27 Jun 2017

Soothing Words about ETF - But Liquidity disappears when we need it most

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The market does provide super liquidity that one could never imagine in the past. But when the music stops there will NOT be enough chairs! ...
14 Jun 2017

NYC proposes to prohibit asking candidates about current salary

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Not clear why Messrs. Schwarzman (Blackstone) and Corbat (Citigroup) would have any objection. All prospective employers need to know is wha...
13 Jun 2017

Money laundering laws - waste of money and attack on privacy

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Anti Money Laundering laws - nearly as useless as the attack on alcohol during the 1920s in the USA. And instigated from the same legislativ...
12 Jun 2017

Outsourcing without limits?

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Should national and supranational regulation allow the unconstrained outsourcing of vital enterprise functions? Information Technology is no...
11 Jun 2017

Credit Ratings - still no reform

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While regulators have produced tons of paper simple and effective reform of Credit Rating Agencies has not happened. https://papers.ssrn.co...
1 Jun 2017

Is big better in Money Management Biz?

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Bigger does not necessarily mean better. Big fund managers did something right otherwise they would not be big. But that could also be their...

EU wants a ban on UK firms setting up Brexit shell companies

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So what is supposed to be a 'Shell Company'? Are the Eurocrats going to prescribe the exact number of jobs that have to be hired by ...
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 ...