DAM vendors engage in analyst payola, then dissemble about it, too
Recently a buyer of our Digital & Media Asset Management Report contacted me with a few questions about vendors they're considering for a major ... . When I first called DAM vendors to gather information for The Digital & Media Asset Management ... not surprising, since the majority of Artesia's revenue is from software licenses, and members [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 16:28:00
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Satyam Rub Off: Rolta, Hirco & Siemens Feel The Heat
Shareholder activism against Indian companies has seen a spike ever since the Satyam scandal broke last month ... , Rolta India CMD KK Singh said asset management major Fidelity had written to the management ... merger reduces the net asset value (NAV) of Hirco [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 12:20:53
Microsoft lays out road map for next BizTalk releases
Microsoft Friday renamed the next major release of BizTalk server and committed to releasing major updates to the business process management server ... focus on asset management to support remote devices beyond RFID readers, he added. Computerworld ... line ever two years or less. Burley Kawasaki, director of product management in Microsoft's [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 19:24:55
Four at Four: All Is Forgiven
MarketBeat is more interested in the opinion of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s camels and horses. (Source: CNBC) ... says Mitch Stapley, chief fixed income officer at Fifth Third Asset Management. The banking stocks ... tracking 15 major financial institutions, saw its average cost for insurance against default decline [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 12:41:00
An Example of the Perils of Tactical Asset Allocation
Reading through the Management Discussion of Fund Performance for the Accumulus Talisman Fund reveals a textbook example of a major problem with tactical asset allocation: your call might eventually prove to be the right one but the market ... index futures contracts to freeze the Fund’s asset value until we could determine whether [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 14:20:43
GMAC and Chrysler Financial: The Center of Hope
Speaking of an apocalyptic scenario, the poet William Butler Yeats wrote the line, “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold ... be their respective finance arms, GMAC and Chrysler Financial. Cerberus Capital Management is majority owner of both ... to get money through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, which has distributed nearly $350 billion [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 09:13:00
Something (again) Is Rotten In The State of New Jersey
There is a major scandal brewing and our beloved governor can’t see it. It just came to light that the New Jersey Pension Fund for Public Employees invested in three different hedge funds—Black Rock Inc., Conger Capital Advisers LLC, and Golden Tree Asset Management LP [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 23:15:00
Deals of the Day: FDIC, Which Bails Out Banks, May Need Its Own Bailout
Deals of the Day includes all the major news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions and financing ... has told KKR, Hellman & Friedman and Bain Capital that they are the top bidders for its asset-management arm, which it has not yet decided to sell. Lehman will look for capital first, said the FT [more...]
Date: 2008-08-27 15:15:00
SEC's Report On Mark-To-Market Under EESA Says FAS 157 Not A Major Factor In Financial Crisis Or Bank Failures
Section 133 of the EESA required the SEC to study mark-to-market accounting under FAS 157, and, in particular, ... financial institutions, including specifically Bear Stearns, Lehman and AIG. The Staff concluded that liquidity pressures brought on by poor risk management and "concerns about asset quality" were [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 05:54:01
Surprise!... Obama's Climate Czar Is Board Member of Major Carbon Offset Company ...Update: Her Husband Lobbied on Energy Issues
It was reported yesterday that Barack Obama picked a radical socialist as his climate czar ... of Albright Capital Management LLC, an investment advisory firm.Commenting on Ms. Browner's election ... markets. Her extensive experience and global perspective will be a tremendous asset to APX as we look [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 00:26:00
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