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by Alex Akesson on January 7, 2009
TimesOnline reports; Adolf Merckle, the 74-year-old head of a conglomerate that employs thousands in Britain and elsewhere in Europe, killed himself on Monday.
After writing a Suicide note for his fa...
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by Alex Akesson on October 28, 2008
A new online game has been brought to my attention, it's called Wall Street Survivor, where novice investors can contemplate their present and future investment plans without gambling with their h...
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by Alex Akesson on October 23, 2008
Confidence among North American investors fell particularly sharply from a revised level of 75.1 to 50.8. Elsewhere, the declines were less dramatic, with European confidence falling just 1.5 points t...
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by Alex Akesson on September 2, 2008
100 Women in hedge funds is presenting Notre Dame's Scott Malpass to discuss how endowments approach investments and stay the course in these curious and uncertain times. The event is being held a...
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by Alex Akesson on August 20, 2008
In a Reuters release today, it is reported that Asian stock markets edged higher, rebounding from a two-year low.
Chinese shares surged on hopes for policies from Beijing to jumpstart growth, though ...
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by Alex Akesson on July 30, 2008
My colleague at HedgeCo, Aaron Wormus, does a really good job here at what probably is the most complete (and simplest) description of the Sharpe ratio."Explaining the Sharpe Ratio (again)"
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by Alex Akesson on July 28, 2008
The SEC has released a new `ComplianceAlert´ letter identifying common deficiencies and weaknesses that SEC examiners have found during recent compliance examinations of registered investment companie...
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by Alex Akesson on July 17, 2008
In a HedgeCo story this morning I wrote about Barclays Global Investors (BGI) and the opening of an office in the United Arab Emirates' Dubai International Finance Centre.
BGI has been active in ...
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by Alex Akesson on June 18, 2008
The 'diamond fund' is to be launched on the London Stock Exchange, according to news sources.
Diamond Circle Capital PLC hopes to raise $400 million in its initial public offering (IPO), buil...
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by Alex Akesson on April 15, 2008
The Carbon Footprint Exchange announced the launch of its website, www.retractimpact.com, a site designed to inform, educate, engage, and contribute to the fight against global warming.
The site dis...
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by Alex Akesson on April 3, 2008
Triple point is hosting a series of webinars for those interested in current Market trends.
Peter Fusaro analyzes renewable market trends and discusses opportunities available to businesses. He uses ...
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by Alex Akesson on March 28, 2008
U.S. investment bank Merrill Lynch and France's Societe Generale both global carbon indexes on Wednesday to track the international carbon markets, which were worth some $60 billion (30 billion po...
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by Alex Akesson on March 18, 2008
"Fundamentals and Practical Applications of Energy Risk Management, VaR and Earnings at Risk".
In a new seminar for people who care about the future, everyone is encouraged to participate ...
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by Alex Akesson on March 6, 2008
Talk about nice! From Global Pensions: The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has allocated a further $300m for emerging managers who have less than US$2bn in total firm asse...
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by Alex Akesson on March 4, 2008
NYMEX Global Change Associates and the Environmental Markets Association is sponsoring a 5.5 hour class on carbon and emissions trading on April 1, in New York City at the New York Mercantile Exchange...
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by Alex Akesson on March 3, 2008
Rollercoaster markets may have cooled investor appetites for shares or property, but interest in offbeat investments is booming as a growing number of art and wine funds compete to combine passion wit...
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by Alex Akesson on February 19, 2008
In response to some comments requesting info on India FII's, here are some investment highlights I found while researching the subject:
Goldman Sachs and Macquarie have acquired a 20% stake each ...
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by Alex Akesson on February 4, 2008
In a HedgeCo story today it was announced that RBC (The Royal Bank Of Canada) has entered the Indian market by opening its first office in the financial hub of Bandra Kurla, Mumbai, in order to provid...
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by Alex Akesson on January 15, 2008
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Islamic Financial Services Board organised the Seminar on Islamic Finance today (Jan 15th) to promote discussion of the development of an Islamic financ...
Read more of Seminar on Islamic Finance - Opportunities and Challenges in Hong Kong
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by Alex Akesson on October 31, 2007
According to Dr Nasser Saidi, Chief Economist of the Dubai International Financial Centre, "Economies of GCC states should now be considered as asset-based ones rather than oil-based."
The ...
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by Alex Akesson on October 11, 2007
Thomson Financial today announced it plans to form a Strategic partnership with nine of the world's leading global dealers including, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Lehman ...
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by Alex Akesson on May 30, 2007
The third annual Financial Services Challenge, an inter-company event for the British Virgin Islands' financial services industry, is set to take place on Sunday, June 24. Teams will be racing off...
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by Alex Akesson on May 29, 2007
Ugland House is what's known as an "address of convenience" for many of the 70,000 U.S. and other foreign companies, limited partnerships and trusts that are based in this Caribbean loca...
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by Alex Akesson on April 18, 2007
In a Reuters article today "" a newly launched fund, Hua An Fund Management Co. attracted more than 30 billion yuan in subscriptions on its first day of launch, forcing Hua An to close the s...
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by Alex Akesson on March 30, 2007
Interesting article here; Osiris Rises on Heart-Treatment News.
Investors bid up Osiris Therapeutics stock by 13.6% to $20.33 per share in early trading on the Nasdaq on March 26 after the company...
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by Alex Akesson on February 5, 2007
Here is something interesting I found while looking around; Warren Buffett's portfolio, it's the most viewed portfolio on Stockpickr according to RealMoney.com Contributor, James Altucher. The...
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by Alex Akesson on January 26, 2007
When asked where to invest in the U.S. stock market, hedge fund managers said that Technology (41.0%), Financial Services (31.2%), Consumer Goods (26.2%), Food & Beverage (21.3%) and Defense (21.3...
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by Martin Savov on September 19, 2006
Michael McDonald from Bloomberg News presents the recent data of investing patterns of the pension and hedge funds industry as provided by a Greenwich Associates survey. He, and probably the data as w...
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by rob on September 1, 2006
Businessweek has an interesting article about hedging without a hedge fund.
Hedge funds-private investment pools that cater to wealthy investors-have gotten plenty of buzz in recent years for their s...
