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
Peter Douglas, principal of GFIA, a Singapore-based consulting firm, said that the rebound of Asian hedge funds as seen by these startups, is similar to the developments post the last Asian crisis: “A lot of the great names of the Asian hedge fund industry were actually set up around the end of the Asian crisis. … Read more
CES likely to feature 4G, tabs, but not iPhone for Verizon – http://www.bestlaptopbattery.co.uk Look for the Consumer Electronics Show opening later this week to be all about 4G devices and tabs, but not the much-anticipated iPhone for Verizon. Sascha Segan reports in bestlaptopbattery.co.uk: “This is going to be a huge show for 4G.” He said Verizon … Read more
Whenever we arm ourselves with all the appropriate facts we’re able to produce judgements that actually generate good results. This seems like an obvious affirmation in a number of perspectives, but in reality we very often base important judgements on limited or maybe unfinished facts. We may feel that we have collected plenty of relevant … Read more
This is the time of year where we all like to think a little further outside of ourselves than we may do throughout the rest of the year. Whether just dropping our spare change into a Salvation Army bucket or donating to charities in the names of our loved ones, we all get a bit … Read more