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

The article implies gold's recent price action qualifies it as an alternative investment.  However, short-term observations of price action and the relationship of the price of gold and the dollar are not convincing enough to cause one to invest in gold.  Trade gold, perhaps, but not invest....

1. When the Sensex ran up from 10000 to 19000, it was not in a day! 2. If FIIs money was pouring and it was not coming in a regulated manner, what were the regulators doing? 3. If the regulators wanted to take action, Firstly, they could have stopped the Outflow, before stooping to announcements which...

1. Pension fiduciaries must ask tough questions about a hedge fund's valuation policies and procedures. 2. There are many "tricks" that can be played when reporting valuations of "hard-to-value" instruments.

1. Pension fiduciaries must understand how their external asset managers value "hard-to-value" assets. 2. Fiduciaries could face personal and professional liability for failing to do proper oversight of external money managers with respect to asset valuation. 3. Model risk is real and must be addressed...

1.) Gold is higher, yes, but all is well 2.) Demand for commodities is driving Gold higher - Not fear. 3.) This demand is not going away anytime soon.

1.Solid metal, solid returns 2.There is a huge appetite for investment in gold and gold investment funds provide an alternative to ownership of the metal. 2.There is a huge appetite for investment in gold and gold investment funds provide an alternative to ownership of the metal.

Since last 16th August gold prices have gone through an almost vertical climb from $652.4 to $746.8 an ounce, nearly $100 in 45 days and the highest price in the last 27 years. The Equity Funds category investing in gold constitutes a profitable alternative to the unstable capital markets and to...

CDO pricing has weaknesses, yet buy-side investors can make educated guesses about fair market value changes by learning about some CDO modeling details I outline here.

The Credit Rating Agencies came under fire in two Congressional hearings this week. While it is still unlikely that Congress will pass substantive legislation affecting S&P, Moody's or Fitch, pressure on the SEC is mounting. One can expect the SEC to modify its regulations to require increased transparency,...

I have two suggestions for credit rating agencies to follow for improving the ratings process for tranched bonds so as to better weather the current storm of investigations