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Apple Invests Millions To Back Entrepreneurs Of Color
2021-01-13T11:44:19.853478-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/apple-invests-millions-to-back-entrepreneurs-of-color-20210113136/
Apple Inc. said it was putting $60 million into a fresh round of projects aimed at challenging systemic racism, including its first foray into venture capital funding to back entrepreneurs of color.
Softbank Creates $100M Fund To Invest In Entrepreneurs Of Color
2020-06-04T11:27:08.068849-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/softbank-creates-100m-fund-to-invest-in-entrepreneurs-of-color-20200604905/
The initiative comes amid a global pandemic that has disproportionately affected minority-owned businesses and as social unrest over systemic racism grips America.
Venture Firms Rush To Find Ways To Support Black Founders, Investors
2020-06-02T21:31:06.216195-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/venture-firms-rush-to-find-ways-to-support-black-founders-and-investors-techcrunch-20200602771/
As protests against police brutality and economic manifestations of systemic racism in the U.S. continue, venture capital firms are joining the chorus of technology industry advocates lending their support to the cause.
Present Value of Poli-tech | Emerging Markets Alternatives
2017-10-02T11:56:13.765695-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/present-value-of-poli-tech-emerging-markets-alternatives-20171002234/
Reconciling a sluggish global economy and all round uncertainty with rallying stock markets and tight spreads is preoccupying most minds today. While the market pundits seek to resolve the current di...
Jasper Capital Becomes Second China-Based HFSB Signatory
2017-08-16T11:14:49.928530-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/jasper-capital-becomes-second-china-based-hfsb-signatory-20170816491/
Jasper Capital, a systemic investment manager founded in 2013 in Shenzhen, China, has become the second China-based signatory to the Hedge Fund Standards Board.
Alpha Hedge Fund 100 List - Nonconventional Systemic Are Dominating
2017-06-28T11:57:22.214864-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/alpha-hedge-fund-100-list-nonconventional-systemic-are-dominating-20170628659/
Looking at the top ten of Institutional Investor’s Alpha Hedge Fund 100 List brings to life a statement made by Elliott Management founder Paul Singer. He noted that an investor achieving a strategic objective by investing in a fund makes hedge fund fees more palatable. Elliott Management, which was one shy of making the top ten list, engages in a wide variety of strategies that are at times dependent on the performance driver of aggressive persuasion. Such discretionary tactics that at times can involve emotional decisions are an issue that many of the managers in the top ten and their...
The Future Of Family Offices: Regulation And The Right Location
2017-01-12T11:20:23.905832-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/the-future-of-family-offices-regulation-and-the-right-location-20170112347/
The fittest adapt to survive. Increased scrutiny and legislative pressures for transparency are transforming the family office industry. The global drive toward systemic reforms has radically altered the regulatory landscape, prompting a search for more efficient jurisdictions and more competitive structures.
Eisman: Hedge Fund Industry Undergoing 'Massive Changes'
2016-11-03T15:00:18.848444-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/eisman-hedge-fund-industry-undergoing-massive-changes-20161103771/
<h2 itemprop="description caption">Steve Eisman, portfolio manager at Neuberger Berman, and Willem Buiter, chief economist at Citigroup, examine systemic risks in markets, low global growth and long-term pressure on the Hedge Fund industry. They speak on "Bloomberg Surveillance."</h2>
Financing Round Brings In $34.3M For InflaRx
2016-07-22T13:36:53.096051-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/financing-round-brings-in-343m-for-inflarx-20160722411/
A Series C funding round has generated $34.4 million for Jena, Germany-based InflaRx. The firm will start two additional midstage studies for its humanized monoclonal antibody IFX-1, which is designed to prevent organ dysfunction and severe systemic inflammation in cardiac surgery patients.
What Billionaire Investors Are Doing With Gold While You're Not Watching
2016-06-24T10:40:43.060034-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/what-billionaire-investors-are-doing-with-gold-while-youre-not-watching-20160624989/
With each passing day, systemic risks in the financial system become greater. Smart money insiders and billionaire investors are taking note – and taking defensive actions.
Letter to Congress outlines role of MIT endowment
2016-04-05T11:41:07.291097-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/letter-to-congress-outlines-role-of-mit-endowment-20160405637/
Below is the text of a letter sent Friday by MIT President L. Rafael Reif to the chairmen of three congressional committees in response to a request of the 56 U.S. colleges and universities with endo...
Hedge Funds' Leverage Should Be Kept In Check: ECB's Constancio
2016-03-21T18:30:22.280444-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/hedge-funds-leverage-should-be-kept-in-check-ecbs-constancio-20160321973/
"First, we need to develop a framework to better control the leverage of alternative investment funds in the European Union," Vítor Constâncio said during a speech in London. "Given that the use of leverage by investment funds could create and amplify systemic risk, it is important that we ensure that leverage remains within acceptable limits."
CVC Lawsuit Brings Private Equity's Gender Imbalance Back In The Spotlight
2016-02-27T15:00:24.970791-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/cvc-lawsuit-brings-private-equitys-gender-imbalance-back-in-the-spotlight-20160227618/
A sexual discrimination lawsuit against CVC Capital Partners has brought fresh public scrutiny to the lack of women in the private equity industry
Former MD Sues CVC Capital Over Gender Discrimination
2016-02-19T10:05:37.893706-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/former-md-sues-cvc-capital-over-gender-discrimination-20160219219/
<span style="line-height: 18.9091px;">Lisa Lee, a former Managing Director of CVC Capital Partners (US) Inc, has filed a gender-discrimination case against the private equity (PE) firm. Lee has alleged that the firm was favoring male employees in more of unfair way and she suffered from gender-discrimination. </span>
MetLife's CEO Told Regulators In 2014 Of Possible Breakup
2016-01-29T16:30:28.830185-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/metlifes-ceo-told-regulators-in-2014-of-possible-breakup-20160129211/
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. MetLife Inc., looking to avoid tougher oversight, was examining options for a breakup or restructuring of the firm 14 months before announcing this year that it’s considering a sale, spinoff or public offering for part of the domestic retail business. Chief Executive Officer Steven Kandarian told regulators including Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew in November 2014 that MetLife might break up if it were subjected to...
Dear Hedge Funds: Index Funds Didn’t Cause Your Lousy Performance
2016-01-28T18:30:18.579751-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/dear-hedge-funds-index-funds-didnt-cause-your-lousy-performance-20160128169/
Bill Ackman’s gross return of 37.3% over three years was cut to only 22.2% because of high fees, writes Cullen Roche.
A Valuation Method For Private Equity
2016-01-26T15:43:58.642154-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/a-valuation-method-for-private-equity-20160126010/
<span style="line-height: 18.9091px;">Anyone who has created valuation models knows that there are certain types of businesses that challenge traditional methods. One classic example is the private company, which has long posed problems for evaluators. But a new firm, </span>FEV Analytics<span style="line-height: 18.9091px;">, has developed a proprietary method for valuing such entities and is directing its product at the private equity space. As this interview with co-founder Sheridan Porter indicates, FEV’s approach can inform the valuation of publicly traded firms, too.</span>
Commodities Value Found In Oil, Gas, Zinc, Palladium: Macquarie
2016-01-19T10:22:13.841868-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/commodities-value-found-in-oil-gas-zinc-palladium-macquarie-20160119701/
Commodities are a “hated” asset class, the report points out, as it considers the most beaten down of the pack to develop a multi-pronged investment thesis based on supply discipline. “Prices keep on falling, producers are in a battle for survival and, more worryingly, demand isn’t reacting that positively as of yet,” the report said.
Why We Should Expect Some Thinning Of The ‘Unicorn’ Herd
2016-01-11T11:13:38.225645-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/why-we-should-expect-some-thinning-of-the-unicorn-herd-20160111325/
Some 144 tech companies are called “unicorns,” based on valuations of $1 billion or more in private markets. But experience shows the good times may not last for some, notes this opinion piece.
Asian Markets Track US, Europe Rally As Oil Soars
2015-12-28T16:32:31.004368-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/asian-markets-track-us-europe-rally-as-oil-soars-20151228808/
Energy firms climbed in Asian trade Thursday (Dec 24) after a surge in oil prices sent US and European markets flying ahead of the Christmas break.
IOSCO Third Hedge Fund Survey
2015-12-23T16:30:19.004956-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/iosco-third-hedge-fund-survey-20151223699/
IOSCO has published the findings from its third hedge fund survey. The aim of the survey is to gather data from hedge fund managers and advisers…
Commercial property market showing signs of overheating, warns Mark Carney
2015-12-08T13:43:49.259914-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/commercial-property-market-showing-signs-of-overheating-warns-mark-carney-20151208705/
<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">European regulators are "monitoring" commercial property markets closely as risks to financial stability posed by the sector increase, according to the Governor of the Bank of England.</span>
Hedge fund managers and investors hold surprisingly similar views regulation, says Northern Trust survey
2015-12-01T12:01:11.265842-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/hedge-fund-managers-and-investors-hold-surprisingly-similar-views-regulation-says-northern-trust-survey-20151201342/
Since the 2008-09 global financial crisis, regulators rolled out multiple, substantial regulations aimed at mitigating systemic risk. Over time, Popular opinion holds that investors largely favour the new rules and regulations introduced to mitigate risk in the wake of the 2008-09 financial crisis while managers of hedge funds uniformly oppose them. A new survey, though suggests otherwise.
Why are hedge funds the fastest growing asset class among family offices?
2015-11-30T17:32:20.096435-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/why-are-hedge-funds-the-fastest-growing-asset-class-among-family-offices-20151130306/
Data revealed that the average family office portfolio allocated approximately 9% to hedge funds in 2015, up from 7% the year before, making it the fastest growing asset class for the year. The report also revealed that family offices invested approximately $73 million on average to hedge funds in 2014, primarily in long/short equity and global macro strategies, and found that they were particularly popular in North America and emerging markets.
China Construction Bank joins global list of systemically risky banks
2015-11-04T16:27:47.306949-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/china-construction-bank-joins-global-list-of-systemically-risky-banks-20151104812/
The world's top financial stability watchdog on Tuesday added China's second largest lender to a list of banks required to raise more capital to buffer against systemic risks.
Family offices direct their own private equity investments
2015-10-30T17:49:40.336604-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/family-offices-direct-their-own-private-equity-investments-20151030575/
Family offices represent a monumentally large, extremely savvy and extraordinarily potent investment force. Those specialized wealth management firms, which manage the money of individual families, are investing capital in more active, direct and creative ways. Private equity has become one very important arena.
Crisis Alpha & Why Volatility Is The 'Only' Asset Class
2015-10-26T17:04:32.069909-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/crisis-alpha-why-volatility-is-the-only-asset-class-20151026319/
Excerpted from Artemis Capital Management letter to investors, There is a tiresome debate as to whether or not volatility is an asset class. Let me end that debate... Volatility is the ONLY asset class. We are all volatility traders and the only question is whether we realize it or not. If you disagree do me a favor and imagine you are an alien that just landed on earth and you know nothing about investing. Stocks, bonds, what are those? All you have to look at are numbers. Most investments will show upward growth in a steady and seductive line until...
Why Currency Markets Are Experiencing Flash Crashes
2015-10-21T15:46:58.462887-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/why-currency-markets-are-experiencing-flash-crashes-20151021070/
Banks have retreated as market makers and been replaced by high frequency traders and hedge funds. The result: episodes of illiquidity. The stock and bond markets have received plenty of attention for flash crashes that have occurred over the past five years,
Q3 Alpha Drawdown: Is It Really Different This Time?
2015-10-19T11:47:29.129921-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/q3-alpha-drawdown-is-it-really-different-this-time-20151019857/
Times like these are busy for us at Novus, and while it’s tough to set aside time for articles, given all the filings and market data we sit on, it’s almost our responsibility to share some insights. With our large roster of hedge fund and allocator clients, we field many phone calls when things move violently. On top of the myriad other things we do for clients, we track the daily movement of hedge fund (HF) factors like conviction (largest HF bets), concentration (heavy HF ownership), consensus (most popular HF stocks) and crowdedness (most crowded HF trades). As reported earlier,...
A new view into hedge fund operational risk
2015-10-16T11:44:15.333013-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/a-new-view-into-hedge-fund-operational-risk-20151016755/
By Chris Kundro, Wells Fargo Global Fund Services – There are many professionals, both internal and external to a fund manager, who play an important role in controlling a fund's operational infrastructure and mitigating a fund's operational risk. COOs, CFOs, and CCOs manage the functions necessary to support a hedge fund, while fund directors, auditors, and operational risk analysts ensure that a hedge fund's infrastructure is sound and secure.
Four Ideas To Fix Australian Venture Capital, Help Startups Grow
2015-10-13T14:21:49.706843-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/four-ideas-to-fix-australian-venture-capital-help-startups-grow-20151013486/
We've spent 20 years solving the wrong problem in Australian venture capital. There is not a lack of capital here, nor is there a poor track record of investor returns.
Nickels, Meet Steamroller: Embattled Bank Suckers Hedge Funds Into EM Insurance Bet
2015-10-06T16:07:46.311686-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/nickels-meet-steamroller-embattled-bank-suckers-hedge-funds-into-em-insurance-bet-20151006142/
Are you looking to make a terrible investment decision? Well sure you are, isn't everyone? And thanks to the fact that it appears we may now be testing the limits of the market’s collective patience with the notion of central bank omnipotence, there are plenty of bad investment opportunities out there to choose from. That said, you always want to go big or go home, which is why what you might want to do is go out and ask a struggling emerging markets lender what its worst “assets” are and then offer to insure those assets against default so...
Civil Rights Concerns Headline Latino Farm, Ranch Gathering
2015-10-01T15:35:20.555040-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/civil-rights-concerns-headline-latino-farm-ranch-gathering-20151001836/
Leaders of minority farm and ranching groups took aim at the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday, saying the agency hasn't done enough to address decades of discrimination and civil rights violations against Latinos and women.
Fund Disclosures Under Review in Wake Of Intervention by Chinese Regulators
2015-09-29T17:46:18.452428-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/fund-disclosures-under-review-in-wake-of-intervention-by-chinese-regulators-20150929669/
By Michelle Price (Reuters) - Fund managers are adding new warnings to China investment products in a bid to reduce their legal liability if regulators repeat the heavy-handed intervention in financial markets that rattled investors globally. Hedge funds, asset managers and ETF providers are scrambling to add the new disclosures to legal fund documents following watershed government actions in recent months that are now forcing managers to rethink China investment risk. The legal measures illustrate the degree to which China's market intervention is set to have a tangible long-term impact on investor confidence. Rather than shrugging off the actions of...
Sequoia VC Roelof Botha: No bubble, 'Shade Of Grey'
2015-09-25T16:47:19.062733-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/sequoia-vc-roelof-botha-no-bubble-shade-of-grey-20150925542/
Sequoia Capital is arguably the most successful — and one of the most press-averse — venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, with early investments in massively successful tech companies such as Apple, Oracle, Cisco, Google, PayPal, LinkedIn, and dozens more.
An Early Lending Club Investor On The Future Of Fin Tech
2015-09-22T19:48:54.415907-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/an-early-lending-club-investor-on-the-future-of-fin-tech-20150922342/
His Lending Club bet has been a lucrative one so far for Canaan Partners. After first investing in the marketplace lender in August 2007 when it was valued at $23 million, Canaan has generated a return of more than 50 times its investment.
Nabriva Therapeutics Prices Initial Public Offering
2015-09-18T11:03:37.482737-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/nabriva-therapeutics-prices-initial-public-offering-20150918174/
VIENNA, Austria and KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Sept. 17, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nabriva Therapeutics AG announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 9,000,000 American Depositary Shares (ADSs), representing 900,000 of its common shares, at a public offering price of $10.25 per ADS, before underwriting discounts. All of the ADSs are being sold by Nabriva. In addition, Nabriva has granted the underwriters an option for a period of 30 days to purchase up to 1,350,000 additional ADSs at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount. Nabriva's ADSs have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ Global...
Is Slack Really Worth $2.8 Billion? A Conversation With Stewart Butterfield - The New York Times
2015-09-17T16:26:10.753272-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/is-slack-really-worth-28-billion-a-conversation-with-stewart-butterfield-the-new-york-times-20150917147/
Slack, which is just a year old, has more than 750,000 daily active users, 200,000 of whom are paying customers. By many estimates, it is the fastest-growing business application of all time. Still, Slack’s escalating valuation in such a short time seems destined to spark questions about the rising possibility of a tech bubble.
In China 1300 Hedge Funds "Did Not Fight The Central Bank" And Are Now Liquidating
2015-09-17T10:27:33.641070-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/in-china-1300-hedge-funds-did-not-fight-the-central-bank-and-are-now-liquidating-20150917079/
When it comes to manipulating stock markets, there is the Western way in which central banks either directly, or - like in the US - indirectly, thanks to a very close relationship between the NY Fed and the world's most levered hedge fund Citadel, documented here since 2010 - in which central bank trading desks end up buying index futures or merely use massively-sized orders to spoof the market higher (and very rarely lower), and then there is the Chinese way in which the local plunge protection team named the "National Team", which has already spent around $300 billion to...
Your ETFs could be hedge funds in disguise
2015-09-16T18:20:07.594146-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/your-etfs-could-be-hedge-funds-in-disguise-20150916061/
These are sophisticated strategies, straight from a hedge fund playbook. But Core Plus is an exchange-traded fund, managing $450 million and growing fast. And its popularity points to a broader trend: the rise of the anything-but-simple ETF. This summer saw a mile­stone. As of July 1, there was more money invested in ETFs than in hedge funds, though by a tiny margin. Some commentators hailed this as a sign that investors had embraced humbler, sound strategies. ETFs, after all, originated as a cheap way to buy diversified baskets of stocks that track common benchmarks. But ETFs also attract traders who...
New Insight into Private Equity | CFA Institute Enterprising Investor
2015-09-14T12:01:12.149027-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/new-insight-into-private-equity-cfa-institute-enterprising-investor-20150914082/
After the hiatus of the credit crunch, when private equity (PE) investors were rudely reminded that illiquidity can magnify downside risks, PE is now back in favor, with fundraising at record levels. According to the Towers Watson/Financial Times Global Alternatives Survey 2015, PE assets are catching up with real estate for second place when comparing the assets under management (AUM) of the top 100 alternative asset managers. Abundant capital and cheap finance means deals are now richly priced in both the United States and Europe as pension funds recover their taste for PE. Yet the survey notes the continued evolution of...
PE HUB » SetPoint Medical raises another $15 mln
2015-09-08T12:18:12.293666-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/pe-hub-setpoint-medical-raises-another-15-mln-20150908809/
VALENCIA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SetPoint Medical, a biomedical technology company developing a bioelectronic therapy for inflammatory diseases, announced today that it has secured $15 million in an extension to its Series C equity financing, bringing the total raised in this round to $43 million. Proceeds from the financing will be used to support the companyâs clinical trials to assess safety and efficacy of its bioelectronic therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Crohnâs Disease, and to help advance the therapy toward commercialization. This Series C1 round includes the addition of a new, strategic investor, along with participation from SetPointâs existing syndicate, including three...
Study: Hedge Fund Returns Heavily Impacted by Biases
2015-08-17T19:32:19.330316-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/study-hedge-fund-returns-heavily-impacted-by-biases-20150817758/
A recent academic paper has thrown some cold water on the idea that reported hedge fund returns adequately represent the overall performance of the industry....
This VC is the master of work and play
2015-08-17T11:30:08.691091-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/this-vc-is-the-master-of-work-and-play-20150817723/
Bill Tai is a venture capitalist and a kite-surfing fanatic who combines the two whenever possible. In addition to being a partner at Charles River Ventures, he co-founded nonprofit MaiTai Global, a professional networking group that merges work, play and philanthropy.
KKR’s Win-Win Energy Deal Sours, Offers Lesson in Risky Lending
2015-08-06T11:12:52.005240-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/kkrs-win-win-energy-deal-sours-offers-lesson-in-risky-lending-20150806513/
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world....
Obama administration joins the push for diversity in Silicon Valley
2015-08-05T14:36:05.560481-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/obama-administration-joins-the-push-for-diversity-in-silicon-valley-20150805492/
The Obama administration Tuesday joined a push to increase diversity in the tech sector, announcing commitments by an array of venture capital investors and Silicon Valley firms to hire and promote more women and minorities.
Federal Reserve Approves Capital Restraints for Big Banks
2015-07-21T10:26:01.536141-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/federal-reserve-approves-capital-restraints-for-big-banks-20150721195/
Nearly eight years after panic on Wall Street tipped the country into a severe recession, federal regulators are still trying to minimize the risks to the overall economy posed by large banks....
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Warns Of "The Calm Before the Storm"
2015-07-16T11:51:38.871597-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/nassim-nicholas-taleb-warns-of-the-calm-before-the-storm-20150716124/
NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB is Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University’s Polytechnic School of Engineering and the author of Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder . GREGORY...
Will the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank one day matter?
2015-07-10T10:42:41.479935-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/will-the-asian-infrastructure-investment-bank-one-day-matter-20150710015/
As I see it, the creation of the AIIB is not nearly as important as everyone seems to think, and if Beijing’s decision to create the AIIB, and Washington’s decision to oppose it, was part of the stru...
Naturally contrarian investors are still investing in China funds
2015-07-09T12:00:10.501180-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/naturally-contrarian-investors-are-still-investing-in-china-funds-20150709000/
Data from Boston research firm EPFR Global shows investors having put a net of $4.3 billion into China-focused mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, even as mutual fund managers put $4.7 billion of...
Bill Gross Wants To Tell You About Er.. His Shower
2015-06-30T10:59:43.938433-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/bill-gross-wants-to-tell-you-about-er-his-shower-20150630804/
Investment Outlook from Bill GrossJuly 2015Ted Cruz recently suggested praying for rain in Texas, and apparently someone did a few weeks ago, producing a deluge resembling a modern day Noah’s Ark of ...
Apps without borders: How global exchange rates impact advertisers
2015-06-29T10:59:41.494466-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/apps-without-borders-how-global-exchange-rates-impact-advertisers-20150629777/
The last year ushered in huge advances in ad targeting capabilities — from the continued rise of usage-based, cohort-specific ads to new, cookie-free methods of messaging individual users across devi...
GE Close to Selling Private Equity Lender to Top Canada Pension Fund
2015-06-08T11:54:06.433081-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/ge-close-to-selling-private-equity-lender-to-top-canada-pension-fund-20150608385/
General Electric Co (GE.N) is near a deal to sell its private equity lending unit to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), a person familiar with the matter said, as the conglomerate takes a big step in a planned massive pullback from its finance operations.
Bain Capital Ventures Appoints New Partner
2015-02-12T12:44:47.441606-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/bain-capital-ventures-appoints-new-partner-20150212254/
Indranil Guha, age 32, is the youngest partner in the history of the firm.
The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JPMorgan Chase's Worst Nightmare
2014-11-07T08:43:13.460321-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/the-9-billion-witness-meet-jpmorgan-chases-worst-nightmare-20141107615/
"It was like watching an old lady get mugged on the street," she says. "I thought, 'I can't sit by any longer.'"...
A Look Inside the Koch Brothers' Toxic Empire
2014-09-24T18:39:25.098935-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/a-look-inside-the-koch-brothers-toxic-empire-20140924208/
What is less clear is where all that money comes from. Koch Industries is headquartered in a squat, smoked-glass building that rises above the prairie on the outskirts of Wichita, Kansas. The buildin...
House Price Growth Has Been Strong Recently, but the Risks of a Prolonged Housing Downturn are Very Real
2014-09-08T13:39:55.901604-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/house-price-growth-has-been-strong-recently-but-the-risks-of-a-prolonged-housing-downturn-are-very-real-20140908958/
Alan Kohler is one of Australia’s most experienced business commentators. Alan has been a trusted source of investment advice to Australians for many years, and in 2005 he founded Eureka Report - Aus...
PE-backed Companies Raised a Record $38.1B in 87 Separate Deals in Q2
2014-09-04T13:29:50.713560-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/pe-backed-companies-raised-a-record-381b-in-87-separate-deals-in-q2-20140904909/
EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the wo...
Sydney Estate Agent Denies Seeing Asian Rorts in Blue-Chip Purchases
2014-09-02T11:27:54.236055-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/sydney-estate-agent-denies-seeing-asian-rorts-in-blue-chip-purchases-20140902847/
Prominent Sydney estate agent John McGrath says he hasn’t seen Asian buyers rorting foreign investment rules to buy blue-chip real estate...
Agricultural Bank of China Experiences 12.65% Growth in Profits
2014-08-26T23:19:13.336436-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/agricultural-bank-of-china-experiences-1265-growth-in-profits-1-20140826798/
Bad loans at the mainland's fourth-largest bank by assets remain high at 1.24 per cent but it is rising at a slower rate than two of its big rivals...
Nobel Laureate Robert Engle on VaR, Systemic Risk, and Liquidity | Enterprising Investor
2014-07-29T17:21:29.387335-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/8512-nobel-laureate-robert-engle-on-var-systemic-risk-and-liquidity-enterprising-investor-20140729512/
This is the first part of a two-part series. In this installment, we will cover the development of the ARCH model, the global financial crisis, systemic risk, and forecasting liquidity with ARCH mode...
July 14th, 15th and 16th Global ICON - Global ARC Keynote and academic speakers
2014-07-03T14:21:06.183046-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/july-14th-15th-and-16th-global-icon-global-arc-keynote-and-academic-speakers-20140703189/
PensuL is proud to announce that Frédéric will be a speaker at the Global ICON Conference that will be held in July 14,15 and 16 in Boston, MA. His subject of presentation will be Real Estate.
What Does Disappearing Volatilty Mean For Advisors?
2014-06-12T14:22:13.904146-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/7837-what-does-disappearing-volatilty-mean-for-advisors-20140612837/
As VIX tumbles to lows not seen since before 2008, we must ponder the meaning of this complete disappearance of volatility. Are we really witnessing historically low levels of risk? Forward Looking R...
Why RIAs should hedge their fee income to stay aligned with client interests
2014-06-12T12:57:53.248268-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/7834-why-rias-should-hedge-their-fee-income-to-stay-aligned-with-client-interests-20140612834/
Over the past two decades, many financial advisory firms borrowed from asset managers the assets-under-management revenue model — and to many the method represents a Holy Grail of sorts....
IMF says high Saudi gov't spending risks budget deficit
2014-06-04T16:55:49.501968-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/7722-imf-says-high-saudi-govt-spending-risks-budget-deficit-20140604722/
We can only send passwords to the e-mail address you're registered with. If you can not remember it, or have any other problem, please e-mail registration@arabianbusiness.com...
Are London's Precious Metals Fixes Fixable?
2014-05-20T18:37:00.105134-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/7474-are-londons-precious-metals-fixes-fixable-20140520474/
It's unfortunate, to put it mildly, that London's global benchmarks for precious metals pricing are called "fixes"....
Pension Funds Hold a Key to Renewable Energy Finance
2014-05-20T17:07:58.252512-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/7458-pension-funds-hold-a-key-to-renewable-energy-finance-20140520458/
One of the more prominent asset classes that U.S. pension funds invest in is electric utility stocks and bonds. This is because utilities are historically stable businesses, and as a result are suita...
Dale Russakoff: A Test for School Reform in Newark
2014-05-16T15:12:56.015771-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/7409-dale-russakoff-a-test-for-school-reform-in-newark-20140516409/
Booker said, "It's destiny that we become the first city in America that makes its whole district a system of excellence." Illustration by Cristiana Couceiro....
Pimco vs regulators
2014-04-28T11:42:56.914960-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/6962-pimco-vs-regulators-20140428962/
Doug Hodes and the rest of the folk at Pimco, the $1.9 trillion bond gorilla, are not impressed by regulators' suggestions that large asset managers could be a systemic threat to the market. And, sur...
Five Good Things Happening in Venture Capital
2014-04-24T17:13:14.275700-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/6929-five-good-things-happening-in-venture-capital-20140424929/
Title III is still pending, but we can expect sites like Crowdfunder, AngelList and new companies that will inevitably arise to help facilitate a new wave of investors, and startups, working together. This will help broaden the options for funding available to new startups, and even make it possible for more people in tech to become investors themselves.
Does Active Management Benefit Endowment Returns?
2014-04-22T13:04:53.362937-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/6885-does-active-management-benefit-endowment-returns-20140422885/
We find that active management for endowments is significantly positively related to higher returns net of fees from U.S. equity allocations over the evaluation period. In addition, endowments with CIOs or OCIOs are better able to earn incremental positive returns from active management than those without. Larger endowments are better able to earn incremental positive returns from active management than the smallest endowments but the effect appears to diminish as endowments increase in size.
These Are The Most Levered Hedge Funds
2014-04-09T14:06:47.766519-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/6698-these-are-the-most-levered-hedge-funds-20140409698/
As a reminder, under Dodd Frank, regulators instructed firms to count assets that most were excluding from tallies on size, including holdings obtained through loans, short sales and hedging. Traditi...
The $25 Billion Plan to Waste Not What Not; Water
2014-03-03T12:13:55.806777-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/6056-the-25-billion-plan-to-waste-not-what-not-water-20140303056/
A $25 billion plan, a small town, and a half-century of wrangling over the most important resource in the biggest state...
Private equity funds bet US$5b on shipping rebound
2014-02-20T10:05:58.384067-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/5838-private-equity-funds-bet-us5b-on-shipping-rebound-20140220838/
Private equity funds that took on shipping debt from banks are betting ship prices that collapsed as much as 71pc in five years will rebound...
Markets Live: Stocks finish up - Sydney Morning Herald
2014-01-28T17:30:46.329215-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/5310-markets-live-stocks-finish-up-sydney-morning-herald-20140128310/
Markets Live: Stocks finish upSydney Morning Herald11:59am: Mortgage demand is up 15.3 per cent year-on-year for the fourth-quarter, a sharp rise from 9.3 per cent in the previous period, research compiled by a private data analytics firm shows. The increase in queries was driven mostly ... 11:24am: A ...and more
Barclays Africa exits private equity - Financial | Moneyweb
2014-01-16T13:30:34.053981-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/4997-barclays-africa-exits-private-equity-financial-moneyweb-20140116997/
Moneyweb - Breaking news, independent analysis, latest JSE share prices, exchange rates and data on investment, finance and business in South AfricaBarclays Africa Group, Absa Capital Private Equity...
What Are the Risks Associated with Hedge Funds? Operational Risk Management & Banking (199
2014-01-16T11:09:33.728906-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/4994-what-are-the-risks-associated-with-hedge-funds-operational-risk-management-banking-199-20140116994/
In June 2006, prompted by a letter from Gary J. Aguirre, the Senate Judiciary Committee began an investigation into the links between hedge funds and indepen...In June 2006, prompted by a letter from ...
Lyxor Hedge Fund Indices up 1.15 in December (+7.0 YTD)
2014-01-08T12:00:58.788788-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/4787-lyxor-hedge-fund-indices-up-115-in-december-70-ytd-20140108787/
Opalesque Industry Update - Decent finish for the Lyxor Hedge Fund Indices, up 1.15% in December and closing the year up +7.0%. 2013, the year of monetary policy players, crowned one winning bet: Long Equity in developed countries and Short both gold and rates. Neutral on all other asset classes. >> Unsurprisingly, strategies playing an equity beta and restructuring themes offered the best returns, in particular L/S Equity and Event Driven funds. Conversely, L/S Credit and Fixed Income suffered from their trading fields falling out of favor.
Davis Polk: Explaining the Volcker Rule in 27 Pages
2014-01-06T14:54:45.991137-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/4700-davis-polk-explaining-the-volcker-rule-in-27-pages-20140106700/
Normally, it’s not in the nature of law firms to oversimplify complex government regulations for their biggest customers. But Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has decided to do just that for its mega-banking...
U.S. Treasury research office sees less riskiness in hedge funds
2013-12-18T19:06:53.385201-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/3974-us-treasury-research-office-sees-less-riskiness-in-hedge-funds-20131218974/
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A preliminary analysis of a new trove of hedge fund data has found that the industry may not be as risky as conventionally thought, a U.S. Treasury Department official said on M...
US House passes bill to exempt private equity funds from rules - Reuters
2013-12-13T18:17:11.829660-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/3755-us-house-passes-bill-to-exempt-private-equity-funds-from-rules-reuters-20131213755/
Washington PostUS House passes bill to exempt private equity funds from rulesReutersWASHINGTON Dec 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that would largely spare private equity fund advisers from federal regulations enacted after the 2007-2009 financial crisis. The bill would exempt many private...House votes to ease rules for private equity firms, hoping to bolster small ...Washington PostHouse OKs Exempting Private Equity From SEC RegistrationWall Street JournalHouse Votes To Shield Private Equity Firms From Dodd-Frank DisclosureHuffington PostInsideCounsel-HispanicBusiness.com-FINalternativesall 30 news articles
Analysis: Why hedge funds still manage to seduce
2013-11-24T21:41:43.376713-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/3141-analysis-why-hedge-funds-still-manage-to-seduce-20131124141/
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund investor Hugh Culverhouse Jr. says the $2.25 trillion industry was an easier place for wealthy individuals to make money a decade ago.Funds were smaller, returns were h...
Private-Equity Landlords Won't Blow Up the Economy
2013-11-07T17:45:35.508239-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/2640-private-equity-landlords-wont-blow-up-the-economy-20131107640/
While it often makes sense to be skeptical of financial innovation, securitizing rental payments is probably a good idea....
If It Looks Like a Bank, Regulate It Like a Bank
2013-11-05T06:12:13.396293-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/2513-if-it-looks-like-a-bank-regulate-it-like-a-bank-20131105513/
Five years after a crisis that almost took down the world economy, regulators are still groping for a way to address one of the global financial system’s most obvious weaknesses: the trillions of doll...
More hedge fund failures likely
2013-10-25T16:03:07.014688-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/2147-more-hedge-fund-failures-likely-20131025147/
LONDON (Reuters) - The recent turmoil in financial markets could mean more hedge fund collapses, but any casualties are unlikely to threaten global financial stability in the way Long Term Capital Man...
Stanley Fink's Hedge-Fund Revival at ISAM Sours as Losses Mount
2013-10-08T14:49:46.967624-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/1936-stanley-finks-hedge-fund-revival-at-isam-sours-as-losses-mount-20131008936/
Stanley Fink, who oversaw a 10-fold increase in Man Group Plc (EMG)'s assets under management during his seven years as chief executive officer, is finding it harder to keep investors...
Investors turn their backs on robot hedge funds
2013-10-08T13:37:27.432759-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/1925-investors-turn-their-backs-on-robot-hedge-funds-20131008925/
Investors in the $330 billion computer-driven hedge fund sector are pulling out money for the first time since 2008, data showed on Wednesday, signaling the possible start of a bigger exit...