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David PottsFormer Finance DirectorLLOYDS T S B ASSET FINANCE DIVISION LTD
Rate of UK job cuts in financial services forecast to decline in Q3
July 1, 2009
U.K. Financial Firms Plan 13,000 Job Cuts Even as Optimism Grows, CBI Says | www.bloomberg.com
The Confederation of British Industry talks about further job cuts in financial services in the next quarter but should this be surprising? The forecast represents a fall in the rate of compared with Q1 and Q2 2009 and this at a time when a major banking merger in the UK is in progress.
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Gateway to Trader Performance or Waste of Time?
June 25, 2009
TCA: Gateway to Trader Performance or Waste of Time? | www.greenwich.com
Recognizing the growing importance of trading performance to buy-side institutions, Greenwich Associates surveyed institutions in the U.S., Canada and Europe about their use of TCA tools, the effectiveness of these tools and shortcomings that limit TCA’s utility. Based on this new Greenwich Market Pulse, we compiled a list of steps that buy-side institutions, broker-dealers and third-party vendors can take to improve the effectiveness of TCA.
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U.S. Institutions Roll Out Their Responses to Global Downturn
June 25, 2009
Managing Crisis: U.S. Institutions Roll Out Their Responses to Global Downturn | www.greenwich.com
U.S. institutions used the first half of 2009 to take a close look at their investment policies, asset allocations and investment managers to determine what went wrong last year, to pinpoint the policies, investments and managers that performed as expected through the market crisis and to identify those that fell short.
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With Bank Credit Still Not Flowing, European Companies Adjust
June 25, 2009
With Bank Credit Still Not Flowing, European Companies Adjust | www.greenwich.com
Large European companies are scaling back expenditures and locking in funding from investors in the debt capital markets where they can amid continuing deterioration in bank lending markets.
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Hedging Energy Commodity Exposures: Corporate Best Practices in OTC Derivatives
June 24, 2009
Hedging Energy Commodity Exposures: Corporate Best Practices in OTC Derivatives | www.greenwich.com
Companies around the world are hedging a growing proportion of their commodities exposures as they grapple with soaring levels of volatility and risk amid an historic economic crisis.
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June 23, 2009
Solera / Audatex Company Information | www.indeed.com
A large percentage of the Audatex feild sales force was given layoff notice today. It appears Audatex is undergoing a massive reorganization.
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5 Strategies for Globalizing in a Downturn
June 3, 2009
A Snip at the Price: The recession gives parsimonious innovators a chance to go global | www.economist.com
Downturns provide significant opportunities for calculated growth by smart and aggressive firms. Global expansion, to be successful, must be calculated, targeted, and backed by willingness to persist.
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Down market is not an out market
June 3, 2009
Investing in a down market | www.triplepundit.com
Market is in dynamic equilibrium of perceptual momentum and gravitational pull of fundamentals; A simple downturn is a state of glut in supply but impairment of demand; But in the era of tertiarization, monetization and derivatives even without underlying, downturns are not so simple. Unsustainable exuberance creates bubbles, particularly asset bubbles. On consolidation the bubbles start bursting. The heat and dust create cascades, which gather momentum. This results in recession, panic reaction, Government interventions, often meaningful but more often misplaced bailouts, labour market shrinkages and shifting of consumption bundle. Consumers try to leap into liquidity preference. cash or cash equivalent becomes the king. Return of capital becomes more important than return on capital. Investors switch their preference to guaranteed financial products irrespective of IRR of return. Commonality of intentions prevail resulting in discernible herd mentality. Investment pipeline dries out.
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Be inspired, courageous and make it happen!
June 2, 2009
Investing in a down market | www.triplepundit.com
The down market times can be a depressing situation. Instead of talking about how things are going down, get to work in building the next jump board for an expansion. The market will come back, its only a moment of time. Use your instinct and organize yourself to be ready for the market when it returns. Create strategies for your market share and positioning. Do not let news, people or negative influence effect your objectives or focus. Pull all your knowledge and resources to create a plan of attack to win.
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To Globalize Really Does Mean Think Globally, Act Locally.
June 2, 2009
A Snip at the Price: The recession gives parsimonious innovators a chance to go global | www.economist.com
The recession provides opportunity and one is for innovators to look to the world. Expansion is a real possibility in this time where consumers are looking for value. However, one must do so with a strategic plan, and thoughtfully to succeed. Today more than ever, you must think globally but act locally.
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