In this month’s Financial Analysts Journal, Tyler Cowen professor of economics at George Mason University, Virginia makes sense of the current financial crisis by drawing on some of Fischer Black’s ideas.
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A Simple Theory of the Financial Crisis; or, Why Fischer Black Still Matters
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Cost vs value: US funds suffer fee creep
The 2009 cost of doing business survey by the Callan Investments Institute found that fees paid by US funds have been increasing on the back of higher allocations to more expensive asset classes and lower allocations to passive investment. Amanda White spoke with Callan’s executive vice president and director of capital market and alternatives research,
Why US funds can drive harder fee bargains
Many US fund sponsors believe they have not received fair value for the fees they paid to investment managers in recent years, a survey by Callan Associates found. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
CEM survey reveals private equity partnership details
CEM Benchmarking has completed a review of the private equity investments of 30 large pension funds globally, with an average of $935 million committed to private equity, revealing detail of their partnership structures, fees, and investment stages, timing and regions, and is now embarking on its first ever risk practices project. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1
More private equity funds abandoned
Only $38 billion was raised in private equity worldwide in the third quarter of 2009, the lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2003, with the number of fund raisings abandoned more than tripling in a year, according to Preqin. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Mercer 2009 funding and credit balance report
Principal at Mercer, Craig Rosenthal, was among the witnesses who gave testimony to the US House of Representatives Committee On Ways and Means, under the hearing “Defined Benefit Pension Plan Funding Levels and Investment Advice Rules” on October 1. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
UAE and Malaysia strengthen investment ties
In another deal struck in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) financial sector, the $25 billion Khazanah Nasional Berhad of Malaysia has bought a 25 per cent stake in Dubai Islamic investment firm Fajr Capital for $150 million. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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