How Social Media Is Changing The Hedge Fund Industry
Many institutional investors are contacted by thousands of managers a year, meeting with a few hundred, have follow up meetings with fifty, and ultimately allocating to two. In this competitive environment, having a well-thought-out social media strategy is one way to achieve this.
Twitter Media Head Chloe Sladden is Leaving
Chloe Sladden, the high-profile executive in charge of Twitter’s media unit, is leaving the company. Sources familiar with the company say she informed her team of her plans today...
Twitter COO Rowghani Resigns From Job on Twitter
Ali Rowghani, COO of Twitter, resigned from his job at the social communications site, announcing the move in a tweet. While his tweet makes clear he is leaving the company, according to a company filing, he is staying as a “strategic advisor” to CEO Dick Costolo. Translation: He’s leaving.
Quarterly Hedge Fund Tracker
The 4th video in the Hedge Fund series as S&P Capital IQ's Pavle Sabic takes a unique, holistic and aggregate look at what the most prominent hedge funds are buying and selling. Is Apple as hot as Facebook and why has Endo hit the limelight?
How Social Media Is Changing Wealth Management: an Interview with Commonwealth CEO Wayne Bloom
The ultimate goal of everything we do, including our social media efforts, is to foster greater engagement with our audiences, which, as a result, leads to deeper and more lasting relationships. This metric applies for our advisors reaching their clients and prospects as well as for Commonwealth and the audiences we’re connecting with.
Social media fuels Chinese overseas real estate purchases
In the last six month of 2013, $1.1 billion worth of potential transactions were referred to international agents by Juwai.com, the largest real estate portal that targets Chinese buyers looking abroad. It was unclear how many deals were actually completed.
Facebook Is in the Market for a new CFO
David Ebersman — the CFO who took Facebook public and attracted some level of scrutiny for its rocky initial ride — is departing the company later this year.
Since the IPO, though, it has been pretty smooth sailing — though rather busy — for Ebersman, who has helped with a number of big acquisitions, from Instagram for $1 billion to the recent WhatsApp buy for $19 billion.
Hedge Funds Lost their Finesse with Technology in March
Betting on the growth of technology companies proved to be a dangerous game in March as sharp stock declines burned some prominent hedge fund investors....
Former Facebook Developer Network Head Joins Greylock as EIR
I’ve gotten to know Ethan closely over the past number of years through Greylock’s involvement with Facebook. Through his executive leadership as Director of the Facebook Developer Network, Ethan was instrumental to the the building and growth of the Facebook Platform.
Twitter's Quarterly Earnings Report: Revenue Growth, but Users are Lagging
The bottom line—and the best news from this report—is that Twitter was able to wring more money out of its existing user base: $1.49 for every 1,000 timeline views, up 75% from a year prior.