News Digest for August 30, 2006

There are 7 items today… UK watchdog widens scrutiny as managers wield more influence | Booming European buy-outs outstrip UK | Private Equity Firms Chasing Small-Caps | Americans get texting as SMS finally catches on |AJAX Growing in Emerging Markets | Traders move online for share deals | How to Surf the Web Safely

UK watchdog widens scrutiny as managers wield more influence
The 31 largest London-based hedge funds each manage more than $1bn in assets and in total control about 50pc of Europe’s $325bn hedge fund industry.

Booming European buy-outs outstrip UK
Statistics from the Centre for Management Buy-Out Research (CMBOR) show deals across continental Europe hit €55.3bn for the six months to June, while deal values fell in Britain to €15bn in the same period.

Private Equity Firms Chasing Small-Caps
Of $76 billion in high-yield debt issued so far this year, $22 billion financed mergers and acquisitions, a trend that is likely to continue as small company IPOs take a back seat to private equity purchases.

Americans get texting as SMS finally catches on
A total of 48.7bn SMS messages were sent in the last six months of 2005, up 50 per cent from 32.5bn in the first six months of last year, according to the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA).

AJAX Growing in Emerging Markets
The use of the AJAX style of Web development is increasing and is growing even faster in emerging markets than in North America, according to a recent survey.

Traders move online for share deals
While in 2001 only 28 per cent of traders placed deals online, the figure almost doubled to 54 per cent by 2005, according to a report from analyst Datamonitor.

How to Surf the Web Safely
While no one approach is absolutely foolproof, using a combination of common sense searching strategies will make it harder for engines (or anyone else) to put together a detailed profile of you.

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