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EU Official Blasts Moves by Moody's and Standard & Poor's on Portugal and Greece
By Staff WriterBy James Kanter (C) The New York Times 2010 BRUSSELS -- The European Union's financial services commissioner, Michel Barnier, vented his frustration with U.S.-based credit ratings agencies...
April 20, 2010
Venture Capital Fundraising Slowed in Q1 2010Venture firms raised $3.6 billion from 32 funds during the first three months of the year, a 31% decline by dollar commitments and a 44% drop by number of funds year over year.
April 14, 2010
BarclayHedge Offers SEC-Compliant Video ServiceBarclayHedge TV will allow its registered managers of hedge funds, funds of funds and managed futures products to create and make available videotaped presentations online for current and prospective investors.
April 07, 2010
Dreyfus Fund Offers Wide Hedge Fund ExposuresThe Dreyfus Corp, part of BNY Mellon Asset Management, has just launched the Dreyfus Dynamic Alternatives Fund
February 23, 2010
Volcker: Thaw CongressPolitical gridlock on Capitol Hill is keeping Congress from passing laws needed to govern financial institutions, renew the estate tax and shore up the Social Security trust fund, according to a former Federal Reserve chairman.
February 23, 2010
Volcker: Thaw CongressPolitical gridlock on Capitol Hill is keeping Congress from passing laws needed to govern financial institutions, renew the estate tax and shore up the Social Security trust fund, according to a former Federal Reserve chairman.
January 20, 2010
Alternative Strategies Gaining MomentumHedge funds had a good year in 2009. According to the Hedge Fund Research, the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index was up 20.04 percent for...
January 19, 2010
Ten worst funds of the decadeNotably, many of these funds are still recovering from the tech bust early in the decade.