Financial & Business Services News by GLG Council Members
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The Rewards of Specialization and Focus
February 9, 2010
Is the Recovery Real? | www.margolisadvisory.com
It is much easier to be successful when narrowly focused on differentiated skills. This is even more true in today's difficult environment.
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Monster Buys HotJobs- Does it Matter?
February 8, 2010
Monster Buying HotJobs | www.workforce.com
Per market response, sentiments regarding the Monster/ Hotjobs deal are fairly balanced and there is a general lack of interest. Further analysis shows this is attributed to the online recruitment communities current focus on social media. Although social media is critical, there are tangible results of the Monster/ HotJobs deal that do alter the online recruitment market and may affect how the market evolves in relation to social media recruitment.
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Dubai's debt restructuring more time consuming and more complex?
February 8, 2010
Dubai's Debt Blues | www.iimagazine.com
The lack of a standstill agreement on Dubai's World's debts demonstrates the scale of the problem With over 97 creditor banks the lack of agreement casts a shadow over the overall restructuring process. Recourse under the reorganization plan enacted in December could be an increasing possibility increasing the pressure on the emirate to sell of its trophy assets. Global concerns on sovereign debt \also look sensitive to any further systemic shocks.
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Earnings miss, but management is missing
February 6, 2010
cme-group-inc-q4-2009-earnings-call-transcript | seekingalpha.com
CME missed earnings. The way the company is run has more to do with it than the business model.CME faces competition, but mostly from NY banks and the CFTC.ELX=parasite exchangeNo innovation.
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February 6, 2010
Today's Market: Bargain Hunting or Short Covering at the Close? | seekingalpha.com
Shorts ran for cover on the close. The market is trading off of the British Pound. The Pound came off it's lows and this gave a boost to the market. The market discounted unemployment. Too many people are not even being counted now. The market is very wary of Europe.
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Fixing State Street's Revenue Model
February 5, 2010
State Street Reaches USD313m Settlement | pr.statestreet.com
The top priority for Jay Hooley, who takes over as CEO in March, is to find a better mix of revenues, weaning the bank off its heavy reliance on capital markets and trading whilst beefing up its fee-based income stream.
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Centralized Clearing of OTC Derivatives: Devil in the Details
February 4, 2010
Centralized Clearing of OTC Derivatives: Devil in the Details | www.greenwich.com
A new Greenwich Market Pulse shows that corporations and financial institutions agree that moving OTC derivatives trading to a system of centralized clearing would be an effective means of managing both counterparty risk at an individual level and marketwide systemic risk.
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February 4, 2010
Recession's job losses likely to rise by nearly 1 million | finance.yahoo.com
Are things this really worse in the USA? How will other economies respond when a major wheel in the global economy needs repair, or .. replacement???Where is the problem here causing over a million, mostly highly educated persons, to sit at home , unemployed, watching TV, and getting poorer by the day, and who is getting rich? Did these people cause the economic crisis? What will be the probable 'Tsunami' impact on other global economies?
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Discussion paper on issues facing Small and Medium hiring businesses in 2010
February 3, 2010
Tactical advice for Australian SMEs fighting the war for talent: | hoojano.com.au
For small & medium businesses (SMEs) to compete in the war for talent, they must find new ways to connect to candidates or stay at the mercy of current service providers SMEs struggle to get candidates when they're scarce & they will be in 2010 Current solutions either ineffective or too expensive for SMEs Trend to online professional networking has created new talent pools New technologies tap into these sources of talent with little up-front risk The SME Hirer must embrace them
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February 1, 2010
Is the Recovery Real? | www.margolisadvisory.com
In the event of a substantial market break, will the asset management industry be prepared? Some steps have been taken, but the jury is out on whether firms are truly ready.
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