Banks can no longer manage loan books in isolation. A new survey reveals how portfolio managers are dealing with growing […]
Why Housing is About to Eat the US Economy
One of the most influential business op-eds of the decade was Marc Andreessen’s August 20th, 2011 piece in the Wall […]
The 14 best places to go if the world is going to end
Man-made climate change is starting to take its toll, and the world will soon officially have warmed up by 1 degree […]
Advocates push for the U.S. Postal Service to offer basic banking
Until the late 1960s, you could walk into a post office and deposit money in a savings account at the […]
Real Time Settlement, A Unique Piece of The BlockChain
One of the things I never understood about back office financial payment systems was settlement. Why did it take so […]
100 Largest Private Companies
By Douglas A. McIntyre A number of America’s largest private companies are big enough in terms of revenue that had they […]
US alt managers increasing focus on core real estate, says Fitch
Alternative investment managers (IMs) are pursuing core and core-plus real estate investment strategies as an avenue for sustaining growth, according […]
This is the best time to borrow money in history
This is the best time to borrow money in recorded history. That’s right: Interest rates are lower today than they were […]
King Ken: Recovered Citadel chief takes the hedge fund throne
Lawrence Delevingne | @ldelevingne In April, a hedge fund firm in Chicago snagged arguably the most sought after economic mind in […]
Blackstone champions hedge funds for the little guy
NEW YORK | BY LAUREN TARA LACAPRA Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Blackstone Group, in New York February […]