Assess your problems. If you are in debt, figure out how much money you owe. Who do you owe it to? Is it the bank, a car dealership, or simply a friend that you lost a bet to? If it is just -100.00’s look for a job to work and as soon as you get … Read more
The turmoil affecting some of the largest financial institutions in the US has been well documented by the mass media over the last eighteen months, as have their inefficiencies in advising their customers and managing their customers’ money. These same inefficiencies have been highlighted as the catalyst for the current economic global meltdown, but as … Read more
Alternative Latin Investor recently spoke with two high profile hedge fund players in Latin America, Otávio Vieira, Portfolio Manager at Safdié and Carlos Rojas Perla, Chief Investment Officer at Compass Group. We were privileged to hear how both managers felt markets had played out in 2009 and to learn of the themes they expect to … 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
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