Deteriorated State of Housing Market Makes Home Staging Options Vital for Asset Managers
As the number of nonperforming assets being acquired by asset management companies continues to grow, ... Staging has witnessed a clear-cut shift in clientele with increasingly more asset companies pressured [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 14:40:20
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Welcome New Client, Ventureforth, Inc.
I am now starting to work with a new client, Ventureforth, a global leader in mobilizing the workforce. When I say ??? ... a total wireless solution providing the mobile glue in a company???s supply chain management, work and asset management needs. The basic strategy will be to focus on real world application stories [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 17:01:36
Celebrating Sechin
In about an hour, we are expecting a foregone conclusion during an award ceremony to crown deputy prime minister Igor Sechin as ... and foreign asset management companies working in Russia has been around since 2000, and includes ... if the Association hasn't developed a new, uniquely Russian ("sovereign") definition of its stated [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 16:03:47
Outsource This!
The contract jobs I work on have been outsourced in part, mostly to India ... Gupta, managing director at Taurus Asset Management in New Delhi, told Reuters: “If a company’ ... . That’s why this warms my cynical black heart: NEW DELHI — Satyam Computer Services, a leading [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 18:00:44
DAM firms disappearing
I found this article in eWeek really interesting: Midmarket Digital Asset Management Firms Disappearing Companies are drowning in content they generate, usually with no way to organize it. Furthermore, as the article states, there is less and less support for SMBs, who can’t spend a fortune on software. Normally new firms would enter [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 15:28:49
More Lessons From The 2008 Financial Markets
Larry Swedroe, principal of an asset management company and investment book author, ... that covered a variety of topics from active management to Madoff to your “Plan B”. Here ... . ... If their money managers could protect you, why did firms like Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns go belly [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 07:46:53
Put the (Nuclear) Winter Coat Away
The first day back into my office brought that always cheerful Venturewire update right into ye ol Inbox. Doom. Gloom. Death. Destruction. Vermin ... water produced gets lost on the way to the tap. A December 2007 Sustainable Asset Management study ... companies. Kneebone (Toronto) – Kneebone Inc. offers proprietary software and related services [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 21:38:31
5 Steps to Simple Social Network Job Searching
Photo credit: Leo Reynolds This is a two-part guest post series by Nathan McGee ... help from my friends.” When you are on the job hunt, your “friends” can be a vital asset ... Management position at a fantastic company. Let me know if you have any leads!” Don’t forget the classic [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 15:25:20
What to Expect When Buying a Phoenix Bank Owned Home
This is an unanticipated follow-up to Saturday’s post “5 Tips for Buying a Bank Owned Home” caused in part by an online thread ... or more depending on the bank, the asset management company handling the listing (if the bank is using ... regarding timelines to close and take ownership on REO property. Let’s break the REO purchase [more...]
Date: 2008-07-09 12:52:21
SREI Raises Benchmark Rate by 150 Basis Points.
/India PRwire/ - SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited has announced a hike in its benchmark rate (SBR) by 150 basis points to 14 ... disbursement volumes.The company already has an Asset under Management (AUM) of over Rs 8,000 crore ... .5 per cent to come into effect from July 1, 2008.The company's Asset Liability Committee (ALCO [more...]
Date: 2008-06-25 05:38:54
How To Evaluate REO Bank Lists
Many real estate agents want to start listing foreclosures for banks but they are unaware of all of the steps required to begin ... . For example, unless you have a personal contact at a bank, it’s virtually impossible to just call an asset management company and start to list REOs for banks. Before you begin to ... [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 17:45:07
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Are Buying. Who?s Selling?
Now that Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have become bank holding companies, they are on the acquisition trail looking to boost their deposit bases ... talks with several suitors including PNC Financial. NatCity has an asset management business ... Stanley in particular, which has a sprawling asset management operation with $577 billion at Morgan [more...]
Date: 2008-10-13 09:51:00
Encoding Video for the Web with QuickTime Pro
One of the things we get asked about all the time is how to properly compress video for the web ... his knowledge and experience on the subject. Darwin is the founder of Let’s Get Reel, a digital asset management company whose clients include Imaginary Forces, The Ebeling Group, yU+Co. and many others [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 18:25:42
Risk Management Watch: Firms to Boost Spending on Risk Management in ‘09
Fortune 1000 companies plan to invest more in risk management in 2009 as experts anticipate new laws and regulations aimed at improving corporate ... role as Global Head of Alternative and Quantitative Investments (A&Q) within UBS Global Asset ... risk management oversight. That’s according to the results of a recent survey conducted [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 08:00:40
Fast Tracking Media Enquiries
So, you get a request for information from the Media ... opportunity for companies to manage the most important asset they have — their corporate reputation ... institutions have systems for communicating information. The entire advertising industry exists [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 16:54:42
i’m it
Renee gone done tagged me, she did: So Kimli tagged me with that 25 things meme ... had, in order.” Also, I tag KIMLI :) Okay, let’s test that memory of mine! Taco slinger ... Asset Manager at a software company Columnist for Speakeasy’s game site eSports Commentator [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 16:12:26
Rule 8.3 - THUS Group Plc
FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) Sandell Asset Management Corporation Company dealt in Thus Group Plc Class of relevant security to which the dealings 25p Ordinary being [more...]
Date: 2008-07-04 09:15:00
Rule 8.3 - Inmarsat Plc
FORM 8.3 DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE (Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of person dealing (Note 1) Sandell Asset Management Corporation Company dealt in Inmarsat Group Plc Class of relevant security to which the dealings 1.75% 2017 Convertible [more...]
Date: 2008-07-08 09:21:00
Fifteen Notes on the Current Market Stress
1) Going back to one of my themes, be wary of companies that sell their best assets to bail out their worst assets. Tonight’s poster child is GM ... a contract to borrow shares in order to short for a bunch of financial companies, then require ... to the new management of AIG: please do the following: a) locate lines of business with low ROAs [more...]
Date: 2008-07-16 05:51:08
DAM vendor ClearStory to be acquired?
At recent Henry Stewart DAM conferences a couple of ClearStory Systems customers mentioned to me that they have been contacted by a potential ... . As Digital and Media Asset Management Report readers know, ClearStory provides a well-regarded, SaaS-based (hosted) DAM service, but the company itself has suffered various management problems over [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 20:00:00
Some Big Financings (and Deals) We Didn’t Get a Chance to Mention Today
Bristol-Myers Squibb is paying Zymogenetics $85M UF in cash, part of a $1 ... , Vulcan Capital, PolyTechnos Venture-Partners, Asset Management Company and Quantum Technology ... on the IguanaBio Jobs Board *Employers and recruiters: post a job here - just $10 for a 30 day listing *Read [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 03:00:53
NSE Bulk Deals to Watch - Jan 9 2009
Date,Symbol,Security Name,Client Name,Buy/Sell,Quantity Traded,Trade Price / Wght. Avg ... ,SELL,4199565,21.34,-09-JAN-2009,SATYAMCOMP,Satyam Computers Ltd,JP MORGAN FLEMING ASSET MGMT (EUROPRE ... COMPANY ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC,SELL,6042202,18.50,- [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 13:46:00
Fannie Mae Has 5 Billion Worth Of REO Property
You wonder why it is hard to resell homes today? Just take a look at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ... and asset management. The company re-evaluates prices every two weeks, she said. “We are very ... Bloggers Fannie Mae Has 5 Billion Worth Of REO Property [more...]
Date: 2008-07-23 12:00:20
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Even more firms may gain access to TARP. Sources say the Treasury may use some of its $700B rescue fund to buy stakes in financing companies such ... from its wealth management unit and 34.4B francs from its asset management unit. The world's [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 12:19:28
Nancy Killefer Biography
Nancy Killefer is a senior director in the Washington, D.C. office of McKinsey & Company, Inc ... Treasury's systems for Y2K, and reshaped management processes, including installing an asset ... on a full range of management issues including strategy, organization, marketing and systems [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 00:56:00
Madoff’s Investors Had $43 Billion
via Bloomberg: Client Total Source Access International $1 ... Company Statement Fix Asset Management $400 million Company Statement Fortis Bank Netherlands 1 bln [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:36:40
GPX: The Corporate Training Penny Stock For 2009
Jonas Elmerraji says battered companies are paying more attention to their most valuable asset: people ... . And with a strong management and solid balance sheet, Jonas says this stock looks a great buy for 2009 ... , many companies are making the decision to invest in an asset that’s not always noticed by investors… [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 12:28:53
Lehman gets $2.15 billion for Neuberger Berman
The price tag was less than one would have liked, but these are desperate times for sellers of financial assets ... still a solvent company, the price tag was estimated at $4 billion. In August, those same assets would ... about the fate of all the operations that were part of Lehman’s asset management division [more...]
Date: 2008-09-29 19:30:05
Boston CFUG meeting: Razuna open source digital asset management system
Our next meeting is only a week away, so I'm sorry that I'm not giving you more notice ... Aventaggiato, who will be presenting his company's CFML-based digital asset management system, Razuna [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:25:38
India's Enron
The head of Indian outsourcing company Satyam Computer Services resigned on Wednesday, ... fourth-largest software services exporter, said in a statement that Satyam's profits had been massively ... governance system in India," said R.K. Gupta, managing director at Taurus Asset Management in New [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 02:14:00
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
The FeedRoom Acquires ClearStory Systems
The FeedRoom, provider of online video solutions for media companies, corporations and government agencies, announced that it has completed the acquisition of ClearStory Systems, a digital asset management ... range of digital marketing assets including graphics, documents, and multimedia. The combination [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 17:45:46
Remote Dynamics Partners with Morrow Equipment to Manage Fleet of Cranes and Hoists
PLANO, TX — (Marketwire) — 01/07/09 — Remote Dynamics, Inc. (OTCBB: RMTD) ... , construction and equipment rental companies for real-time asset tracking, maintenance management ... , a leading provider of GPS vehicle tracking solutions, today announced Morrow Equipment [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:09:14
Citigroup, the Incredible Shrinking Bank
The Citi never sleeps. Shares never awaken ... up capital. Walter Gerasimowicz, CEO of hedge fund Meditron Asset Management, said that the deal “ ... . The institution that was too big to fail is being reduced in size, both by company management [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:54:54
Plantronics Cuts Guidance; Reducing Staff By 18%
Plantronics (PLT) said it now expects revenue for its fiscal third quarter ended December to be about $184 million, ... loss for the quarter of 94 cents to $1.20 a share, including a non-cash asset impairment charge of $60 ... reduction plan. The company also is reducing management salaries and taking other measures to reduce [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 13:33:00
Friday…More newspaper cuts, and budget cuts spur community responses, and a Toby Friday
The Rocky Mountain News is the latest newspaper up for sale. E.W. Scripps Co. (SSP) ... for the management of a company to make when it has owned an asset for 80 years,” said Barry Lucas, analyst ... Alliance Action Network, The next stage of budget negotiations related to allocations to the State [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 16:17:00
AIG to sell some units
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The beleaguered insurance giant AIG announced plans Friday to sell off parts of the company to pay off its massive debt ... its aircraft leasing business, asset management division, retirement services and U.S. life insurance operations. –From CNNMoney.com’s Tami Luhby and Aaron Smith [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 15:45:08
Tax Management, One Dollar Home, DIY Haircut @ The Carnivals
The last couple of days have been nuts for us harried investors ... , maybe doing some portfolio adjustments like adding some new asset classes to our portfolio, and even ... A Company Can Make More Money Through Tax Management @ The Financial Blogger Credit Cards Are Excellent [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 16:48:22
General Motors (GM): Still A High-Risk Profit Play
GM is essentially already bankrupt, says Horacio Marquez. And it has been for years. This clearly makes the company one to avoid for investors ... . It was October 2000, and I’d just joined a multi-billion-dollar asset management organization as its head ... , particularly after recently reading that JP Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) credit analysts [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 14:35:29
RFID News Roundup
RFID News Roundup Turkey's GarantiBank issues contactless credit card; Idesco unveils EPC Gen 2 reader with long read range; ... Effectiveness for Tracking IT Assets The company scientifically tested seven EPC Gen 2 RFID tags suitable for IT asset tracking, and analyzed five use cases, including employing the technology to manage [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 19:04:26
GoodGuide Takes Top Prize At Web 2.0 Summit Launchpad
One of the featured events at this week’s Web 2.0 Summit was the Launchpad, ... is an emissions management software platform that allows companies to effectively keep track ... if their carbon credits will be financial asset or liabilities, and helps them deal with them accordingly [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 01:59:44
IT Pros Discouraged by Dismal Job-Hunting Results Should Find Much Brighter Employment Prospects in Alternative Fields
WESTPORT, Conn., Jan. 2, 2009 — The recession is heightening competition for a dwindling number of IT jobs, ... their IT requirements would be a credible candidate for a strategic alliance management position at a company ... . For example: An architect’s knowledge of best practices in systems design would be a strong asset [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 10:50:55
Preservation Companies, Contact Companies & REO Companies
This list may contain defunct companies or those that have changed their coverage area or services ... US-wide - asset management and disposition firm offering specialized services to financial institutions ... . AppIntell Inc. - http://www.appintell.com US-wide - providing risk management information and data [more...]
Date: 2008-09-27 03:47:16
Japan’s temporary workers in the cold
TOKYO, Japan – The 61-year-old construction worker had walked by these sorts of people before: Bums he always quietly called them ... ,” says John Vail of Nikko Asset Management. “You hear numbers like a 9 or 10 percent unemployment ... to rise quite significantly. People will be losing their jobs; companies will restructure.” Restructuring [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 14:39:43
McCain's Fak-o-nomics - Fake Solutions for Real Problems
After the startling bailout of AIG last night, and the current day market's 200-300 point drop in response, Senator McCain (finally) ... s asset management group — it includes a private banking subsidiary for the wealthy, a broker dealer ... management, and a casino culture on Wall Street that has crippled one of the most important companies [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 18:34:55
AIG: Now that you own it, learn about it!
First of all—what is AIG? AIG is American International Group, the largest insurance company in the world ... insurance, life insurance and retirement services, financial services, and asset management ... into a bond for General Motors, but I’m now afraid [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 17:01:54
More funds for Kosmix automated media model
Kosmix is a very modern media company. It sells advertising wrapped around online editorial and pictures, just like a newspaper or a blog ... , the asset management firm. Kosmix has now raised a total ... the precision tool of search. “Sometimes you don’t know exactly what information you are looking [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 10:20:40
Microsoft Discusses Digital Photography
While at Photokina, Microsoft’s Kostas Mallios took a moment to discuss the company’s efforts to help photographers solve problems. According to Mallios, Microsoft has been focusing on providing applications that help pros and advanced amateurs, such as Expression Media 2 (a professional asset management tool that comes bundled [more...]
Date: 2008-09-29 13:44:59
Jobs Health Still Concerns Investors Seeking Apple
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aaJKTDATaaAUJobs Health Still Concerns Investors Seeking Apple ‘Smart Guys’By Connie GuglielmoJan ... , Wisconsin-based Thrivent Asset Management, which oversees about $67 billion including 828,047 ... is no longer a concern.”Jobs, who appeared increasingly thin at company events last year, issued an open [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 23:36:00
13 Companies Hiring
2008 saw a loss of over 1.2 million jobs in the United States and forecasters are predicting a conservative 2 million job will disappear in 2009 ... and management but our greatest asset is our high-touch Wellness ... )Universal Health Care promised by the government is really Mandatory Health Insurance. So higher [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 19:03:00
