Macquarie Group (ASX:MQG) Profits Fall By 43%
Selling stuff you bought with borrowed money is a process that’s mostly been confined to the financial markets in 2008 ... one was the 43% decline in income from asset and equity investments. There were some strange assets ... mortgages and fund management assets. It did not, however, take any write downs on Macquarie Airports [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 17:05:14
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When investments become trades
This resonated with me, and I thought it was worth reprinting in it’s entirety, ... investment officer at Al Frank Asset Management, who owns shares of Dryships. “Our objective is to double ... Steven Wolf, managing director of investments at Source Capital Group. But bear markets, particularly [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 13:33:46
Financial Goals for 2008: Reviewing Our Progress
A year ago I wrote up a list of financial goals for 2008. Today, I thought I’d take a look back at them and see how we did ... describing the changes that we made: Reconsidering Our Asset Allocation How to Manage Your Asset Allocation With Multiple Accounts Our Investment Portfolio: Asset Allocation and Location Market Turmoil [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 22:28:10
Vast Underinvestment in Due Diligence
With everyone tsk-tsking the Madoff scandal — the amount lost, the after-the-fact obviousness, ... at least, when compared with the heavy lifting of equity research. The asset management ... , there are 3 separate divisions that do so: Asset Management, Investment Banking, and Institutional [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 12:30:18
Nice Work If You Can Get It: Estranged Wife Says She Needs $53,000 A Week To Survive
Let’s get this out of the way right off. Yeah, I’m jealous. I want $53,000 a week, too. There. Now, moving right along.... Holy matrimony, Batman! ... does Douglas-David, a former investment banker for Lazard Asset Management, manage to spend $53,000 ... and properties in Sweden account for $27,300 a week, according to a financial affidavit she filed [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 21:25:18
Vast Under-Investment in Due Diligence
With everyone tsk-tsking the Madoff scandal — the amount lost, the after-the-fact obviousness, ... at least, when compared with the heavy lifting of equity research. The asset management ... , there are 3 separate divisions that do so: Asset Management, Investment Banking, and Institutional [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 12:30:18
Finding Foreclosures: Ideas for Investors
Josh Sloan asked: In today's market, ... might be in dire straits. Asset Managers help clients (lenders) dispose of their assets. Many asset management companies have listings of properties they represent on their websites. One subset [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 01:39:06
US Lawmakers Probe Alleged Multi-Billion Dollar Ponzi Scheme
A U.S. congressional committee on Monday held the first of what is expected to be numerous hearings on an alleged massive financial fraud by New ... who invested with his Wall Street asset management firm since the 1990s. According to the Securities ... York asset manager Bernard Madoff. bernard-madoff-265x300 US Lawmakers Probe Alleged Multi [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 02:27:09
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
in Investing With everyone tsk-tsking the Madoff scandal -- the amount lost, the after-the-fact obviousness, ... -- at least, when compared with the heavy lifting of equity research. The asset management ... assets group, private wealth management, (even retail brokerage) have access to these funds [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 18:32:35
Profiting in Volatile Markets - An Investor Conference featuring Steve Forbes
You are Invited to Attend Forbes.com Newsletters' Investor iConference Profiting in Volatile Markets November 19-20, 2008 Click here, ... , Oberweis Asset Management, Inc. James H. Lowell, Editor, Forbes ETF Advisor, Fidelity InvestorChief ... Buckingham, Chief Investment Officer, Al Frank Asset Management and Editor, The Prudent Speculator Rick [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 22:52:00
The golden mystery
These must be frustrating times for gold bugs. For years they’ve been waiting for financial armageddon and now that it appears finally to have ... strange is happening. All of which doesn’t stop John Embry, chief investment strategist at Sprott Asset Management from declaring in the Oct. 17th issue of Investors Digest that the U.S. government’s “ [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 18:01:00
Get Out Now!
Get Out Now! By Andrew Bary, Barron's | 9 January 2009The bubble in Treasuries looks ready to pop, sending prices on government debt sharply lower ... , very expensive,"Mohamed El-Erian, chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co ... may involve one of the safest asset classes: U.S. Treasuries. Yields have plunged [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 16:52:00
Morgan Stanley Memo: ‘We Also Will Be Looking at Acquisitions’
Today, Morgan Stanley closed its investment from Mitsubishi UFJ ... Morgan Stanley’s global investment banking and asset management expertise with MUFG’s vast resources ... , and we are confident that the combination of these two world-class institutions creates a powerful global alliance [more...]
Date: 2008-10-13 13:10:49
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
Asian Stocks Decline, Wiping Out 2009 Gains; Lenovo, BHP Slump
BLOOMBERG Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks declined, wiping out the benchmark index’s 2009 gains, ... Kong-based vice president of investment services at JPMorgan Asset Management Ltd., which manages ... Group Ltd. plunged 22 percent after China’s biggest personal-computer maker forecast its first loss [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 03:20:08
Landing Your SAP ABAP Jobs With SAP Course
by Richard Torres 1 of the strongest software in the IT market is SAP. What is SAP and why is it so fashionable. Lets take a look ... . These are Investment Management (IM)), Asset Accounting ... architecture. Organizations using it , can work on it to create any software to meet their business [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 10:42:27
Church of England puts faith in Al Gore’s investment arm: CEN 12.30.08
The Church of England’s Church Commissioners have gone green, ... in 2004 by Mr Gore and David Blood, former head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and had almost ... firm, Generation Investment Management. On Nov 18 the First Church Estates Commissioner, Andreas [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 13:25:18
Ok, Now Buy the Homebuilders?
Every few months, a gaggle of investors collectively ask, once again, if now is the time to buy the homebuilding stocks ... is that maybe — once again — real estate has hit bottom. “The only problem with that theory ... in existing home sales,” says Robert Pavlik, chief investment officer at Oaktree Asset Management. “I’ [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 10:32:00
Investdayeasily - Www.investdayeasily.com
i'm not this program admin.... We are a team of skilled professionals with years of experience in the traditional and online business world ... of philosophies to create winning asset management results. We combine parts of proven investment theories from value, growth, income and hedged investing to generate superior returns. Profits [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 06:34:11
Rates drop, Lots of news, Housing bill update, Minimum wage increase today: mortgage workers rejoice!
What time of day am I most likely to have a heart attack? ... s earnings beat analysts’ forecasts, despite falling 62% to $1.16 billion because of smaller asset write-downs than expected and as its investment bank, private bank and asset management business [more...]
Date: 2008-07-24 13:17:06
Satyam scandal threatens future foreign investment
BANGALORE - The head of Indian outsourcing firm Satyam Computer Services resigned on Wednesday, ... in India,” said R.K. Gupta, managing director at Taurus Asset Management in New Delhi. Raju, who founded ... , a management graduate from Ohio University, said in his letter, adding he was prepared to face [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 22:45:48
John Embry Says We Are Getting Close
John Embry is a real straight shooter and his take on Gold is woth watching more than once. Sprott Asset Management’s chief investment strategist, John Embry, went on Business News Network in Canada this morning and, interviewed by Amanda Lang, discussed, among other things [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 01:06:42
Selling an intranet redesign
The choir has been singing for some time. Though most executives haven't bought into the gospel, they've heard the message and are beginning to take notice: the intranet is a valuable asset ... management aren't convinced they should invest in the intranet or a redesign. The truth of the matter [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 08:03:38
Uncertainty vs Risk in Real Estate
In today’s uncertain economic climate, people tend to throw out any form of risk management and opt for “safe” investments, ... , and Management risks. Certain market areas such as Boston, NY, and some West coast cities are highly ... and risk are associated with all asset classes, including Real Estate, and can be managed and optimized [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 15:32:15
Four at Four: The Tide Is Turning
If this was a test, the stock market flubbed it ... investment officer of O’Shaughnessy Asset Management, said at the conference that this should be the point ... strategist at Meridian Equity Partners. Meanwhile, uber-bear Bill Fleckenstein announced the closure [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 12:43:00
Activist Hedge Fund Investments (as of March 31, 2008)
Barington Capital Bulldog Investors Chapman Capital Breeden Capital Pershing Square Capital Costa Brava Carl Icahn Ramius Capital Dalton ... Investment Management Mario Gabelli (Gamco) Discovery Equity Partners RLR Capital Knightspoint Firebrand Capital SAC Capital Liberation Investment Group Greenlight Capital Sandell Asset Management [more...]
Date: 2008-06-11 17:23:00
Union Dollars - Www.uniondollars.com, Profit Of 18% Daily For 7 Days, With 2 Separate
I AM NOT ADMIN We mix a number of philosophies to create winning asset management results. We combine parts of proven investment theories from value, growth, income and hedged investing to generate superior returns. Profits from these investments are rolled back into our program [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 08:47:26
Personal Finance Site Mint Opens to The Public With New Features
It seems that pretty much everyone who deals with personal finance has decided that this is the day for announcements. They’re right ... featured 401(k) management center, portfolio asset allocation info, and comparison of your investments ... ; from tracking your daily expenses to evaluating your stock portfolio. Of course, it still cannot match [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 10:30:23
GPX: The Corporate Training Penny Stock for 2009
“Growth” isn’t a word we can expect to hear in most industries for a long time — most, ... companies are making the decision to invest in an asset that’s not always noticed by investors… their people ... enterprise learning and talent management, “Corporations are investing heavily in current [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 02:16:30
Relax — You Haven’t Missed Everything
The stock market unfortunately appeals to some of one’s more hysterical instincts, particularly in periods such as this ... investment strategist and director of asset allocation, RidgeWorth Capital Management. “We still [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 17:37:50
Mean Street: The Secret of My Investing Success
The most skeptical investors I ever met were Wall Street equity capital market professionals– the ones responsible for pricing IPOs ... and two funds managed for Vanguard by Primecap, a West Coast asset manager. Some Vanguard investors ... does an active management skeptic like me outperform with index funds? Mostly luck in allocation [more...]
Date: 2008-06-05 12:31:06
Weekend Reading
I’m picking up an old book today — Behavioral Finance and Decision Theory in Investment Management — because of a chapter written by Woody Brock ... . This presentation describes a new approach in which the real-world behavior of asset prices ... for legitimate strategies of active management. Our principal goal is to ensure that our clients [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 09:18:33
GATA INTERVIEW: DECEMBER GOLD DEFAULT?
Le Metropole Members, On BNN, Embry warns of failure of December gold contract Submitted by cpowell on 05:31PM ET Tuesday, October 21, 2008. Section: Daily Dispatches 8:30p ET Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Sprott Asset Management’s chief investment strategist, John Embry, went on Business News Network in Canada [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 02:20:57
DAM vendors coming up short
As the Henry Stewart Digital Asset Management Symposium kicks off in London, ... on our recent research for The Digital & Media Asset Management Report 2008. In our interviews with customers, many lamented their investments in DAM systems failed to meet their needs for workflow [more...]
Date: 2008-06-25 04:02:00
MOVES-JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, AIMA
MOVES-JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, AIMA September 26th, 2008 Sept 26 (Reuters) ... with Fortis ClearingJapan, will be based in Hong Kong. ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION ... and Africa; Sean Simon,of Ivy Asset Management Corp, will be responsible for theAmericas; and Peter [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 11:31:26
Plugging in: Boston Power Ramps Up in Crowded Battery Pack
Clean Tech Insight’s Jonathan Shieber reports: Both investors and the U.S. government are looking to supercharge the American battery industry ... investment from Swedish investor Foundation Asset Management, Boston Power is prepared to ramp [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 19:07:15
Plugging in: Boston Power Ramps Up in Crowded Battery Pack
Clean Tech Insight’s Jonathan Shieber reports: Both investors and the U.S. government are looking to supercharge the American battery industry ... investment from Swedish investor Foundation Asset Management, Boston Power is prepared to ramp [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 17:33:58
Victory! Plum Creek Drops Easement Change
I slept in after a quiet and lovely New Year’s Eve. I was planning an equally pleasant morning, ... Asset Management Corporation and Newground Social Investment, to pursue a shareholders strategy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 20:59:22
Four at Four: Quick, Name the G-20 Members
Given another ten minutes or so, the Dow industrials might have pushed through 9,000, not a few hours after falling through 8,000 ... , it seems real tepid and weak,” says Bill Greiner, chief investment officer at UMB Asset Management [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 12:42:00
Nortel files for bankruptcy, shares plunge
By Wojtek Dabrowski TORONTO (Reuters) – Nortel Networks Corp, North America’s biggest telephone equipment maker, ... ) in 2000,” said Gavin Graham, director of investments at BMO Asset Management in Toronto. “ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 22:20:19
20 Activist Hedge Funds Managing $40 Billion+ Will Gather in Phoenix to Compare Notes
Many of the world’s most aggressive hedge funds, along with their strategic advisers, are convening in Phoenix, ... , Lawndale Capital, Locksmith Capital, Newcastle Management, Oliver Press, RLR Capital, Sandell Asset Management, Shamrock Activist Value Fund, Steel Partners, The Children’s Investment Fund (TCI [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 00:17:00
Battery Maker Boston Power Fuels Up With $55M
On the heels of news that it had scored a deal with laptop maker Hewlett Packard, ... by Foundation Asset Management and included existing investors Oak Investment Partners, Venrock, GGV [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:16:45
UPDATE 1-HK fund won’t invest entirely in US assets-Yam
UPDATE 1-HK fund won’t invest entirely in US assets-Yam December 9th, 2008 (Adds more quotes, details) By Natsuko Waki LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) ... its distance from the sovereign wealth fund label, thehead of Hong Kong’s central bank said ... to become moreproactive in the management of the fund, but they should notonly focus on the return [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 16:50:04
Freddie sees strong demand in key $3 bln bill sale
Text NEW YORK (Reuters) - Freddie Mac’s $3 billion bill sale on Monday drew stronger demand than a similar vent last week in a deal seen as ... what it was supposed to,” said Andrew Harding, chief investment officer of fixed-income at Allegiant Asset Management [more...]
Date: 2008-07-14 14:43:09
US stocks rise on banks and lower oil
Stocks rose in another turbulent session on Tuesday as a pullback in oil prices eased worries about consumer and business spending, ... , chief investment officer for fixed-income at Allegiant Asset Management in Cleveland. The Dow Jones [more...]
Date: 2008-07-09 04:05:51
Mark Shafir Helped Sell Lehman. Now He Is Leaving It.
Investment bankers aren’t just watching their firms die; they are arranging the funerals as well ... of Credit Suisse Americas and Credit Suisse Asset Management). Shafir is the highest-profile ... . He also advised Lehman on its acquisition of asset manager Neuberger Berman. This year, Shafir worked [more...]
Date: 2008-09-18 10:33:00
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
Mitsubishi UFJ Loses $500 Million on Morgan Stanley Stake
Boy, there have been bigger bad investments (TPG putting $7 billion into WaMu comes to mind) ... Asset Management Co. in Tokyo. ``The U.S. bailout plan was the big change we hadn't had before ... . have tapped the region's banks and sovereign wealth funds for money in the past year as falling U.S. home [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 04:03:53
You're Invited to an Investor Conference Featuring Steve Forbes
Dear Fellow Investor,You are cordially invited to attend Forbes ... Securities Investor and John Buckingham, Chief Investment Officer, Al Frank Asset Management and Editor [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 23:06:00
