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'Tempting returns' for Asian investors in European real-estate debt Asset manager thinks Asian investors will be drawn by yields of up to 12 per cent from non-bank lenders in European real estate Friday, 07 September, 2012, 11:36am Paggie Leung paggie.leung@scmp.com Asset manager BlackRock believes Chinese and other Asian investors may be lured by high returns to invest in a growing market for real-estate debt in Europe. http://www.scmp.com/property/international/article/1029464/tempting-returns-asian-investors-european-real-estate-debt

Lagarde: IMF should focus on employment By Aaron Smith @CNNMoney July 6, 2011: 11:34 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Christine Lagarde, recently chosen as the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said that employment will be her key focus, even more than the fiscal deficits that have swamped the world economy.