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09/08/2010		Diversified Opportunities Fund - July update During the month of July we have been very quiet, preferring to adopt a wait and see approach after the weakness seen in June. We have maintained our cash weighting at just under 10% and our asset allocation is unchanged from the previous month end.
26/07/2010		PFM Quarterly Update - June 2010 June has proved to be a rollercoaster month for equity markets as the outlook for the global economy remains extremely uncertain. Having started the month weakly, global equity markets surged on the back of stronger than expected data out of China and Japan....
01/07/2010		Legal merger ABN AMRO Bank N.V. en Fortis Bank (Nederland) N.V. with effect of 1 July 2010 You are probably aware of the legal merger between Fortis Bank Nederland N.V. and ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
30/06/2010		Blue Skies and Living Life Article - Mortgages from people you know - and who know you. The UK mortgage market has traditionally been a crowded one and even during the economic downturn the number of organisations offering credit to homebuyers remained relatively high. However, for many clients it has become ever more difficult to find & arrange the right mortgage.
03/06/2010		Further Announcement from Graham Thoume Graham Thoume announces the opening of a book of Remembrance following the untimely death of Paul Redhead.
26/05/2010		Announcement from Graham Thoume It is with deep sadness that I must announce the death of our friend and colleague, Paul Redhead.
01/05/2010		1720 Newsletter - 3rd Edition Graham Thoume, Managing Director, considers the continuing attraction of Guernsey.
15/04/2010		New Fund offers established management style to wider audience Having recently gained full regulatory approval, the Diversifed Opportunities Fund, a cell of the Martello Court PCC Limited, will be launched in Guernsey at the end of April 2010.
10/04/2010		PFM March Newsletter As we said last month, it was always likely that the powerhouses of Europe would bail out Greece and ensure the continuation of the European Union, but many believe that the agreement reached by Germany and France and the IMF is more about smoke and mirrors than actual financial support.
01/03/2010		PFM February Newsletter February has proved to be a mixed month for global investment markets and probably symptomatic of what we can expect for much of this year.
01/02/2010		PFM January Newsletter Despite a reasonably buoyant start to the New Year, equity markets have pulled back quite sharply during the latter stages of the month on concerns that the global economic recovery could be derailed by events in China.....
31/01/2010		Blue Skies Article - Setting out the stall for custody by Mariana Enevoldsen Mariana Enevoldsen, Senior Manager, Client Relationship Management for MeesPierson (C.I.) Limited, looks at developments in the Guernsey fund sector during 2009, and the emergence of custodian services as a key growth area for 2010.
22/12/2009		1720 Newsletter - 2nd Edition Welcome to our second edition of 1720, our quarterly newsletter which enables us to communicate with our clients and intermediaries ....
02/12/2009		PFM November Newsletter As we contemplate the events of November, the old story about the Hare and the Tortoise springs to mind and we are definitely feeling what it is like to be a latter .....
04/11/2009		PFM October Newsletter A new sense of doubt crept into the market in October as concerns over the extent of the recent rally seemed to unnerve investors, albeit to a limited degree .....
20/10/2009		En Voyage Article - 'Mind the Gap' by Mark Thomson It goes without saying that the past 2 years or so have been the most tumultuous in the financial markets since the 1930's......
09/10/2009		PFM September Newsletter It seems strange now to think that just over six months ago the world was staring over the edge of a precipice with financial markets in turmoil and investors frantically trying to shelter in risk free investments.....
30/09/2009		PFM August Newsletter Global investment markets continued in their buoyant mood for much of August and further gains were recorded in most areas.....
14/08/2009		En Voyage Article - 'Keeping something in reserve' by Frank Moon A reserve currency is a currency which is held in significant quantities by many governments as part of their foreign exchange reserves ......
07/08/2009		PFM July Newsletter Whilst predictions of a long hot summer back in April now seem to have been a little off target, talk of moving into a more buoyant environment for global equities looks to have been spot on ......
30/06/2009		1720 Newsletter - 1st Edition Welcome to the first edition of 1720. The new MeesPierson Guernsey communication to its clients and professional network.