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WealthBriefing - Interview: If Economic Fears Are Easing, Give Two “Super Marios” The Credit
Posted : February 21 2012B Capital’s Managing Director, Lorne Baring, speaks to Tom Burroughes from WealthBriefing about his views on Europe and where he is choosing to invest on behalf of his clients. He also comments on the US and Asia and what exposure he has in those markets. Lorne also touches on Exchange Traded Funds and why he always uses physically-backed ETFs and why it is important that they are of the right size and liquidity.
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WealthBriefing - Interview: If Economic Fears Are Easing, Give Two “Super Marios” The Credit
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L’Agefi - Le offshore suisse tourne vers la croissance asiatique
Posted : February 15 2012B Capital Managing Director Lorne Baring was recently interviewed by L’Agefi in Geneva about the company’s business model and plans for expansion. He said he chose to base the company in Switzerland due to the second-to-none local expertise in wealth management, and is now looking at Asia as a key area for investment.
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L’Agefi - Le offshore suisse tourne vers la croissance asiatique
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Bloomberg - Europe Stocks Fluctuate Before German Auction
Posted : January 11 2012Bloomberg writes how European stocks have fluctuated today after the biggest gain in three weeks as Germany prepared to sell 4 billion euros ($5.1 billion) of debt. MD of B Capital, Lorne Baring commented in the article that few traders are taking positions ahead of these auctions and that one could expect a certain retrenchment today after the very strong upmove yesterday.
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Bloomberg - Swiss puts highest in a year as franc burdens exporters
Posted : November 25 2011B Capital Managing Director, Lorne Baring discusses the Swiss franc with Bloomberg’s, Corinne Gretler: “Swiss companies will be affected directly by their main trading partners, and their biggest trading partner is Europe. The appreciation of the franc versus the euro makes it harder to export. The SNB has been very active to reduce the value of the Swiss franc to help support trade and export from Switzerland, but there is only so much one can do.”
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Bloomberg - Swiss puts highest in a year as franc burdens exporters
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The Guardian - Eurozone crisis: Debt fears send markets falling
Posted : November 21 2011The Guardian’s blog quoted Lorne Baring, managing director of B Capital, warning that the financial markets will continue “the pattern of headline driven reactions” until a European plan is agreed upon, principally between Germany, France and the ECB/IMF.
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The Guardian - Eurozone crisis: Debt fears send markets falling
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WealthBriefing - Demand For Gold Rose 6 Per Cent In Q3, Driven By Investors - WGC Report
Posted : November 18 2011WealthBriefing has written on the World Gold Council report and quoted B Capital’s Lorne Baring saying that gold is vulnerable to intense periods of stress as investors sell everything and buy the dollar, but in more stable periods the precious metals complex continues to increase in value as fiat money loses its attraction. Central banks have turned net buyers over the last 12 months as they also seek to store value, whilst the growing Asian and particularly Indian middle classes are consuming more of the metals for use in jewellery.
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WealthBriefing - Demand For Gold Rose 6 Per Cent In Q3, Driven By Investors - WGC Report
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CNBC - Stocks Waver Amid EU Worries; Techs Fall
Posted : November 17 2011MD of B Capital, Lorne Baring was quoted in CNBC saying that whilst equity markets are trying to focus on earnings and fundamentals, which provides upward pressure, the bond markets are reacting to the stress in the European sovereign debt arena and this bipolar situation is the cause of more gyrations this week.
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CNBC - Stocks Soar 2% Amd EU Optimism; Vix Slides
Posted : November 11 2011CNBC quoted Lorne Baring of B Capital in the stock market report highlighting that markets seem to be pleased that we’re moving away from two big uncertainties, referring to Italy and Greece, and that once we get the big macro risk of Europe under control, we can go back to looking at fundamentals.
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Citywire Global - A Greek tragedy that may be the fall of Rome
Posted : November 03 2011Citywire Global speaks to B Capital’s MD, Lorne Baring about the fact that it is not Greece which should be the primary concern. The yield on Italy’s government bonds is nearing towards unsustainable levels as well as the Italy PMI figure plunging, which indicates that Italy is in a deep recession.
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Citywire Global - A Greek tragedy that may be the fall of Rome
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WealthBriefing - The latest twist in the Greek debt saga
Posted : November 02 2011MD of B Capital, Lorne Baring speaks to WealthBriefing to explain the issues at stake surrounding the debts crisis in Europe. B Capital believes that the success of the latest EU summit is not to be judges in the days after the announcement but rather the weeks and months to come.
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WealthBriefing - The latest twist in the Greek debt saga (login required)
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B Capital appoints Living PR to raise awareness
Posted : October 27 2011Living PR has been appointed by B Capital to raise the profile of the boutique private bank. Hannah Gilmore and Susanna Robinson will be leading the account and will work closely with B Capital covering both the UK and Swiss markets.
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Citywire Wealth Manager - Manager reactions to the eurozone agreement
Posted : October 27 2011Citywire Wealth Manager’s live blog of the eurozone agreement features wealth manager reactions to the news. MD of B Capital, Lorne Baring, is featured giving his viewpoint on the European Union and the euro.
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