European Investment Monitor

Launched in 1997, the European Investment Monitor shows which companies are locating where in Europe. Project details include:

• Global region and country of origin of parent company
• City, region and country receiving the investment project
• Type of investment (new, expansion or co-location)
• Industry sector and activity (e.g. contact centre, manufacturing plant)

Additional information – subject to availability - includes jobs created, capital expenditure of the project and the start-up date or estimated launch date of operations.

Subscribers are able to search online and select their preferred result format – full project details, summary table or chart. All result presentations can be printed and saved on the user's PC.

European Investment Fund

The EIF's activity is centred upon two areas, venture capital and guarantees:

• EIF's venture capital instruments consist of equity investments in venture capital funds and business incubators that support SMEs, particularly those that are early stage and technology-oriented;
• EIF's guarantee instruments consist of providing guarantees to financial institutions that cover credits to SMEs.

Through the leverage effect of its venture capital and guarantee instruments, the EIF is able to contribute to the development of SMEs in the EU Member States and the Candidate Countries. This contribution is in line with the Conclusions of the ECOFIN Council of 7 November 2000, which emphasised the new role of the EIF as the EU specialist financial institution for SMEs.

Both instruments implemented by the EIF for SMEs are complementary to the Global Loans provided by the European Investment Bank to financial intermediaries in support of SME financing. EIF's instruments are implemented on commercial terms.

IT Investment

Investment in information technology (IT)—that is, business spending on computers, communications equipment, and software—has featured prominently in the ups and downs of U.S. economic growth over the last decade. In the late 1990s, double-digit growth in IT investment contributed significantly to high GDP and productivity growth rates. And in 2001, the sharp contraction in IT investment helped lead the economy into recession.

While the growth in IT investment has picked up during the recovery and expansion, it has not regained the very rapid pace of the glory days of the late 1990s. Will those glory days ever return? In exploring this question, this Economic Letter looks at one of the main drivers behind the earlier strength in IT investment—the falling prices of IT goods, which themselves were brought about by rapid technological advances in the field. The good news is that some evidence suggests that continued advances should help real IT investment achieve rates of growth that exceed the growth in other investment goods; however, at the same time, there are reasons to think that growth in IT investment is likely to be more subdued than in the late 1990s.

European shares open higher as U.K. markets remains closed

European shares opened higher Monday after robust home sales data helped drive a strong Wall Street performance in the previous session, with the U.K. market remaining closed for a holiday. Swiss-Swedish engineering firm ABB (ABB: news, chart, profile) was among the biggest gainers, adding 1.8% after it agreed to sell its Lummus oil and gas unit for $950 million to CB&I (CBI: news, chart, profile) . Among other European stocks, Unibail-Rodamco (FR:012471: news, chart, profile) rose 0.7% after it reported an 11% rise in net profit to 1.14 billion euros. France's CAC 40 index rose 0.5% at 5,599.83 and Germany's DAX 30 index added 0.4% at 7,537.99.

Equity Investment Philosophy

We are long-term high quality growth oriented investors. Underlying our growth philosophy is the conviction that earnings are the single most important determinant of stock prices over time.

We invest in companies we expect to generate faster and more consistent earnings growth than the "market". Faster, more consistent earnings growth should allow an investor to capture the favorable return aspects, while reducing unfavorable price volatility, that are associated with common stock ownership

EUROPEAN INVESTMENT MONITOR

Launched in 1997, the European Investment Monitor shows which companies are locating where in Europe. Project details include:

• Global region and country of origin of parent company
• City, region and country receiving the investment project
• Type of investment (new, expansion or co-location)
• Industry sector and activity (e.g. contact centre, manufacturing plant)

Additional information – subject to availability - includes jobs created, capital expenditure of the project and the start-up date or estimated launch date of operations.

Subscribers are able to search online and select their preferred result format – full project details, summary table or chart. All result presentations can be printed and saved on the user's PC.

SwissCash Investment Team

Swisscash is the ultimate global financial facility of the current financial market. Swisscash is a new sector of Swiss Mutual Fund (1948), a 60 years Offshore Investment trademark and reputation. Swiss Mutual Fund is registered in Commonwealth of Dominica since 1996.

Swisscash objective is to make ordinary people Swisscash Millionaire. If you want to invest in Swiss Mutual Fund directly, your min investment is $2,000,000 but with Swisscash, it’s only $100 min. Think about it.
Swisscash philosophy is based on Guaranteed Fix Return - you know when you will receive your investment returns.
Total investment in Swisscash financial facility by global investors as of Sept ‘05 is $27.2 Million and targeted to grow $3 Billion by 2010.