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Survey: MF Global and Peregrine Have Left a Lasting Mark
Horizon Cash Management has released the results of a survey of commodity trading advisors and commodity pool…
Hedge Funds
Dollars and Nuggets Part II: Spain, Cyprus, and the Future
As a general rule, gold has operated since Richard Nixon’s day not so much as a hedge against inflation, but…
Asset Allocation
Dollars and Nuggets Part I: Cycles and the Big Picture
Gold as a commodity and gold mining as an industry have both sustained losses of late. Gold stood near $1,800…
A Rebel Speaks Against the Hub-and-Spoke World
Cromwell Coulson, the president and CEO of OTC Markets Group, and he plainly sees himself as something of a…
Hedge Funds
Cap Gains Tax Records: The Fall-Out of the EESA of 2008
The Internal Revenue Service has released a revised Schedule D and a supporting schedule, Form 8949, “Sales…
Access to Alternatives
Oil Explorers Beware: Hackers Are Watching What You Know
By Jen Alic of Oilprice.com While most would think that the risks junior oil and gas companies are taking in…
Accountants’ Quarrel: How Many Buckets for Credit Impairment
The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board, from their…
Access to Alternatives
Peak Oil Is Almost Here and There's No Magic To Counter It: Interview with Dave Summers
By James Stafford This where we stand, and it's a fairly bleak view: Peak oil is almost here, and nothing…
IOSCO: 15 Rules for Avoiding Liquidity Failures
The board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions has released its final report on the…
Access to Alternatives
HFT-Limiting Experiment Underway in Germany
Germany’s Bundestag voted Thursday, February 28, approving a bill aimed at limiting the abuses of high-…
Access to Alternatives
Lending Securities: Which Mutual Funds Do It Best
The boards of directors of mutual funds serve a valuable role when those mutual funds have securities-lending…
State of the Industry, Access to Alternatives
Be Careful: Russia is Back to Stay in the Middle East
By Felix Imonti Russia is back. President Vladimir Putin wants the world to acknowledge that Russia remains…
Lehman: Don’t Blame Canada: Blame Iksil!
Admirers of the television show South Park, and especially of the 1999 movie of the same name, will remember…
Access to Alternatives, Hedge Funds
Basel/IOSCO ‘Near Final’ Proposal: Part Two
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions have…
Access to Alternatives, Asset Allocation, Hedge Funds
Basel/IOSCO ‘Near Final’ Proposal: Part One
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions have…
Access to Alternatives, Hedge Funds