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

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

This article announcing Morgan Stanley's plans to invest in Jutian Fund Management is important because it reveals another component of Morgan Stanley's investment strategy.   It also indicates that wealthy Chinese may be a more lucrative target for foreign investors, as opposed to the potential...

1. Asset managers and plan sponsors alike should have a vested interest in valuation best practices. 2. Poor valuation process adversely impacts nearly every element of investment management, including hedge size, portfolio re-balancing, performance reports and the ability to attract and retain institutional...

1.Too much confidence in a fund is not good for wealth 2.A case of regulators blinking while the bear hugs.