31 May 2020

London is Top City Brand

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London is the world’s top “City Brand”, with Sydney, Paris, New York, and Rome rounding out the top five, according to the people in ten cou...
27 Nov 2019

Let Politicians sort out Climate Change

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And Fund Managers should get on with doing their job, which is find good investments for their clients. Has ANYONE ever heard of this 'T...
21 Oct 2019

Fund Management Consolidation - a caveat

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Anath Capital acquires Stratton Street  and will integrate the credit fund manager's $500 Mio AuM with its Garraway Capital s...
26 Apr 2019

Asset Managers strive to cut Banks out of Forex Dealing

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Not sure that FX trading is such a significant drag on performance. Maybe fund managers should just do less frantic in- and out trading. And...
27 Mar 2019

Hedge Fund blows up - where was Citi's risk management?

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If the lenders - in this case Citigroup is quoted - of liquidity don't manage their risk and losses result it is easy to blame the hedge...
6 Mar 2019

Pay Gap reporting - nothing but an Employment Scheme?

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Ever since Pay Reporting for senior Executives became standard practice (and started an upward spiral of executive compensation) virtue sign...
8 Jan 2019

Yellow Vest Protests - France

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Violence certainly is not a pleasant experience but neither is life under a semi-democratic state that gives citizens no say except in a box...
4 Dec 2018

Balyasny said to cut 125 People

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It is quite amazing that a Hedge Fund - or any Investment Manager - with an AuM just under $12 billion can have a cast of hundreds, more tha...
1 Mar 2018

RBS/Natwest worried about Irish Border question

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One should think that RBS/Natwest has more problems than this one. Not sure why there is such a fuss about the Northern Ireland border. Simp...
21 Dec 2017

Beware of Age Discrimination with targeted Ads

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Facebook job ads allow age discrimination lawsuit claims (Marketwatch)