15 February, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on HFR: Asian Hedge Fund Capital Steady As Funds Outperform Benchmarks
HFR: Asian Hedge Fund Capital Steady As Funds Outperform Benchmarks
Asian hedge funds led the charge in both the fourth quarter of last year and 2016 as a whole, according to the latest edition of Hedge Fund Research’s Asian Hedge Fund Industry Report, outperforming regional equity markets on strength in event-driven, relative value arbitrage and macro strategies.
15 February, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Arguing Immigration with a Compassionate Liberal -or- How to Twist Your Head into a Pretzel
Arguing Immigration with a Compassionate Liberal -or- How to Twist Your Head into a Pretzel
The following article by David Haggith was published first on The Great Recession Blog:
![Dorothea Lange [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://thegreatrecession.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/Langechildren2.jpg)
15 February, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Youtube’s Biggest Personality, PewDiePie, Wrongly Defamed for Being an Anti-Semite
Youtube’s Biggest Personality, PewDiePie, Wrongly Defamed for Being an Anti-Semite
PewdiePie used to do videos about video games, luring 53 million youngsters to subscribe to his channel — making it the biggest channel on Youtube ever, by a very large margin.
15 February, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Gramercy Funds Management Hires Ex-Deutsche Exec McKee For Capital Solutions Slot
Gramercy Funds Management Hires Ex-Deutsche Exec McKee For Capital Solutions Slot
Emerging markets specialist Gramercy Funds Management has appointed former Deutsche Bank global co-head of EM structured credit trading Bradshaw McKee to the position of managing director, capital solutions and distressed portfolio manager.
15 February, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Sth Korean finmin says to review measures possible on won-yen rate
Sth Korean finmin says to review measures possible on won-yen rate
I’m guessing intervention might be a measure that is possible
(But that’s what he want me to think 😀 )
More:
– Monitoring won-yen level
– To review what measures possible
Says he will speak with Mnuchin soon over the phone
15 February, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on "BOJ’s Kuroda warns low rates may sow seeds of new financial crisis"
"BOJ’s Kuroda warns low rates may sow seeds of new financial crisis"
Kuroda’s comments were earlier, Reuters with a bit of a recap:
– Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said low profitability at financial institutions could sow the seeds of a new financial crisis, offering his strongest warning to date of the demerits of aggressive monetary easing pursued by major central banks.
worth reading if you are losing sleep about bank profitability.
