All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Asset Management & Private Banking

It’s no secret that Venezuela is awash in oil revenues and public spending.  Yet, out of the limelight of high gas prices and Chavista politics, the private sector silently grew faster than any Latin American economy at 8.2% last year.  Even with a slight contraction in the oil sector, the...

The Fed does not know what to do after they reduce interest tomorrow. This follows on the tail of the bailout of Bear Sterns in a sweet heart deal with JP Morgan/ Chase, and the opening of the FED window to non-depositories. The next issue and crisis is going to be the dollar value and its impact on...

1. Market reacts to Bear liquidity and FED temporary bailout plan by dropping over 200 points. 2. Will market continue to yo-yo as these events happen. 3. Will FED change plan if Bear fails?

How afraid is the FED of where the economy is going that has caused them to promote such a drastic step as opening up funds to non depository banks? 1. The Fed lending at Par for devalued assets to Non Banks. 2. Will more money be made available when the markets continues down? 3. How will write...

Provides a brief, non-technical critique of an academic paper developed to promote and legitimize long/short style asset management.  The article reviews attempts to replicate successful Hedge Fund strategies and resistance to the exorbitant fees typically charged, part payable regardless of actual...

Sovereign Wealth Funds have a significant role to play on the global economic stage and with the correct approach can help stabilize global securities markets. Despite the positive role that these funds can provide pending legislation in Congress has created an adverse environment for seeking much...

SWFs have been hailed as saviors by many for their rescue of financial institutions hit hard by the U.S. subprime crisis - why are they resisting  guidelines for "best practices"?

Sandwiched between US financial powerhouses and Middle Eastern SWF's, the EU is threatening additional financial regulation unless greater transparency is achieved.  Greater attention is being paid as the US subprime lending crisis effects many European investors(institutions and municipalities)...

Though neither party warms to the arrangement, Middle East oil exporters and the US are intertwined in a relationship which has grown in size and strength over the past several decades. Despite our protestations and endless goal setting, oil imports climbed as a share of consumption since the 'war'...

If the agents of the US government, Bernanke from the Fed and Paulson from the Treasury, intervene in the functioning of the capital markets as financial excesses unwind, they might create more problems, such as unwittingly making mortage credit more expensive as investors shun them if interest...