Author Archives: Editor

Economic Times – “He’s not an insider trader. He never defrauded anybody. He never cheated anybody,” said a lawyer for Rajat K. Gupta, once one of America’s most prominent businessmen. “He doesn’t belong in this courtroom.” Yet there was Gupta, sitting […]

Bloomberg – It’s limbo, Japanese-style: How low can bond yields go without triggering a meltdown? This question gains urgency as 10-year government yields disappear before the world’s eyes. At 0.83 percent, the lowest level since 2003, they hardly compensate investors for […]

Forbes – Facebook‘s 10% decline today has turned the initial public offering of the century into the bust of the century, but consider this: A decade ago, the company probably would have gone public much earlier, say in May 2009 […]

Economic Times – Hedge funds reduced wagers on a rally in commodities to the lowest this year on mounting speculation that Greece will leave the euro, slowing global growth and curbing demand for everything from copper to soybeans. Money managers […]

Bloomberg – The euro has weathered the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, bailouts of Greece, Ireland and Portugal, and falling interest rates. Now, investors are betting like never before that a Greek exit would be too much to […]

Telegraph – The Silicon Valley company will embark on its first full week as a public company, overshadowed by concerns about its lacklustre multi-billion debut on Friday. It is feared demand for the shares may also be hit by Europe’s […]

Pensions & Investments – Hedge funds are becoming more “institutionalized” as they respond to greater demands for transparency and due diligence from pension funds and other institutional clients, according to a new survey report by KPMG and the Alternative Investment Management Association. […]

Reuters – Hedge funds and other money managers liquidated more than $2 billion in gold futures over a week, trade data on Friday showed, before a forceful rebound in the precious metal potentially tripped up some of them. The majority […]

Bloomberg – Every year, the Ira Sohn foundation invites a group of esteemed money managers to present investment ideas to raise money for pediatric cancer and other children’s illnesses. And every year, those ideas are picked over by investors like jackals around […]

The Bureau Of Investigative Journalism – The hedge fund Magnetar helped create billions of dollars’ worth of risky deals called collateralized debt obligations, many of which failed spectacularly in the financial crisis. Magnetar, meanwhile, had taken positions that allowed the firm […]