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September 17, 2009
Hedge funds forced to rethink customer base
...activist strategies, which typically involve taking stakes in companies and lobbying their boards for change, were set to outperform...institutional investors, such as pension funds and insurance companies, which manage huge pools of capital and are under increasing pressure to deliver...years. “You can’t just hire some asset manager from xyz investment bank and then expect money to come in.” The... By Sam Jones, Hedge Fund Correspondent
October 16, 2009
Facing up to change
...particularly attractive to large institutional clients. It is these institutional investors – pension funds, insurance companies or asset managers – that hedge funds are increasingly keen to court. At present, institutional money currently accounts for about...get lost’ days are over,” says one London hedge fund manager. “You can’t just hire some asset manager from XYZ investment bank and then expect money to come in.” Indeed, the hedge fund as a small, nimble outfit with a pinball machine... By Sam Jones
April 5, 2008
Sleep easier with 'bed' strategy
...investors and not promoted by most Sipp companies, there are a number of variations to these...commercial property, although with both companies there is also a charge of £500. The most...1,000 to buy back £1,000 of XYZ shares from non-Sipp portfolio, then...simultaneously. * Alternatively, sell £1,000 XYZ shares and contribute proceeds to Sipp for... By Steve Lodge
January 7, 2008
Who should own the auditors?
...dominate the audits of all the top global companies. They fear possible turmoil should...a similar implosion could leave top companies struggling to find another auditor with...meet better the needs of the largest companies that tend currently to gravitate to the...around who would invest, and why. "Say XYZ investor invests in BDO. Where does... By Jennifer Hughes
December 2, 2008
A tale of two banking crises
...crawling all over the affairs of large companies, leaving very few exclusive tid bits...industrialised. By the end of the 90s, big companies might not even have press conferences...example, ABC Bank is in difficulty – XYZ is in the same line of business, and... By Richard Lambert
February 12, 2008
College a waste of time and money for kids
...blogs, or websites related to your favourite interests. Companies are dying for good content. Create your own blog, get yourself noticed, build relationships with other content companies and communities. 2. Take half the fee for one semester...should appear "click here to get all your friends to try XYZ") and see which ones are a success. I mention Facebook... By James Altucher
March 22, 2008
Making a modern legacy
...considered hip to wear designer sunglasses and own the latest mobile phone, which might cost a month's salary, international companies are not having it all their own way. Some were shocked when the Chinese company Ningbo Bird began to claim a share of the...contemporary yet reflect their heritage. At Pearl Lam's galleries, the east/west relationship has a different slant. An XYZ chair merges cultures: Louis XV style collides with traditional Chinese and is brought up to date with upholstery made from... By Lauris Morgan-Griffiths
March 22, 2008
Making a modern legacy
...considered hip to wear designer sunglasses and own the latest mobile phone, which might cost a month’s salary, international companies are not having it all their own way. Some were shocked when the Chinese company Ningbo Bird began to claim a share of...contemporary yet reflect their heritage. At Pearl Lam’s galleries, the east/west relationship has a different slant. An XYZ chair (left) merges cultures: Louis XV style collides with traditional Chinese and is brought up to date with upholstery... By Lauris Morgan-Griffiths
July 30, 2008
Beginning of the end for Swiss banking secrecy
...need to expand abroad. As a result, the Swiss banking sector has effectively trailed other Swiss industries where many companies generate well more than half of their revenues abroad. As yet the question of whether Swiss banks’ international operations...profitable remains unanswered. For some banks the short-term motive may be simply to signal international presence: ”Bank XYZ – Zurich, Geneva, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Singapore, Dubai”. Image and new market development may be... By Winfried Ruigrok and Berno Ullings
April 2, 2007
Why the annual work appraisal fails to make the grade
...arrived. The new ones are just like the old ones and say "xyz is a lively member of the form" who has "made satisfactory...occasionally buried among the bouquets I find a squashed tomato: "xyz must pay more attention to neatness and spelling" or "can...which are glorified school reports for grown-ups. In most companies the yearly appraisal process involves a sticky interview between... By Lucy Kellaway