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Currency Funds Face Diminishing Returns

Source: Wall Street Journal, Jan 10 2013, 5:07pm CST

By Matthew Walter And Clare Connaghan John Taylor, who has run one of the biggest currency hedge funds for more than three decades, is facing a harsh reality: The good times, at least for now, are gone.Mr. Taylor says the past few years have be ...

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6 hours ago

Fiat Chief Pulls Out the Deal Wrench

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 24 2013, 7:22pm CDT

By Christina Rogers and Sharon Terlep Sergio Marchionne is trying to pull off the deal of his lifetime, and there are lots of pieces to go around for bankers, lawyers and other cogs in the Wall Street deal machine.The chief executive ...

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8 hours ago

The Capital Asset Pricing Model

Source: PaperCamp.com  |   May 24 2013, 5:17pm CDT

‘The Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) is a very useful model and it is used widely in the industry even though it is based on very strong assumptions. Discuss in the light of recent developments in the area.’ The Capital Asset Pricing Model ...

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14 hours ago

Fed's Bullard: ECB May Need New Stimulus

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 24 2013, 11:37am CDT

By Jason Douglas LONDON—The risk of a disorderly breakup of the euro zone has diminished in the past year but the European Central Bank may need to consider new stimulus measures if the prospects for the 17-nation economy don't improve, a top F ...

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15 hours ago

3i Group Bids for Barclays' Infrastructure Fund Management Business

Source: WalletPop  |   May 24 2013, 9:55am CDT

The European business has an investment team based in both London and Paris, while its assets under management are worth around 780 million pounds, having invested a total of 1.7 billion pounds across six fund ...

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17 hours ago

French operators under pressure as costs rise, but revenues drop

Source: Fierce Wireless  |   May 24 2013, 8:40am CDT

The latest figures from French telecoms regulator Arcep provide a stark reminder of the pressures being faced by France's operators, which spent €2 billion more in 2012 than in 2011 but recorded a 3.3 per cent drop in revenue to €5 ...

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17 hours ago

FOREX-Dollar recoups losses to trade flat vs euro after US data

Source: Reuters  |   May 24 2013, 8:16am CDT

* U.S. durable good orders better than expected in April * Yen stays firm versus dollar after strong gains Thursday NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - The dollar recovered to trade flat against the euro on Friday after the ...

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18 hours ago

Can Hedge Funds Survive Bernanke?

Source: Pension Pulse  |   May 24 2013, 7:38am CDT

James Greiff of Bloomberg reports, : You have to wonder how long an industry that underperforms the broader market will stay around. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. published a chart today comparing the performanc ...

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18 hours ago

FOREX-Euro gains after strong German Ifo, yen firms

Source: Reuters Mobile  |   May 24 2013, 7:03am CDT

* Euro gains as better Ifo makes ECB easing less likely * German Ifo business climate survey well above forecasts * Yen stays firm versus dollar after strong gains Thursday LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - The euro rose against the dollar ...

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18 hours ago

Bonus Bananas May 24, 2013

Source: Wall Street Oasis  |   May 24 2013, 6:59am CDT

Hi WSO, long time lurker here, lots of useful advice on the boards and I finally made an account. I am attempting to make the transition to Asset management and have a first round interview with JPM to join as an analyst. I am comin ...

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19 hours ago

Italian firms tap debt market as bank lending dries up

Source: Reuters Mobile  |   May 24 2013, 6:47am CDT

MILAN (Reuters) - More Italian companies are set to tap the debt market for the first time this year, hoping to attract yield-hungry investors and find alternative sources of funds as bank lending dries up. Out of the 25 bonds sold by Ita ...

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