Wonk books, financial instrument porn, mea culpa books and prosaic condemnations – these are all part of the financial crisis sub-genre which emerged in the past two years.
The latest, All the Devils Are Here, by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera, features in a ‘financial crisis book map’ on the contrarian investor Can Turtles Fly? Blog, an eclectic blog chronicling a slow-moving turtle’s attempt at gaining financial independence.
Click here to view the full map
Bethany McLean, financial crisis sub-genre, Joe Nocera
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The China Investment Corporation has recognised Hong Kong’s international position by establishing a wholly-owned subsidiary, Hong Kong-CIC International (Hong Kong) Co., Limited. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The 108 investment staff of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) have had their performance incentive awards reinstated, and will receive $9.7 million between them, after a year which saw the fund outperform its benchmark by 240 basis points making it the best performing public pension fund in the US.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2
The $38.5 billion Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC) has made further enhancements to its unique approach to investment decision making, clarifying procedures relating to risk guidelines in its investment policy. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Global equity markets significantly underperformed emerging and frontier markets in 2010, evidenced by MSCI Indices end of year data, with some emerging markets returning as much as 50 per cent and some frontier markest returning 70 per cent for the year.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The world’s largest investor, the ¥117,643 billion ($1.43 trillion) Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan (GPIF) has reduced its weighting to domestic bonds by more than 1 per cent, moving the money into short term assets.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Long/short funds with specialised short positions have greater beta convexity and present greater liquidity strain in rebalancing, according to new research by Morgan Stanley.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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