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

The Joy of Private Equity The article states that troubled public companies get cured from all their ills by being acquired. That statement is not necessarily true in all cases. While corporate basket cases often do get their assets recycled by being acquired, most private equity deals are not basket...

This article is important because it introduces the reader to Alan D. Schwartz, the new sole President of Bear Stearns, a dominant player in the mbs markets and raises the question of whether he can assure bankers regarding Bear's ability to retain the same access to the same money at the...

Recent discoveries regarding Chinese distribution of poisonous toothpaste, dog food and candy should cause us to reassess China's position as an Economic powerhouse. Sure, the Japanese and Koreans once made dodgy products, but their mistakes were due to their learning curve, as opposed to a deliberate...

1. Someone has to clearly "own" the valuation process check responsibility or pension fiduciaries could be exposed to tremendous liability for poor decision-making. 2. Smoothing makes it difficult, perhaps impossible, to gauge a hedge fund's risk and return profile. 3. Pension funds critically depend...

The US  is  doing  everything  possible  to  make life difficult  for hedge funds  and  fund managers  and  in  the  form  of  tax  and  regulatory  disincentives. Amsterdam  and  London  are ...

Most PE groups do not out perform market Emphasis on new processes, techniques and skill sets of PE associates will bring greater results

1. Private Equity is much more , readibly, available , than Shareholder Equity. 2.The salient issue at hand - Private Equity is the future of the economy.Regulatory authority is minimized. 3. A sizable reduction in legal costs: Private Equity will not be as scrutinized by the authorities as would be...

PE is quickly become too hot and overexposed for its own good.

Plans to regulate hedge funds are on their way in Germany. This analysis focuses on the regulatory corner points actually discussed and their impact on the investors. The Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) is planning a law for the delimitation of financial market risks which is to come into force parallel...

1. Increasingly, pension-related lawsuits allege fiduciary breach. 2. Pension decisions are fast migrating to the C-level and boardroom. Questions about fiduciary liability abound. 3. How much information is minimally required to discharge proper fiduciary responsibilities? 4. What is the boundary between...