Shaw Capital Management News:Japan Wins 1st World Cup Title In Penalty Shootout

FRANKFURT, Germany — They came to play for their earthquake and tsunami-ravaged country. They left with the Women’s World Cup trophy, holding it high above their smiling faces, flecked with gold confetti.

Japan stunned the Americans in a riveting final, beating the favorites 3-1 in a penalty shootout Sunday after coming from behind twice in a 2-2 draw. Goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori made two brilliant saves in the shootout.

“Before we went to the match tonight we had some commentary on television and we heard comments on the situation in Japan,” coach Norio Sasaki said. “We wanted to use this opportunity to thank the people back home for the support that has been given.”

This was Japan’s first appearance in the final of a major tournament, and they had not beaten the Americans in their previous 25 meetings, including a pair of 2-0 losses in warm-up matches a month before the World Cup. But the Nadeshiko pushed ahead, playing inspired football and hoping their success could provide even a small emotional lift to their nation, still reeling from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the northern coast of the country and left nearly 23,000 dead or missing.

After each game, the team unfurled a banner saying, “To our Friends Around the World — Thank You for Your Support.” On Sunday, they did it before the match and afterward they had a new sign to display: Champions — and the first Asian country to win this title.

The Americans found it all too hard to grasp. They believed they were meant to be World Cup champions after their rocky year — needing a playoff to qualify, a loss in group play to Sweden, the epic comeback against Brazil. They simply couldn’t pull off one last thriller.

“The players were patient, they wanted to win this game,” Sasaki said. “I think it’s because of that the Americans scored only two goals.”

“We ran and ran,” captain Homare Sawa said. “We were exhausted, but we kept running.”

“This is a team effort,” Kaihori said. “In the penalty shootout I just had to believe in myself and I was very confident.”

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Shaw Capital Management News: South Korea’s Economy

South Korea’s output is continuing to accelerate, and the government needs to exit from its accommodative economic policies earlier than anticipated. The HSBC Korea’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose from 55.6 in January to 58.2 in February — the highest since December 2007. New orders are coming in, and there are rising backlogs of unfulfilled orders.

Shaw Capital Management: South Korea’s Economy – Employment too is rising suggesting that the current pace of growth will be sustained for the next several months. Inflation paced a little with consumer prices up 3.1% in January from a year earlier. But inflation in Korea is likely to remain stable for some months.

The central bank is expected to tighten its monetary policy by starting to raise interest rates from the current record low of 2% in the later part of the second quarter as the government retains its focus on job creation and growth.

Shaw Capital Management: South Korea’s Economy – Exports expanded 31% year on year, better than Reuters’ forecast of 22.7%. South Korea posted a much larger-than-expected trade surplus of $2.33 billion in February as ship deliveries boosted exports, while imports fell as holidays reduced crude oil and natural gas demand.

The government expects a monthly trade surplus of more than $1 billion from March as demand improves. The current-account surplus is most likely to dwindle to around $17 billion this year from $42.7 billion in 2009 as imports rise. A new Bank of Korea governor, widely expected to be a more pro-government figure, will not rush to raise rates after taking office in April.

Exports grew 31% from a year earlier to $33.27 billion, faster than the expected rise of 21%, while imports climbed 36.9% to $30.94 billion, exceeding a forecast of an expansion of 34.0%.

South Korea, which is heading the G20 group of leading economies wants to leave an imprint of its presidency.

Shaw Capital Management: South Korea’s Economy – It is trying to introduce a system of international currency swaps which it hopes will reduce global imbalances by lessening the need for countries to accumulate reserves, seen as one of the causes of last year’s financial and economic crisis.

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Before Shaw Capital launched the open architecture revolution, investors had to make the unhappy choice between selecting an advisor who was independent, but unsophisticated (the traditional pension and endowment consulting firms), or selecting an advisor who was sophisticated but had conflicting interests (global banks, trust companies, money management firms).

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Shaw Capital Management News:Taiwan’s Economy: By Shaw Capital Management Korea

With gross domestic product clocking 10.2% growth from a year ago in the fourth quarter, and 4.2% from the previous quarter, Taiwan returned to pre-financial crisis growth levels. In spite of the strong recovery in the second half of the year, Taiwan’s economy still shrank by 1.9% in 2009. The government expects GDP to grow 4.7% this year, an upward revision from its previous forecast of 4.4% growth. With rising new orders Taiwan’s economy has entered a sustained expansion cycle.

Taiwan’s exports rose 75.8% in January to US$21.75 billion from US$12.37 billion a year earlier and imports in January more than doubled to US$19.25 billion from US$8.97 billion a year earlier.

Taiwan had a trade surplus of US$2.49 billion in January, bigger than the government forecast of a US$1.93 billion surplus. The island had a trade surplus of US$1.65 billion in December.

Taiwan will lower investment barriers for its technology companies to do business in China. This sector is the latest to benefit from tighter economic ties between the mainland and the island.

Shaw Capital Management – New Economy – Although we have seen an explosive decade of growth and cycle in the economy, the bombs have been filtered out leaving the economy poised for steady and certain growth. Smart money is now wise to the problems the past few years, lessons have been learned, and the best investments are now at hand.

We have seen extraordinary growth in technology, but at the same time a buffering and selection process in industry. Although the infrastructure is stable for the moment, there are new technologies emerging, which would otherwise have been lost in the chaotic trends of recent times. This settling of the infrastructure will allow these new technologies to become visible more easily, but fast response time is critical.

Poised for Growth. Based on the stabilized infrastructure and upswing and recovery in the economy, business is poised for an explosive period of growth as smart money now focuses in on those business models and innovations designed for success. These select companies are key to your financial growth and your future wealth.

But how to determine which companies are the movers. Short term trends only show day to day trading and market momentum. These are important indicators to a markets early acceptance of a company. The real key is having industry knowledge, and understanding how a company fits into the evolving New Economy over time.

What is required is a group of professionals working together sharing, discussing, and evaluating those market trends and the companies which will be filling the needs of industry over time. Through careful research the Shaw Capital Asset Management Korea staff of investment professionals document and compare the relative strengths of the hottest new companies and affiliates. Staff origins and histories are reviewed. Only those companies with the strongest and most consistent foundations are considered. From those companies with strong foundations of support, the technology and product offerings are then compared in search of the stellar products which address industry needs for a stable fit into the economy, but also do so in a fashion which goes beyond just “filling a gap” in the market. In other words, a strong company and equally strong and visionary products. This type of dedication and selection is what allows us to be a driving force behind the evolution of the New Economy.

Shaw Capital Management News: Brazil’s Economy | Shaw Capital Management News

Brazil’s economy emerged from a deep but short recession in the second half of last year. The economy is expected to grow by at least 5.5% this year. But along with economic growth, expectations of higher inflation have also returned.

Shaw Capital Management Korea: Brazil’s  Economy – The government’s target for annual consumer price inflation is 4.5%. To contain inflation Brazil’s central bank has raised banking reserve requirements on term deposits from 13% to 15%. In addition to the increase in reserve requirements, the bank also restored additional charges on cash and term deposits to 8% from 5% and 4%, respectively.

According to the Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles, the changes were necessary to neutralize the impact of excess liquidity brought by reserve requirement reductions made in 2008, amid the onslaught of the global financial crisis. However, for the central bank it would be a politically difficult task to raise interest rates in the run up to Brazil’s presidential, congressional and other elections in October.

Shaw Capital Management Korea: Brazil’s  Economy – The government has launched a new investment trust to invest in the domestic Brazilian economy. BM&F Bovespa, the São Paulo equities and derivatives exchange is to raise its stake in the CME Group of Chicago, the world’s biggest exchange group, to 5% in an attempt to attract more institutional and retail investors to Brazil.

Shaw Capital Management Korea: Brazil’s  Economy – The plan for the two exchanges is to work together to develop a new multiasset electronic trading platform based on the CME’s Globex system.

President Lula da Silva, the most popular President in Brazilian history, would like to see October’s presidential election as a plebiscite on his eight years in power. He is asking voters to transfer his success to Ms Dilma Rousseff, his chief minister, whose candidacy has been endorsed by his Workers’ party (PT).

Shaw Capital Management Korea: Brazil’s  Economy – Ms Rousseff is further to the left than the present administration, but she has pledged not to make a sudden change of direction. The investors andvoters believe her so far.

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Our goal is to provide consistent quality investment advice to our clients. Although the stock market provides many facets of opportunity for today’s investor, there are always just a few stellar markets or niche companies at any given time. It is true that in a healthy market, investments yield favourable returns in a given growth area. The key is to pick those investments that are driving the trends and will become tomorrow’s brightest stars.

One problem is proper allocation of research resources. It is true there is power in numbers, and teams of researchers will generally spot and confirm trends that the individual investor would miss. But on the other hand, too broad of an effort will squander research resources and loose sight of those special investments in an overwhelming sea.

Developing Strategic Research Capital. By having broad and robust resources, then viewing and deploying those resources in a multi-dimensional fashion, a balanced research model is created yielding greater and more focused results. In short, Research Capital. To achieve this result, research is targeted to different dynamics of the market rather than a flat view of just general market trends.

Market trends are viewed across a broad spectrum for change and interaction with associated segments, and then for life and duration of changes.

From this initial analysis comes the ability to focus resources on those segments and opportunities that will shine brightest and meet your investment goals. This is the result of a properly developed research program yielding the greatest return of Research Capital, in short a wealth of specific focused knowledge to provide the depth of advice you need to make the right decision.

At Shaw Capital Asset Management your investment is important to us. That same care in managing our Market Analysis Research Strategy provides you with the information you need to make the right choice.

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Shaw Capital Management and Financing offers asset based lending for companies that need to maximize their borrowing capacity using accounts receivable and inventory as collateral. Receivable based financing combined with inventory finance has become a useful tool for many undercapitalized businesses. Shaw Capital Management and Financing evaluate a client's business assets as its primary focus to establish the borrowing base. The result is usually far greater borrowing power than can be achieved from a traditional cash flow banking approach due to our expertise in industry specialization.

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Shaw Capital Management and Financing offer higher advance rates due to our experience in receivable valuation. In the event where the client already has a bank line of credit, an Inter-creditor agreement is made between the bank and Shaw Capital Management and Financing where the receivables are assigned to Shaw Capital Management and Financing and therefore allows the client to borrow at higher advance rates.

Shaw Capital Management Scam Info: AT THE MERCY OF HACKERS

The personal details of millions of people have been stolen by cyber criminals, revealed software giant Sony this week. So how at risk are you and what’s the best way to protect yourself?

Sony “strongly recommend” several actions: If you use your PlayStation password as your password for other unrelated services or accounts, change them. When the PlayStation Network is fully restored (it is still down), change this password too.

Sony is also warning customers to be aware of criminals pretending to be from their bank or other ­companies and asking for sensitive information, attempting to trick people into ­handing over even more personal information. “We encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone and postal mail scams that ask for personal and sensitive information,” says Sony.

To guard against credit card fraud, the company urges people to “remain vigilant” and keep an eye on their statements.

How has this happened?

Good question. This is a massive security breach and you would expect a company the size of Sony to have tough systems in place to prevent an event such as this happening. The company is still working on the ­problem, saying: “We are currently investigating to determine the cause of this outage and are working to restore and maintain the services.”

Sony is also using the PSN’s downtime to strengthen its security ­systems and network infrastructure so that this doesn’t happen again.

Why does computer hacking happen?

There appears to have been a shift away from hackers doing it for the thrill or the fame and towards doing it for profit. In many cases criminals will commit identity theft then either use the information themselves or sell it to others. It is estimated that every year in the UK alone, such fraud costs more than £2.7billion and affects more than 1.8 million people.

Criminals steal personal information then pretend to be you. According to identitytheft.org.uk, once a hacker has your information, they could apply for a credit card in your name, open a bank or building society account in your name, apply for other financial services in your name and run up debts (eg, use your credit/debit card details to make purchases) or obtain a loan in your name.

Shaw Capital Management | The Boiler Room for Groups

The Boiler Room for Groups

Come and experience the thrill of indoor wall climbing. Bring your group to the Boiler Room for a unique and rewarding adventure.

If you have eight or more people and you schedule with us at least 48 hours ahead of time, you qualify for our specialgroup rates. We'll provide you with the basic instruction you need to have a safe and rewarding group experience.

The Boiler Room is a great place for group experiences. Whether it's a birthday party, a youth group, a school group, your work colleagues, or just a bunch of friends, you're sure to have a good time. Teamwork, communication, trust, strategy, problem solving, challenge and most of all… FUN. Climbing is a highly interactive and social activity that helps people of all ages build confidence in themselves and others in their group.

If the participants in your group are age 14 or older, they're eligible to take our Basic Safety Training Lesson. We'll teach them how to tie the safety knots, how to manage the safety ropes (called "belaying"), and basic climbing technique.

If the participants in your group are younger than 14, we ask that you bring at least one adult (or person over the age of 14) for every 4 climbers in your group. We'll teach the adults proper safety and belaying technique: how to tie the knots and manage the safety ropes. There is no charge for those who are belaying only and not climbing, however, the number of belayers cannot exceed the number of paying climbers.

Booking Your Group

All first time visitors to the gym (climbers and belayers) under the age of 18 must have a Consent Form signed by their parent or legal guardian. You can download a copy of our Consent Form by clicking here.

To book your group, phone the gym at 549-0520. If you get theanswering machine, leave us your name and number and we'll get back to you within 24 hours.

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Welcome to SCM Online, your sleek and no-frills alternative to the oh-so-cluttered news blogs that currently tops the search results. As a debut post, let me give you a rundown on how this whole thing works.

SCM Online conveniently groups incoming news into three categories that proves to be the most significant ones for the online community in general:

Technology. Keep tabs on the heating competition between search engine giant Google and social networking star Facebook. (Occasionally, we feature certain websites or software products and do some pros-and-cons analysis. Otherwise, anything new and newsworthy concerning consumer gadgets and the collective web.)

Lifestyle. Useful health and diet tips for those conscious with their well-being, with lots of other cool and practical stuff for everyday life thrown in for good measure.

Finance. Daily reports on the state of the market, notable fluctuations on stock prices, commodity updates, scam MOs, and several business and political factors that comes in to play.

We do host a whole lot of other stuff outside of those categories but only if they are totally interesting, amusing or informational (we don’t want to overwhelm you with useless news!).

Above all, we welcome active participation from our visitors (yeah, you!), so if you find something interesting, erroneous, terrible or inspiring, feel free to leave your two cents.

Stay tuned!

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Shaw Capital Management Online: About Scm Online

Shaw Capital Management Online was born from a rather unfavorable school project addressing the “How do you make a website user-friendly?” issue. Apparently, we have an uncanny knack in making something unlikable into something, er, more likable. We never really knew it’d be this big, but hey, why not make it official? So we launched SCM Online where we can share, not just the most popular, but the most interesting pieces of news at any given time.

Our team keep this website updated several times a day to keep up with fast-paced news updates worldwide.

Basically, we aim to be the most reliable news portal online that provides all the timely and engaging stories, mostly from the following niche: Technology, Finance and Lifestyle. We offer an alternative venue for users to view the latest news minus all the clutter.

We also accommodate active participation from our visitors (you!), so if you find something interesting, erroneous, terrible or inspiring, feel free to leave your two cents.

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Greece Debt Crisis

Is there really life after debt?

IMF keeping true to its promise of 3.6 billion euro contribution on the next installment authorized the release after the Greece passed the much-talked about austerity bills. However, the proposed debt rollover plan for them can still put the whole country in ‘effective default’.

European Union finance ministers will meet on July 8 to approve the 12 billion euro bailout plan for Greece due on July 15. Although Greece’s parliament successfully passed the austerity bills last month, its implementation are still clouded with doubt because of weak support and fear of civil unrest.

Greece still needs a second aid package, with a total of 110 billion euro, details of which is expected to be finished by mid-September. Next week, July11 finance ministers are going to discuss more long-term plans to save Greece. As such, German banks and insurers have already pledged last week to buy 3.2 billion euros of maturing bonds.

Their long-term plan apparently has something to do with convincing banks to buy 30 billion euro-worth of Greek bonds. And when all else fails, Eurozone is already preparing contingency plans, in case Greece did default.

Although, Greece must do well to remember there are no such thing as free lunch. Eurogroup’s chairman warned Greece that this help from the EU and IMF may have unpleasant consequences.

Eurozone warned of job losses and possible loss of sovereignty. Sovereignty will be limited and foreign involvement in running the country can bring more political unrest and street protests.

Shaw Capital Managament: Bell heads for the HST boiler room

He can sell lumber to China, but can he sell the HST to British Columbia? Folks around the province are about to find out, as Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Minister Pat Bell comes off the bench to join Finance Minister Kevin Falcon and Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom in the hosting of telephone town halls on the HST.

The finance ministry has just announced a new schedule for the remaining town halls. They’re doing them three regions at a time, after being forced to juggle the schedule to avoid Vancouver Canucks playoff games. Here’s the new schedule, with robo-callers ready to start ringing every listed home phone in each region to invite them to take part.

Wednesday, May 4
* 6:30 p.m. MDT (5:30 p.m. PDT) – Kootenay
* 7:00 p.m. – Burnaby, Port Coquitlam, New Westminster, Coquitlam
* 7:30 p.m. – Interior and North Coast

Tuesday, May 10
* 6:30 p.m. – Okanagan
* 7:00 p.m. – Fraser valley
* 7:30 p.m. – Mid-Island, North Island and Southern Coast

Thursday, May 12
* 5:30 p.m. – Richmond, South Delta and North Shore
* 6:00 p.m. – Victoria
* 6:30 p.m. – Vancouver

tommcruise - shaw capital management fsa:FSA's WP crackdown could hit smaller firms | RedGage

The FSA’s proposed clampdown on insurance firms writing new with-profits business could lead to the closure of smaller insurers, according to the Association of Financial Mutuals. 

Last week, the FSA proposed rules that will mean providers wanting to use capital in with-profits funds to write new business will have to demonstrate it will not erode the value of the fund or cause consumer detriment. 

Latest World Headlines: Shaw Capital Management | FSA issues warning on structured products

Investment products described as “guaranteed”, “protected” or “secure” may have to carry an explanation stating exactly what these terms mean,

Published: June 6 2011 22:59 | Last updated: June 6 2011 22:59
Investment products described as “guaranteed”, “protected” or “secure” may have to carry an explanation stating exactly what these terms mean, in the latest warning from the Financial Services Authority that financial companies are not properly advertising risk to consumers.
So-called structured products, which offer people exposure to the stock market with some level of protection, were being promoted “without any clear and adequate justification for the descriptions used”, the regulator said in a quarterly consultation paper on Monday. It has proposed introducing guidelines that would force financial services companies to explain the use of terms such as “guaranteed” in advertisements or fact sheets.
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Structured products are increasingly being marketed by banks and wealth managers to consumers who are tempted by the headline rates on offer at a time when returns on cash are still close to zero.
Typical products will lock up capital for five years and offer investors a proportion of any return on the stock market over that period. But many “guaranteed” products in fact only protect capital if the stock market does not fall below a certain level over a certain period of time.
The regulator has had the investment products on its radar after a review in 2009 of products backed by Lehman Brothers found that sales advice had been either unclear or misleading in two-thirds of cases.
But sales of structured products have shot up since the credit crunch, with a 48 per cent rise in new sales in 2009 compared with 2008, according to the website Structuredretailproducts.com.
The UK retail market was worth £52bn at the end of 2010, up from £46bn the previous year. The FSA said it had taken steps to introduce the new rules after evidence that its current guidelines, introduced in 2001, were not working.
“We already have a rule that says firms have to be fair, clear and not misleading – but in a lot of cases we’re finding that’s not working,” the FSA said.
Structured products have been behind some of the largest fines imposed by the regulator in recent months, including a £1.4m fine on Norwich & Peterborough Building Society in April for mis-selling the investments and a £700,000 fine on RSM Tenon last year.
Some independent financial advisers have also faced individual fines for failing to explain the risks of the products properly. A consultation on the proposal is open to August 6.
The FSA expects to publish the results of a separate investigation into how structured products are sold and marketed to consumers later this year, which is expected to clamp down on sales practices further.
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Shaw Capital Management: Ther Boiler Room Climbing Gym

Boiler Room Mission Statement

To provide a safe and fun atmosphere where climbers of all ages and abilities can enjoy a positive and rewarding experience. We stay true to our Mission Statement by following these guiding principles:

Casual climbers

Climbing is a sport that can be enjoyed by everyone. Whether you are coming in just to have some fun, or you are trying to find a new hobby, we will provide you with everything you need to make your visit memorable.

Members

We are striving to create an environment. A place where you can meet friends who share your passion for climbing, and a facility where you can improve your climbing skills. Somewhere that you proudly call your home gym.

Staff

We are friendly, knowledgeable, and consider safety our top priority. We work in a team environment, and are always improving our own skill sets.

Facility

We take pride in our facility. We design great routes with your enjoyment in mind. We are always looking at innovative ways to improve our gym and accommodate all climbing needs.

Community

We consider it our duty to be connected to our surroundings. We always have, and will continue to work with not-for-profit organizations in the Kingston area.

Shaw Capital Management: The Boiler Room For Groups

To download our Teachers' and Group Organizers' Package click here.Come and experience the thrill of indoor wall climbing. Bring your group to the Boiler Room for a unique and rewarding adventure.

If you have eight or more people and you schedule with us at least 48 hours ahead of time, you qualify for our special group rates. We'll provide you with the basic instruction you need to have a safe and rewarding group experience.

The Boiler Room is a great place for group experiences. Whether it's a birthday party, a youth group, a school group, your work colleagues, or just a bunch of friends, you're sure to have a good time. Teamwork, communication, trust, strategy, problem solving, challenge and most of all… FUN. Climbing is a highly interactive and social activity that helps people of all ages build confidence in themselves and others in their group.

If the participants in your group are age 14 or older, they're eligible to take our Basic Safety Training Lesson. We'll teach them how to tie the safety knots, how to manage the safety ropes (called "belaying"), and basic climbing technique.

If the participants in your group are younger than 14, we ask that you bring at least one adult (or person over the age of 14) for every 4 climbers in your group. We'll teach the adults proper safety and belaying technique: how to tie the knots and manage the safety ropes. There is no charge for those who are belaying only and not climbing, however, the number of belayers cannot exceed the number of paying climbers.

Booking Your Group

All first time visitors to the gym (climbers and belayers) under the age of 18 must have a Consent Form signed by their parent or legal guardian. You can download a copy of our Consent Form by clicking here.

To book your group, phone the gym at 549-0520. If you get theanswering machine, leave us your name and number and we'll get back to you within 24 hours.