Oxstones Investment Club™Faith in the Banking industry low amongst High Net Worth Individuals – but are Private Banks like Duncan Lawrie part […]
Och-Ziff hedge fund looks to exit landlord business
By Matthew Goldstein and Jennifer Ablan NEW YORK (Reuters) – One of the first big hedge funds to try to […]
It Don’t Cost Nothin’ To Be Nice
By Larry Burton, From Bleacher Report, http://bleacherreport.com/articles/61880-it-dont-cost-nothin-to-be-nice At a Touchdown Club meeting many years before his death, Coach Paul “Bear” […]
Mexico’s 2013 budget predicts 3.5 percent growth
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican Treasury Secretary Luis Videgaray estimates the country’s economy will increase 3.5 percent next year, slightly […]
Why Russia is favourite bond investment
(By EM) Risk appetite is likely to come back to the markets early next year if the US “fiscal cliff” […]
How Not To Run A Hedge Fund: Geoff Grant Edition
Most amusing little snippet in FT’s Alphaville: Grant Capital Partners is being shut down. This hedge-fund manager wind-down is brought […]
Housing Recovery Depends on Slashed Mortgage Debt
By Diana Olick Rising home prices are the foundation of today’s housing recovery. They are drawing much-needed buyers back to […]
Weschler Rise From Grace Leads to Role Advising Buffett
Ted Weschler’s first job after college was at chemical maker W.R. Grace & Co. (GRA)In 2007, six years after the […]
For Buffett, the Long Run Still Trumps the Quick Return
By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, From http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/12/03/for-buffett-the-long-run-still-trumps-the-quick-return/ “If somebody bought Berkshire Hathaway in 1965 and they held it, they made a […]
Blackstone targets stakes in hedge fund managers
By Greg Roumeliotis and Katya Wachtel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Blackstone Group LP (BX.N) is preparing to launch a multibillion-dollar […]