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Money managers under the microscope
Morning Line up: Soros, flash crash and potash
News and views on the fund management industry from Reuters and elsewhere
Soros gives away $100 mln - Guardian
There’s potash in them thar hills… – Reuters
Flash crash sparks dash – USA Today
Divs ain’t that bad – Bloomberg
Morning line-up: Loeb letters, movers and tutters
News and views on the fund industry from Reuters and elsewhere:
Bumper day of movers – Reuters
Blind leading the blind? – Baseline Scenario
… and Felix Salmon joins the debate – Reuters
Bulls dwindle – Hedgeweek
SLI tut-tuts after Tomkins deal passes – Guardian
Trimming equities in the summer freeze…
Leading investors around the world barely changed their exposure to assets in August, trimming equities slightly in favour of bonds, where they loaded up on top-notch corporates, Reuters polls showed on Tuesday.
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Morning line-up: FSA, risk and wise owls
News and views on the fund industry from Reuters and elsewhere:
So who’s regulating the people who regulate the regulators’ pay – FT
Hedgies tiptoe away – Reuters
Foot off the gas – Bloomberg
SA hedge funds get in on the act – Business Day
Altman is a hoot – Reuters
Where there’s muck…
Pensions schemes are in trouble, but those attempting to get them out the mire are seeing some money-spinning opportunities.
Corporate retirement funds that have promised to pay workers based on their final salaries have long been heading for difficulties as we humble drones have the temerity to live longer than anyone thought possible. Combine that with roller-coaster markets and unpredictable inflation and interest rate prospects and trustees start hunting around for a golden bullet.
Morning line-up: Macro, aggro and the bank levy
News and views on the fund industry from Reuters and elsewhere:
NY pension fund weighs in against BP – Reuters
Macro bets double – Bloomberg
Diplomat vs diplomat over hedgie rules – Reuters
Kipper Williams on the levy – Guardian
Binder on global macro opportunities – OpalesqueTV
Live from the City Oscars 2010
I’ll be at the Guildhall in London today for the latest run down of the financial sector’s favourite brokers, analysts and fund managers.
Did Neil Woodford cause the BP oil slick?
Well, no. Of course he didn’t. And if pressed, he’d probably rather the southern seaboard of the United States wasn’t slowly turning into a necklace of slippery brown beaches.
But he is one of very few to benefit from the avalanche of political opprobrium, escalating costs and reputational damage that has engulfed BP in the last month, sending the shares 30 percent lower and leaving the pension pots of poor grans and grandads looking markedly less healthy.
Morning line-up: Frontiers, Citadels and NYC
News and views on the fund industry from Reuters and elsewhere:
Ex-Citadel manager plans new fund – Bloomberg
Sell in May… and put it all in hedge funds? – FT
Frontier market investors burn a lot of kerosene – Reuters
End of UK child trust funds is err… evil – WalesOnline
NYC goes venture capital – WSJ
Morning line-up: Side letters, no-go zones and peacemakers
News and views on the fund industry from Reuters and elsewhere:
Barnier plays peacemaker on EU rules – Reuters
Hong Kong likes hedgies and PE – FT
Side letters raise eyebrows – Reuters
Europe a no-go zone? – Daily Telegraph
New York teachers get a funding shock – NY Post
