Tag Archives: advisory-services
Hedge Fund Service Team Launched by BNP Paribas
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – BNP Paribas has launched a global, transversal, multi-asset, hedge fund client service team. The team will be a single point of entry for Hedge Funds for all inquiry, according to BNP, leveraging the bank’s capabilities […]
Schroedinger’s cat revisited
RGE Monitor – “I do not know which makes a man more conservative – to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past.” – John Maynard Keynes, ‘The End of Laissez-faire’. It is sometimes useful and always amusing […]
The Hedge Fund Meltdown: Another Reason Wealth Needs Spreading
AlterNet – Jack Nash, a key pioneer of the global hedge fund industry, passed away this past summer. Much of the rest of the industry may soon join him six feet under. The industry, one insider told the Financial Times […]
Verizon Expands Despite Economic Conflict
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Verizon Communications Inc. reported strong results in the third quarter 2008, reporting 59 cents in diluted earnings per share (EPS) in the third quarter 2008, compared with 44 cents per share in the third quarter […]
UK Hedge Fund Managers Recieve AIMA’s Latest Capital Adequacy Guidance Update
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Global representative association for the hedge fund industry, the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), has issued updated guidance to its members on how to implement an Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process. "The hedge fund industry […]
Investor Confidence Index Declines in October
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – State Street Global Markets, the investment research and trading arm of State Street Corporation, released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index for October 2008. Confidence among North American investors fell particularly sharply […]
UAE Liquidity Moves by Government Positive for Banks – Fitch
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Fitch Ratings has taken a positive view of the recent moves by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government to boost liquidity in the banking system but notes that the operating environment has become more challenging. […]
Presidential Elections & US Investments – Report
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Amidst the recent turmoil in the global financial markets one of the most influential and highly contested Presidential elections is taking place in the United States on the 4th November. With these elections rapidly approaching, […]
Competition Becomes Fierce for Financial Jobs
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Employment offers in financial services fell by 11% in September compared to 6 months ago, according to Powerchex Limited, a pre-employment screening firm for financial institutions. Research by Powerchex showed that Investment Banks made […]
ICI Offers Alternative to Pickens Plan
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – A national program known as the Intelligent Community Initiative (ICI) is offering an alternative restructuring operation using interconnected client-server databases and online training, resulting, the company says, in self-sustaining financial communities which are not as […]
Hedge Fund Woes: Troubles at Citadel, Highland
CNBC – Ongoing hedge fund losses and liquidations spooked markets Wednesday, and some of the biggest names in the mix now are Citadel Investments and Highland. Hedge funds had their worst month ever in September, with average losses of 6.2 […]
