PCBB • 2nd May 2022 BIN ISO Rules Are Changing For Payment Cards There’s a new Bank Identification Number (BIN) standard that is about to take effect. Community financial institutions (CFIs) that are unprepared for the switch could face major headaches.
Private Debt Investor • 2nd March 2020 The CLO Conundrum CLO managers and investors say everything is fine, but concerns about loan defaults and lower-rated paper are rising.
Smithsonian.com • 24th May 2019 The Minnesota invention that saved a boy with a hole in his heart When he passed away in 2018 at his home in Carmel Valley, California, Brabeck was one of the last survivors of a small group of children whose surgeries at the Mayo Clinic in the 1950s represented a turning point in medical history.
Private Debt Investor • 23rd March 2018 Putting the Heat Back in Real Estate CLOs As investor appetite for securitization grows, commercial real estate Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs)– rarely seen since the Crisis – are in fashion again.
Auto Success • 29th November 2017 Florida Dealership Relies on Digital Strategies to Find Hot Leads Virtual assistants help this dealership find prospective buyers.
Private Debt Investor • 1st March 2017 Liquid Debt Funds: Learning Your BDCs BDCs generally exist to provide loans to mid-market companies, with many specializing in loans to private equity-sponsored companies. Ironically, many institutional investors that take stakes in private equity funds are reluctant to invest in BDCs.
Triple Pundit • 18th May 2016 Sustainable Growth in a Small Town Rural town of Gonzales is proving that even a small city can make a big difference in the lives of its citizens by being both ecologically aware and business friendly.
Institutional Investor's Alpha • 25th August 2015 Gold Still a Bust as an Investment Investors and analysts maintain that a lot more blood needs to spill before gold and gold-related assets like mining companies start to look attractive again.
Institutional Investor's Alpha • 5th June 2015 Market Neutral Funds Navigate a Zero-Interest World A rise in interest rates would give an extra boost to market neutral funds.
Institutional Investor's Alpha • 10th September 2014 Why Fundamentally-Focused Hedge Fund Managers Are Struggling Managers who rely on this kind of analysis say the Federal Reserve is propping up the stock market and making it harder than ever for them to ply their trade.
Institutional Investor's Alpha • 19th February 2014 Liquid Alternatives Attract Big Names Are these hedge-fund-like mutual funds worth the money?
Institutional Investor's Alpha • 9th December 2013 Profile of hedge fund manager Greg Lippmann of LibreMax The former Deutsche bank trader, who shot to fame with his portrayal in The Big Short, has built his firm to exploit the entire structured-credit universe.
Institutional Investor's Alpha • 27th August 2013 Activist Investor Does a Song and Dance This mild-mannered fund manager can sneak up on a Canadian target — and belt out a song about it.
AR - Absolute Return • 30th September 2010 The Best Little Hedge Fund in Texas Salem Abraham manages a half billion dollars from his hedge fund atop a steak house in the Texas Panhandle
Absolute Return • 3rd May 2010 Building Up Barnegat Bob Treue's unconventional style and investment approach produces results.
Institutional Investor • 1st May 2009 Puzzling the quants Stock market rally proves treacherous for some quantitative funds.
AR Absolute Return • 22nd April 2008 Carbon trading takes off Hedge Funds and other firms eye profit potential in trading carbon offsets created by efforts to combat global warming.
Business North Carolina • 4th November 2007 Profile of Wachovia Bank CEO Ken Thompson Ken Thompson was initially lauded as a savior for the bank. But lately, some who had praised his discipline have been spooked. They see the shadow of his old boss, who boasted of piling up billions until a merger target’s resistance collapsed.
Business North Carolina • 2nd July 2007 Pilot Therapeutics’ Odyssey He used his research to start Pilot Therapeutics Inc., a company that promised to launch the Twin City into the forefront of biotechnology. He ran out of cash before he got a product to market
Seattle Times • 14th March 2005 Shark kills 2 other sharks in aquarium Over 13 days, the young great white sank its razor-sharp teeth into two soupfin sharks, killing both.
