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BusinessWeek June 25, 2009 Theo Francis & Mark Scott |
European Regulators Target U.S. Firms New regulatory efforts by European policymakers may put American banks, insurers, and money managers at a competitive disadvantage.  |
BusinessWeek May 13, 2010 Robert Schmidt |
The Charmed Life of Hedge Funds As banks get a tighter leash, funds may remain lightly regulated  |
Chemistry World April 27, 2015 Ned Stafford |
European parliament refuses to back diversion of research cash Key European parliament committees have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to divert euro 2.7 billion of research funding to help finance a new EU-wide economic stimulus package.  |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2003 Alexander M. Ineichen |
Debunking the Myths that Dog Hedge Funds Probably because hedge fund managers have gotten fabulously wealthy and are secretive (guiltily so), a body of untruths has sprung up. Of course, much of it is built on anecdotal evidence, oversimplification, myopia or simple misrepresentation of fact.  |
Registered Rep. February 20, 2006 Kevin Burke |
MFS Chairman Blasts Hedge Funds at NICSA Confab The chairman of fund complex MFS Investment Management is calling for the formation of a task force to overhaul performance reporting for hedge funds.  |
Registered Rep. January 8, 2010 Halah Touryalai |
A Hedge Fund Resurgence There is legislation in Congress that would require hedge funds to make greater disclosures about the details of their operations. The increased regulation coupled with a recent uptick in hedge fund performance will likely entice some advisors to put their clients back into hedge funds.  |
Wall Street & Technology November 17, 2003 |
"Is Elliot Spitzer Here?" Fidelity's president for the Asia-Pacific and Japan region predicts a continued growth in outsourcing demanded by hedge funds, which traditionally piggy-back on the infrastructure and lending capabilities of prime brokers for their trading.  |
BusinessWeek May 2, 2005 Laura Cohn |
Europe's Pension Plans: Switching Over To Hedge Funds More institutional investors are going for higher returns -- and higher risks.  |
Wall Street & Technology November 23, 2009 Greg MacSweeney |
Investors Demand Hedge Fund Transparency Institutional investors are already demanding more transparency from hedge funds. Not to be outdone, regulators are readying new rules for hedge fund reporting.  |
Investment Advisor October 2006 Melanie Waddell |
A Boon For Hedge Funds? The new Pension Act makes it easier for pension funds to invest in hedge funds.  |
Chemistry World April 30, 2010 Sarah Houlton |
EU research faces radical overhaul The European Commission has responded to calls from researchers to cut red tape in EU funding processes and has also proposed radical changes to EU research funding policies, moving towards linking payment to results.  |
CFO October 1, 2010 Alix Stuart |
Thinking Outside the Stocks Corporate pension funds look to alternatives for funding boosts.  |
Fast Company Rose Pastore |
Google Strikes Back Against Europe's Antitrust Charges Google published a blog post on Thursday responding to the European Commission's claims that some of its practices are anti-competitive.  |
HBS Working Knowledge October 6, 2003 D. Quinn Mills |
The Problem with Hedge Funds Hedge funds are the New Big Thing -- and that's bad for the average investor, says professor D. Quinn Mills. An excerpt from Wheel, Deal, and Steal.  |
Knowledge@Wharton February 26, 2003 |
The Perils of Hedge Fund Regulation Hedge fund products are increasingly available to a broader audience than previously had access to this asset class. A barrage of news reports focused on hedge fund fraud and blowups raises the idea that regulation might provide a useful fix. So should hedge funds be regulated? No.  |
Wall Street & Technology February 14, 2006 |
Hedgies Open Their Wallets A new survey finding reflects the large camp of hedge fund managers that believes new SEC registration rules are only the first step in a broader regulatory framework envisioned by the SEC.  |
Wall Street & Technology January 5, 2005 Maria Santos |
The Cost of Compliance The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has come under scrutiny again following the adoption of a recent rule regarding hedge funds.  |
Financial Advisor November 2005 Bruce W. Fraser |
Hedge Funds Continue To Mushroom While the sector is experiencing growing pains and a high mortality rate, the major challenge hedge funds face today is building capacity to meet growing demand for higher returns from institutions and high-net-worth individuals.  |
InternetNews May 23, 2005 Tim Gray |
Microsoft Feeling Deadline Heat The European Union has given Microsoft until the end of the month to deliver satisfactory proposals to settle its case or else face hefty sanctions.  |
Investment Advisor June 2010 |
The Seed Investors' Hedge Fund Opportunity The next generation of hedge fund managers is much more process-driven and institutionally minded than pre-crisis managers.  |
BusinessWeek October 11, 2004 James Mehring |
European Union: Sending The Wrong Signal To Business Recently proposed measures intended to protect workers' health and safety could also be a competitive drag for the EU.  |
Investment Advisor December 2005 Savita Iyer |
Transatlantic Teachers Hedge funds are big news in the U.S., but old news in Europe. What can we learn from Europe's approach to hedge funds?  |
Wall Street & Technology April 14, 2006 Govind Sandhu |
Beyond Registration Persistent compliance efforts may be one of the most critical investments in the success of today's hedge funds.  |
BusinessWeek February 6, 2006 Nanette Byrnes |
Pensions: Hedging Bets In Harrisburg Underfunded state pensions are taking cues from Peter Gilbert's daring investments.  |
Chemistry World June 19, 2014 Ned Stafford |
EU plan to let member states decide on GM The European council of environment ministers would allow member states to go it alone and ban the cultivation of genetically modified crops.  |
Fast Company David Lumb |
Europe Unveils Strategy To (Finally) Compete With U.S. Tech Titans After multiple lawsuits aimed at U.S. tech titans, the European Union is proposing a unified digital marketplace for companies in all 28 member states that would compete with the likes of Facebook and Google.  |
Wall Street & Technology April 11, 2008 Cory Levine |
Hedge Funds Say Technology Is Critical to Business Hedge funds are focusing their technology efforts on improving automation around OTC derivatives, as well as adding collateral management technology and exerting better control over prime brokerage charges and rates, according to a new Aite survey.  |
The Motley Fool October 22, 2009 Dayana Yochim |
Report From the White House: Wimpy Regulators and Red Tape The final installment of our interview with Austan Goolsbee, chief economist for the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board.  |
Chemistry World November 3, 2015 Ned Stafford |
GM food and feed law falters in EU parliament Both GMO supporters and opponents applauded parliament's rejection of the proposed law.  |
Registered Rep. February 23, 2007 Halah Touryalai |
Retail Hedge Fund Investors to the SEC: Buzz Off The SEC thinks it needs to do more to protect wealthy retail investors from the secretive world of hedge funds. But many wealthy investors say they can take care of themselves.  |
Registered Rep. May 27, 2004 Will Leitch |
Anything but Going Long the S&P After suffering through a brutal bear market, investors have been reintroduced to the concept that stocks can go down as well as up. As a result, investment managers have been eager to capitalize on that and to fill a market need: the need to hedge.  |
The Motley Fool June 26, 2011 Maz Jadallah |
Hedge Funds Are Bullish on Equities Hedge funds are increasing their gross exposure to equities to a greater degree than institutional investors.  |
Investment Advisor February 2009 James J. Green |
A Flawed Model or Modeler? There has been much self-satisfied tut-tutting lately by many in the investment management and advisory business over what they perceive as the wholly justified fall to earth of the hedge fund industry.  |
Registered Rep. August 26, 2011 Stan Luxenberg |
Hedge Funds Now Going for Institutional Money Instead of HNW Individuals While hedge funds once catered primarily to wealthy individuals, now the main clients are pensions and institutions. That shift is forcing hedge funds to change the way they operate.  |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2011 Alyce Lomax |
Not-So-Indecent Proposals Watch out for shareholders, especially of Apple Computer, shaking things up at public companies this year.  |
BusinessWeek March 29, 2004 David Fairlamb |
Europe's Pension Problem: Too Few Cradles, Too Few Graves Population trends are forcing drastic reforms in Europe, including reducing people's benefits  |
CFO September 1, 2005 Janet Kersnar |
View From Europe European business was hardly fazed by London's terror attacks. Other political and economic concerns could be more difficult to overcome.  |
Investment Advisor March 2007 Melanie Waddell |
States' Rights The North American Securities Administrators Association's agenda includes preserving state regulators' authority.  |
Chemistry World September 10, 2014 Patrick Walter |
Growth slow for European chemicals in 2014 The European chemicals sector has seen only sluggish growth in the first half of 2014, according to the latest European Chemical Industry Council report.  |
Chemistry World February 18, 2014 Ned Stafford |
GM maize poised for approval in Europe The European commission is on the verge of authorizing a genetically modified maize for cultivation after ministers from EU member nations last week failed to muster a large enough majority to reject the crop.  |
BusinessWeek June 19, 2006 Mara Der Hovanesian |
Where's The Heat On Hedge Funds? With the huge potential for abuse by money launderers, calls for oversight get louder.  |
Wall Street & Technology February 4, 2005 Maria Santos |
Alternative Investment Tools As hedge funds gain wider acceptance in the wealth-management space, investment advisers struggle to determine how they fit into their clients' portfolios.  |
Chemistry World December 4, 2014 Ned Stafford |
Plan to divert EU research cash into investment fund gets chilly response from scientists The proposal would see the money moved from Horizon 2020 into a new investment fund to bolster Europe's economy and create jobs.  |
Investment Advisor January 2006 Barreto & Joseph |
Hedgeworld Hedge Fund Focus: ERISA Ponders Alternatives As more pension fund money has been flowing into hedge funds -- catching the eye of the SEC and perhaps pushing the move to manager registration -- legislators have acted to ease pension fund access to hedge funds.  |
Chemistry World October 31, 2014 Ned Stafford |
Plea for EU to act on GM from plant scientists 21 top European plant scientists have issued an open letter demanding that the EU take action to ensure that they and other scientists are able to pursue genetically modified plant research.  |
BusinessWeek October 31, 2005 Mara Der Hovanesian |
Hedges: The New Corporate ATMs Hedge funds and other institutional investors are lending money to corporations as banks get pickier.  |
Wall Street & Technology September 18, 2006 |
Registration's Lingering Effects It appears as though the ill-fated SEC hedge fund registration requirement will have a lasting effect on many in the hedge fund industry.  |
Chemistry World January 28, 2014 Ned Stafford |
Europe wants to get tough on plastic waste The European parliament has signaled that it is prepared to support an ambitious effort by the European commission to sharply reduce the level of 'dangerous plastics' in the environment.  |
BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 Theo Francis |
Washington Swings at Reform In subtle but significant ways, policymakers will change the way Wall Street does business.  |
Fast Company John Paul Titlow |
The EU Officially Reveals Its Plan To Reduce Silicon Valley's Power In Europe As part of its ongoing effort to reposition its economy, the European Union just formally unveiled plans to unify its fractured markets and take a more aggressive stance toward U.S. tech companies.  |