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Comment and analysis from Friday’s FT:
Lex on testing the eurozone
Europe has sleepwalked into recession. While the world fretted about whether the US economy was about to hit the wall, the eurozone had already bumped its head against the brickwork. Latest figures only confirm this.Analysis: Back to bust? High technology on course for harder times
To understand why the information technology industry is about to face its toughest period since the dotcom bust,……
Original Source: ftalphaville.ft.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Media Insana-ty?
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Politicians have been doing it for years. But now journalists have begun to switch teams - joining the very hedge funds on which they used to report….
Original Source: allaboutalpha.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- All Creatures Great and Small
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It’s an asset management zoo out there. Just keep your hands and feet inside the car at all times….
Original Source: allaboutalpha.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- NYSE Bars Ex-Bear Rep. Over Hedge Fund Trading
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A former Bear Stearns employee has been barred by the New York Stock Exchange for helping hedge fund clients illicitly trade mutual funds.
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Original Source: www.finalternatives.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Prudential Nabs Ex-Man Head
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Insurance giant Prudential has picked former Man Group executive Harvey McGrath to serve as its next chairman.
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Original Source: www.finalternatives.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Steel, Body-Armor Co. Set For Showdown
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Body-armor maker Point Blank Solutions may need an activism-proof vest after getting shot down in court.
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Original Source: www.finalternatives.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Top N.Y. Restaurant Shuns Hedgies
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The hottest restaurant in New York is getting a lot of attention for excluding one very well-heeled group: hedge fund managers.
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Original Source: www.finalternatives.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Canadian Hedge Fund Up 80% This Year
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Sextant Capital Management is enjoying a boffo year—possibly the best of any hedge fund firm in Canada.
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Original Source: www.finalternatives.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Permira Snags Ex-JPMorgan Exec.
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Permira, a $32 billion private equity shop, has appointed John Coyle, the former global head of the financial sponsor group at JPMorgan Securities, as a partner.
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Original Source: www.finalternatives.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Permira Snags Ex-JPMorgan Exec.
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Permira, the $32 billion private equity shop, has appointed John Coyle, the former global head of the financial sponsor group at JPMorgan Securities, as a partner and the co-head of it’s New York office.
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Original Source: www.finalternatives.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Fresno Boosts Hedge Fund, Private Equity Commitments
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Big changes are underway for the Fresno County (Calif.) Employees Retirement Association.
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Original Source: www.finalternatives.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Go West: US equities on the move
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Where to put your money? Emerging markets like Brazil, Russia, India and China seem to be losing their shine on political uncertainty, lower commodity prices and concern that the U.S.’ subprime crisis is spreading outward. At the same time, the Eurozone economy contracted 0.2 per cent in the second-quarter - not so much because of the credit crunch but as higher energy costs squeezed consumer spending…….
Original Source: ftalphaville.ft.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- KKR Appoints Senior Advisor
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Private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has appointed John Bryson, retired chairman and CEO Edison International, as a senior advisor to the firm.
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Original Source: www.finalternatives.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Phoenix Firm Launches Carbon-Trading Hedge Fund
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Phoenix, Ariz.-based Gressel Advisors is jumping into the cleantech fray with the launch of its Universal Carbon Fund.
The fund employs a long-biased, directional strategy based on the belief that demand for more stringent greenhouse has emission regulations may lead to the creation of a mandatory “cap and trade” emissions regime in the U.S., according to fund documents.
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Original Source: www.finalternatives.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Heptagon Beefs Up Investment Team
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Heptagon Capital, a $2 billion asset management specialist, has hired Tapio Pekkala as a vice president in its investment management division.
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Original Source: www.finalternatives.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Tornado Hits Alternative Investor
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A contact of mine in the alternative investment industry, Mike Swanson, sent me a letter, it seems his building was hit by a tornado;“Some bad stuff just happened to me. You think of disasters as something that happens to other people, but sometimes they do strike at you. One guy almost died, another man got put in the hospital and couldn't remember his name. It was like hell opened up. “…
Original Source: www.hedgefunds-weblog.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Tornado Hits Alternative Investor
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A contact of mine in the alternative investment industry, Mike Swanson, sent me a letter, it seems his building was hit by a tornado;
“Some bad stuff just happened to me. You think of disasters as something that happens to other people, but sometimes they do strike at you. One guy almost died, another man got put in the hospital and couldn't remember his name. It was like hell opened up. “…
Original Source: www.hedgefunds-weblog.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Restauranteur Rejects Hedge Fund Area Code
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5782871Paula Schaap, writer for HFN reports; Editor-turned-restaurant owner Graydon Carter told The New York Times that the asset class and reality TV stars won't find a welcome at his Greenwich Village restaurant the Waverly Inn….
Original Source: www.hedgefunds-weblog.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Restauranteur Rejects Hedge Fund Area Code
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5782871
Paula Schaap, writer for HFN reports; Editor-turned-restaurant owner Graydon Carter told The New York Times that the asset class and reality TV stars won't find a welcome at his Greenwich Village restaurant the Waverly Inn….
Original Source: www.hedgefunds-weblog.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Hormone bubbles
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We’re not sure how new this is but thought it might be worthwhile given talk of oil bubbles, China bubbles, hyper-bubbles, et al. recently.
From New Scientist, via Infectious Greed, and further reinforcing the notion that traders are more jacked up on hormones and herd mentality than a Texan longhorn…….
Original Source: ftalphaville.ft.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Further reading
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Elsewhere on Thursday,
- “Insolvent versus profoundly insolvent: Fannie Mae, part I, part II, part III”
- “If the “subprime crisis” was about “exotic securities,” the “Alt-A crisis” is going to be about bank balance sheets. And the fun is only beginning.”
- “Greenspan blasts US mortgage fix”……
Original Source: ftalphaville.ft.com
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14 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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