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BusinessWeek
February 18, 2010
James Pressley |
How Quants Made a Killing -- and Made a Mess Scott Patterson's new book The Quants shows how these market players can be done in by becoming overextended as the markets turn.   |
Registered Rep.
January 10, 2011
Kristen French |
Morgan Stanley To Spin Off Prop Trading by 2012 The division's employees will acquire certain assets from Morgan Stanley and set up an independent advisory at the end of 2012. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2010
Mac Greer |
Banks 1, Regulators 0 Income Investor advisor James Early looks at reform from banks' point of view. |
Wall Street & Technology
November 26, 2007
Ivy Schmerken |
Demand for Quants Heats Up on Wall Street But Recruitment is Hard As Wall Street trading becomes more mathematical and firms look to revamp their risk management systems, the demand for quantitative skill sets is never ending. |
CFO
January 1, 2008
Edward Teach |
A Hedge-Fund Mystery Why did a number of equity hedge funds suffer big losses in August 2007, and what do those losses say about systemic risk? |
BusinessWeek
September 30, 2010
Michael Lewis |
Michael Lewis on the Case of Goldman's Missing Traders Big Wall Street firms fought hard to keep the 3 percent loophole, now they're giving up their interests in hedge funds they control. |
Wall Street & Technology
February 4, 2005
Maria Santos |
Bringing in Business Attracting hedge funds as customers is a priority this year for the majority of sell-side firms. As hedge funds approach $1 trillion in assets, these non-traditional investment vehicles have become the latest buy-side heavyweight. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2006
John Finneran |
Hedge Fund Wizards Money managers cast spells over the market -- and reap huge rewards. Hedge funds operate in a haze. Penetrating how they earn returns and take risks is tough, but is a good exercise for investors. |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2010
Alex Dumortier |
Top 5 Banks: Long-Term Buy or Short-Term Sell? Banks are prepared for a slowdown. Are you? |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2007
Donald Jay Korn |
Hedge Funds Redux Despite a midsummer month's nightmare, hedge funds are still pointing to successful records and raking in money. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2010
William D. Cohan |
The End of Wall Street? The sad truth is that Wall Street is much the same as it was before; it's Main Street that may never be the same again. |
The Motley Fool
July 16, 2010
Mac Greer |
The End of Wall Street and the Big Question for Goldman On Thursday, Congress sent President Obama a financial reform bill aimed at preventing another financial crisis. So what does the bill mean for Wall Street? Roger Lowenstein, contributing writer for the New York Times, discusses this. |
BusinessWeek
April 9, 2007
Matthew Goldstein |
Vultures To The Rescue A new market gives holders of distressed hedge funds a quick escape. |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
The Investment Banking Wrap-Up A look back at an eventful week in the investment banking segment: Lehman, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Bear Sterns all report; the results are mixed. |
The Motley Fool
June 26, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Stars Align for Goldman Fund Goldman Sachs' flagship quantitative hedge fund, Global Alpha, benefits from the capital and diversification of its parent. |
BusinessWeek
July 1, 2010
Harper & Keoun |
The Financial Reform Law: A 'Fig Leaf' It won't prevent bad bets by banks, and hence won't prevent the next financial crisis, say the experts. |
Investment Advisor
January 2008
Jeff Joseph |
The Year in Hedge Funds In a year marked by high volatility in the financial markets, the 10 strategies tracked by the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index outperformed major global equity indexes and experienced lower volatility than the overall markets. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 6, 2003
D. Quinn Mills |
The Problem with Hedge Funds Hedge funds are the New Big Thing -- and that's bad for the average investor, says professor D. Quinn Mills. An excerpt from Wheel, Deal, and Steal. |
Registered Rep.
August 17, 2005
Kristen French |
Gorman to the Rescue? Now that James Gorman has been selected as the future head of Morgan Stanley's retail brokerage, what will he do to turn it around, and can he pull it off? |
Registered Rep.
October 20, 2010
Kristen French |
Morgan Stanley Q3 Earnings Dive 67%, Wealth Management Is Most Profitable Division Morgan Stanley Smith Barney dunked into the red in the third quarter, with earnings falling 67 percent to 5 cents a share, due to a sharp decline in the firm's institutional securities business. |
Financial Advisor
November 2008
Eric Rasmussen |
Draining The Swamp 2008 has been said to be the worst year for hedge funds in two decades. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2008
Matt Koppenheffer |
Are Hedge Funds Struggling? Have recent market swings caught hedge funds by surprise? |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2006
Angel Ubide |
Demystifying Hedge Funds In an effort to soothe worries about transparency and supervision, public authorities are trying to develop new approaches to meet the public's need for financial system stability and investor protection while enabling investors to enjoy the benefits that hedge funds bring to financial markets. |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2011
Michael J. Moore |
It's Showtime for Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley failed to live up to expectations last year; CEO James Gorman doesn't want the losing streak to continue. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2008
Mac Greer |
Michael Lewis on the Hedge Fund Manager Who Saw It Coming The author of Liar's Poker discusses hedge fund manager Steve Eisman, and predicts what Wall Street will look like in five years. |
Registered Rep.
April 8, 2004
Joan Warner |
Trouble In The House That Purcell Built? After suffering through a cruel bear market, Morgan Stanley has come under regulatory scrutiny and legal fire for practices in several key businesses in the past two years, including mutual fund sales. |
On Wall Street
January 1, 2011 |
Michael McGrath In 2009, I became head of Alternative Investments for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Its joint venture with Smith Barney that same year gave me the opportunity to expand my horizons. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2008
Morgan Housel |
What's Causing This Crash? Nothing rational, and that's what's important. |
Registered Rep.
April 27, 2004
Will Leitch |
Morgan, Restructuring Its Asset Management Unit, Closes 13 Funds Morgan Stanley announced it was dissolving 13 of its proprietary funds as part of its attempts to "streamline" its business for affluent investors. |
The Motley Fool
June 20, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
As the Subprime World Turns Weekly banking news: This week, earnings releases from several investment banks made the industry look like it's playing good cop/bad cop with investors. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
Welcome to the Hedge Fund Maelstrom Who will get sucked down next? As the volatility in the hedge fund market increases, more hedge funds are claiming big losses on the year. Some have taken bad enough losses to discuss closing out funds. |
Investment Advisor
October 2007
Jeff Joseph |
Sub-Prime Returns Redux August appears to have been the worst month for hedge funds since May 2006, when 70% of all hedge funds fell. The first two weeks of the month saw continued woes in subprime mortgage securities. |
The Motley Fool
November 21, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Hedge Funds Ask: Where's the Love? It's been a long, strange trip since the hedge fund industry's summer-of-love confab. |
Investment Advisor
March 2008
Jeff Joseph |
Zero-Sum Game As existing hedge funds liquidate, there are always new products coming to market. One such product is the Morgan Stanley Global Long/Short Fund. |
BusinessWeek
December 20, 2007
Matthew Goldstein |
Hedge Fund Wannabes Hedge fund replicators mimic the high-risk portfolios at a fraction of the cost - but results are mixed so far. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2009
Elizabeth Wine |
Hedge Funds: Are They Worth It? Strategists in the wirehouses and elsewhere say hedge funds were wrongly maligned, and that the good funds can still serve the purpose of diversifying a portfolio and reducing risk. |
Registered Rep.
October 13, 2008 |
Morgan Stanley Sweetens Deal For Mitsubishi, Stock Soars That development, combined with news the U.S. Fed plans to follow England's lead and invest directly in its failing banks, sent financial services stocks shooting higher in trading Monday. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
Foolish Forecast: Morgan Stanley Gets Ready to Deliver The financial firm will report it most recently quarterly earnings shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see. |
BusinessWeek
January 17, 2005
Justin Hibbard |
Morgan Stanley: No Stars -- And Lots Of Top Tech IPOs The firm has perfected the long-term team approach to landing high-quality clients that are ready to go public. |
Wall Street & Technology
April 30, 2007
Ivy Schmerken |
Unexpected Surge in Trading Volumes and Volatility Raises Infrastructure Concerns for Hedge Funds The market decline of Feb. 27 has prompted hedge funds to rethink their trading infrastructures to ensure they can cope with higher volumes and volatility. |
Bank Technology News
April 2009
Rebecca Sausner |
Toss The Models Out The Window Peter Cotton, equipped with a PhD in math from Stanford, believes his better mousetrap can get things back on track. |
The Motley Fool
November 3, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Beware of Crashing Hedge Funds Being locked out of hedge funds might actually benefit you. |
Registered Rep.
August 26, 2011
Stan Luxenberg |
Hedge Funds Now Going for Institutional Money Instead of HNW Individuals While hedge funds once catered primarily to wealthy individuals, now the main clients are pensions and institutions. That shift is forcing hedge funds to change the way they operate. |
Knowledge@Wharton
February 26, 2003 |
The Perils of Hedge Fund Regulation Hedge fund products are increasingly available to a broader audience than previously had access to this asset class. A barrage of news reports focused on hedge fund fraud and blowups raises the idea that regulation might provide a useful fix. So should hedge funds be regulated? No. |
Registered Rep.
June 15, 2009
Kristen French |
Hedge Funds Bruised, But New Retail Products Abound So far this year, investors and advisors seem to have put the brakes on new hedge fund investments. |
Financial Advisor
May 2004
Gene Swanzey |
Hedge Funds Can Complement Modern Portfolio Theory Active management can result in higher risk-adjusted returns. |
The Motley Fool
June 19, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Morgan Stanley Stumbles In light of Morgan Stanley's dismal earnings release, let's get one thing straight: It could have been much, much worse. |
Registered Rep.
June 30, 2005
John Churchill |
Mack Back, Officially John Mack, former head of Morgan Stanley, returns hoping to quiet employee dissent and questions in the media about the firm's direction. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn |
How Super Are Hedge Funds? They're today's happening investment, but advisers and clients who are swooning over hedge funds should bear in mind that there are many reasons these super-investments don't deserve their glorified image. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Morgan Brokers Still Heading for Exits There has been a parade of top brokers who have left Morgan Stanley in recent months. The losses, which began under embattled former CEO Phil Purcell, have not abated since his replacement, John Mack, arrived in June. |
