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- Four Opinions on OTC Derivatives
- Susan M. Mangiero submits: According to the Bank for International Settlements ("BIS"), the global market size for over-the-counter ("OTC") derivatives, as of June 2008, exceeded $683 trillion yes trillion or $683,725 billion. (These numbers reflect notional amounts outstanding.) Notably, an expanded use of interest rate swaps helped to push...
- External links 2008-12-14
- Private Equity to Be Covered Under Hedge Fund Transparency Act
- Susan M. Mangiero submits: According to Financial Times reporter Henny Sender, private equity firms are facing significant challenges. Some portfolio companies are unlikely to fare well in a recession. Others are burdened by debt. Private equity kings did not count on having to "beg" (Sender's word, not mine) institutional...
- External links 2009-02-04
- Two Consulting Giants Merge: Que Pasa?
- Susan M. Mangiero submits: With the news of Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt WW merging to form Towers Watson, tongues are wagging about what this means for the employee benefits consulting business in general. According to the June 28, 2009 press release, the all stock deal "will create one...
- External links 2009-06-29
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- A Seal of Approval for Hedge Funds
- Susan M. Mangiero submits: In a recent interview, Mr. Stanley Goldstein announced the creation of an industry watchdog group, led by the New York Hedge Fund Roundtable. Its goal is to self-enforce otherwise voluntary and "weak" hedge fund practices. (As I wrote in "Doris Day, Scarlett O'Hara and Financial Market Tumult,"...
- External links 2008-08-11
- The SEC and US Department of Labor Join Forces
- Susan M. Mangiero submits: In its July 29, 2008, press release, two regulatory giants, the SEC and Department of Labor, "formally recognize their effective and informal working relationships and their expectation of continued cooperation." This includes:Regular meetings "to discuss matters of mutual interest,"Points of Contact "to facilitate communications between...
- External links 2008-08-11
- Fannie's Game of Musical Chairs
- Susan M. Mangiero submits: According to Wall Street Journal reporters James R. Hagerty and Aparajita Saha-Burna, musical chairs is in session at Fannie Mae FNM. Besides a new chief business officer and CFO, the former Senior Vice President for Credit Risk Oversight takes the lead on all things risk....
- External links 2008-08-28
- Will 2 and 20 Soon Be Gone?
- Susan M. Mangiero submits: Wall Street Journal reporters describe a trend that some believe was once only urban legend, namely hedge fund managers cutting their fees. In "Hedge Funds' Capital Idea: Fee Cuts" (September 9, 2008), Jenny Strasburg and Craig Karmin describe a new balance of power in which investors...
- External links 2008-09-09
- How Many Hedge Funds Have Valuation Processes?
- Susan M. Mangiero submits: Business Valuation Resources and Pension Governance, LLC just completed a joint survey on business valuation firms that currently provide valuation services to hedge fund clients. It appears that relatively few hedge funds are reaching out to the business valuation profession, despite regulatory and legal pressures to improve valuation...
- External links 2008-09-10
- How Much More Will Pensions Lose in Financials?
- Susan M. Mangiero submits: One good thing about being an occasional night owl is that you get to blog about breaking news. Unfortunately, yesterday's headlines are gloomy indeed. Here's a quick recap. According to a company press release (dated September 15, 2008), Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. LEH intends to...
- External links 2008-09-14
- Would Better Disclosure Have Saved WaMu?
- Susan M. Mangiero submits: According to a September 25, 2008 press release from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC Seeks More Transparent Disclosure for Investors"), pundits will gather in Washington, D.C. on October 8 to wax poetic about transparency. Two panels will convene to address "data, technology, and...
- External links 2008-09-26
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