Tag Archives: Singapore

FIA is investigating Renault’s Formula One team management regarding Piquet Jr’s 2008 crash in Singapore.

Posted on September 12, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

ING Renault F1 Team Statement â€“ 16 September 2009 The ING Renault F1 Team will not dispute the recent allegations made by the FIA concerning the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. It also wishes to state that its managing director, Flavio … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged 2008, Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA, Flavio Briatore, Formula One, Nelson Piquet Jr, Nelson Piquet Sr, Renault, Singapore | Leave a comment

If the British legal betting companies offer bets on the sport, it is because there is demand for bets on the sport —and if that demand were not offered in a regulated environment, it would be filled in an unregulated one (like what we see with TradeSports-InTrade and MatchBook in the US market).

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Mark Davies of BetFair (PDF file): International Leaders in Sport conference, Auckland, New Zealand. April 3-4th 2008. Keynote speech, April 4th. Mark Davies, Betfair. “New Understandings in Sports Betting” Minister, ladies and gentlemen… Thank you very much for your kind … Continue reading →

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Is NewsFutures the first Western prediction market firm to bring prediction markets to Asia?

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Of course, there are prediction market scholars and entrepreneurs in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and India. But was NewFutures the first Western prediction market company to export its services to Asia? In 2004, NewsFutures got their first Asian client, Dentsu … Continue reading →

Posted in Consulting | Tagged advertising, Asia, corporate prediction markets, Dentsu, enterprise prediction markets, Government of Singapore, India, internal prediction markets, Japan, private prediction markets, Singapore, Taiwan | Leave a comment

IG Group buys HedgeStreet for $6,000,000.

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Just as predicted by our Deep Throat in early October 2007 —”They are packaging HedgeStreet for a closing/fire-sale.” RTT News. U.S.-based sed HedgeStreet, which has operated the HedgeStreet Exchange, has liabilities of approximately $1 million and operating costs of approximately … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Exchanges & Markets, Finance | Tagged Australia, chief executive, foreign exchange business services, GBP, Germany, HedgeStreet, IG Group, IG Group Holdings plc, pence, prediction markets, retail, retail client base, retail clients, Singapore, speculative investment products, sports markets, Time Howkins, United Kingdom, United States, USD | 2 Comments

Adam Siegel of Inkling Markets tops the Web 2.0 wave.

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Chicago Sun-Times (an Inkling client –info that is not disclosed, of course): Q: Didn’t the Internet craze die back in 2001? Why launch an Internet business? A: The Internet craze didn’t die in 2001. Companies with no path to profitability, … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Consulting, Entrepreneurship, Exchanges & Markets, Software | Tagged Abbott Labs, Accenture Technology Labs, Adam, Adam Siegel, Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, consultant, Digital River, diverse group, eCommerce solutions, Government of Singapore, Inkling, Internet, Internet craze, Internet craze die, KGO, Nate Kontny, online, Online business services, prediction markets, San Francisco, senior developer, senior developer at Digital River, senior manager, Singapore, video game maker, well designed product | Leave a comment

About Man Financial & U.S. Futures Exchange (USFE)

Posted on March 28, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Man Financial: Man Financial is the name adopted by the various international companies and affiliates which make up the brokerage operations of Man Group plc. Man Direct is a trading name of Man Financial Ltd. Man Financial with offices in … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Finance | Tagged Brisbane, Chicago, Eurex US, institutional and retail clients, Ireland, London, Man Financial Ltd, Man Group plc., Montreal, Mumbai, New York, Paris, Refco, risk technologies, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Toronto, United States, World Health Organization | 1 Comment