Steven Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management Will Create Advisory Board
Steven A. Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management plans to establish an advisory board with prominent business figures as part of ongoing efforts to bolster its management and move beyond the problems of it...
SEC Charges HF Manager With Bilking Investors and Portfolio Pumping
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Minneapolis-based hedge fund manager, his investment advisory firm, and an accomplice with bilking investors in two hedge funds out of more than...
Venture Capital's Best-Kept Secrets And Learnings From Two Startup CEOs
Having pitched quite a few VCs as a CEO/founder and taken investment from several, and been through 4-5 liquidity events, over 15 years, let me share a few non-obvious learnings that may help you:...
Progressive and Forward-Looking New World Bank Group Strategy
The World Bank Group's Board of Executive Directors today endorsed a new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Rwanda which will mobilize World Bank Group financing and knowledge behind three priori...
On Overstated Book Titles
I will review in the next few days, The Secret Club That Runs The World. Great book with a lousy title. Sensationalistic, and I bet the marketers at the publisher created the title.
Despite Satisfied Customers, FAs Can’t Rest Easy
The latest “Futurewealth Report,” sponsored by SEI, Scorpio Partnership and NPG Wealth Management, finds that 64% of affluent individuals think their “main money manager has a good knowledge of their core financial needs.” The study further shows clients value regular interaction with their wealth managers. This contact can come in a variety of forms, including “ongoing communications” in the form of newsletters and social-media updates, “strong research, or engaging dialogue"...
Kentucky Searching for Financial Advisor to State Universities
The Office of Financial Management (“OFM”) of the Finance and Administration Cabinet of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, on behalf of the state-supported universities in the Commonwealth, is
inviting proposals from pre-qualified firms to provide financial advisory services to the institutions.
Six Habits of Highly Successful Advisors
Successful advisors and financial institutions are winning business in a competitive marketplace by building and managing differentiated investment portfolios and running their enterprises efficiently and profitably. We are in a position to observe them and see what they are doing to set themselves apart.
Eurocrats hand custodians a voting problem
The European Commission’s plans to revise its Shareholder Rights Directive to encourage cross-border participation in company governance may cause considerable headaches for custodian banks, according to experts.
Alyeska Raises $196.5 Million for Second Aleutian Fund
The first Aleutian Fund, Ltd had raised over 1.37 billion in capital contributions as of Q4 2013.