Acquiring financing for a company is tough when the economy is doing well and close to impossible when the economy is suffering. This is especially true when considering traditional borrowing avenues such as bank financing. Compounded with the fact that the present time is considered the worst economic credit crisis since the Great Depression and … Read more
Then the Asian financial crisis of 1997/98 made people realize that long-only leveraged equities or property were not necessarily the best asset classes, so they started to be interested in structured products or hedged vehicles. For many years, there was no interest in Asian-based hedge funds. If they were interested investing in a hedge fund … Read more
Tokyo, June 10 2009 — Opalesque has published the 2009 Opalesque Japan Roundtable, whose findings will surprise many financial professionals. In this 33-page Roundtable script, Japan-based investment veterans share how the financial crisis has changed investing in and asset raising from Japanese institutions. The new Japan Roundtable can be downloaded here for free: http://www.opalesque.com/RT/RoundtableJapan2009.html … Read more
The rise of the internet has seen mass collaboration and proliferation of open source software. Accounting software has joined in the move to open source and has some high quality alternatives that are as good if not better than their overpriced commercial alternatives. More and more individuals and business are making the switch. While primarily … Read more
Are you struggling with personal consumer debt—debt that no matter how hard you try you just never seem to pay down? If so, you may find the following information useful. In this article we will show you how to use a debt management plan to get out of debt and show you why this form … Read more