20 May 2017

Goldman Sachs Charity donations

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The honrable thing - do good and do not talk about it! Room to Read Goldman Sachs party - Business Insider
19 May 2017

Slap on the Wrist for Omega's Cooperman

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Can one call a $5 million fine significant given that Cooperman is a certified billionaire? Slap on the wrist would be more appropriate. And...
17 May 2017

Vanguard's new UK Online Offering

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Afraid this is the way things will go - I  remember the time (more than 45 years ago) when Robeco's international flagship fund charged ...
15 May 2017

EU: Free Trade only when Eurocrats like it?

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Talk about EU being a bastion of Free Markets is Rubbish! Services - the growing part of advanced economies - are carefully excluded where i...
11 May 2017

Johnny Depp made $650 million but couldn't pay for his lavish lifestyle

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Just another reason for inequality is demonstrated by this: Copyright protection for Movies and Actors? Is it really necessary for the benef...
10 May 2017

Regulation: Race to the bottom?

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If rules are interpreted so 'flexibly' in the USA it will be interesting to see how 'Europe' reacts (if the sleepy bureaucra...
6 May 2017

Swiss National Bank the "Greater Fool?

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Amazing focus on biggest Momentum stocks shows lack of imagination in this bastion of Conformity. "Mystery" Central Bank Buyer Re...
4 May 2017

Risk Parity: Just another name for Portfolio Insurance?

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Risk Parity - like Smart Beta or Factor Investing - is old wine in new bottles. A Bull market always needs a rationale to justify the irrati...
1 May 2017

Compliance hiring at fever-pitch!

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My (pessimistic) prognosis of  'One Compliance Kommissar behind every productive Staffer' is soon (already?) sad reality. Wish the s...
27 Apr 2017

Deutsche Bank: Bye Bye London? but not because of Brexit

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The track record of the bank is nothing to write home about. The huge build-up in London, from an insignificant commercial branch in the mid...