| Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Managers optimistic of HF industry growth

HFs need to be regulated: Soros

Better returns draw Japanese Life Insurers to HFs

Developing countries gain from commodities rise: Paulson

Banks increase margins for derivatives trading

Swap MBS for T-bills: Bank of England

India: fastest growing ITES market in Asia

ANZ National to outsource more

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India funds among top performers for Gulf investors

It is not resident Indians alone who have gained from the country's capital market rally last year - the Gulf investors also earned big with India-focused equity and debt funds emerging among the best performers in the region.

According to data compiled by international fund tracking firm Lipper, funds registered for sale in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) region recorded an average gain of 19.26 per cent in 2007, with Equity India emerging as the second best performing category after Equity China. The Indian rupee-dominated bond funds were the best performers in the bond category with about 20 per cent return. The India-focused equity funds gave an average return of 71.08 per cent, against the overall average of 26.40 for all the equity funds.

Returns from the rupee-denominated general bond funds and government bond funds stood at 21.56 per cent and 19.79 per cent respectively.…(Read more..)

Source : Economic Times

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