Request For Comment: Standard & Poor's Proposed Criteria For Rating Bond Anticipation Notes (00:08:48 min)
On Dec. 20, 2010, we published a request for comment concerning proposed revisions to our criteria for rating bond anticipation notes. The piece focuses on our proposed linkage between the long-term rating on the type of debt intended to retire the notes and the short-term rating on them. In this podcast, Standard & Poor's credit analyst Gabriel Petek discusses the scope of the proposed critieria, the public's responses, our framework for bond anticipation note analysis, and more.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
PRN: Lyxor Asset Management Expands Operational Due Diligence Capabilities
Lyxor Asset Management Expands Operational Due Diligence Capabilities
NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Lyxor Asset Management Inc. has hired Nicole Sivel, expanding its Operational Due Diligence capabilities. Ms. Sivel will assume a senior role within the Operational Due Diligence team, focusing on the review and evaluation of all operational aspects related to potential and existing hedge fund investments.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Lyxor Asset Management Inc. has hired Nicole Sivel, expanding its Operational Due Diligence capabilities. Ms. Sivel will assume a senior role within the Operational Due Diligence team, focusing on the review and evaluation of all operational aspects related to potential and existing hedge fund investments.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Business Insider: 30 Bernanke Quotes That Are So Absurd You Won’t Know Whether To Laugh Or Cry
Business Insider
30 Bernanke Quotes That Are So Absurd You Won’t Know Whether To Laugh Or Cry
Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse | Dec. 8, 2010, 11:05 AM
Did you see Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on 60 Minutes the other night? Bernanke portrayed the Federal Reserve as the great protector of the U.S. economy, he claimed that unemployment would be 15 percent higher if the Federal Reserve had sat back and done nothing during the financial crisis and he even started laying the groundwork for a third round of quantitative easing.
30 Bernanke Quotes That Are So Absurd You Won’t Know Whether To Laugh Or Cry
Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse | Dec. 8, 2010, 11:05 AM
Did you see Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on 60 Minutes the other night? Bernanke portrayed the Federal Reserve as the great protector of the U.S. economy, he claimed that unemployment would be 15 percent higher if the Federal Reserve had sat back and done nothing during the financial crisis and he even started laying the groundwork for a third round of quantitative easing.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
KAZAKHSTAN
KAZAKHSTAN
Background
Kazakhstan has the second largest oil reserves as well as the second largest oil production among the former Soviet republics after Russia . The country also has large reserves of natural gas and production of both oil and gas is steadily increasing.
Full development of its major oilfields could make Kazakhstan one of the world's top 5 oil producers within the next decade. With production of 1.54 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2009, Kazakhstan is already a major producer, and continued development of its giant Tengiz, Karachaganak, and Kashagan fields is expected to at least double its current production by 2019. Kazakhstan's sector of the Caspian Sea is believed to hold several other major oil and natural gas deposits as yet unexploited.
Background
Kazakhstan has the second largest oil reserves as well as the second largest oil production among the former Soviet republics after Russia . The country also has large reserves of natural gas and production of both oil and gas is steadily increasing.
Full development of its major oilfields could make Kazakhstan one of the world's top 5 oil producers within the next decade. With production of 1.54 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2009, Kazakhstan is already a major producer, and continued development of its giant Tengiz, Karachaganak, and Kashagan fields is expected to at least double its current production by 2019. Kazakhstan's sector of the Caspian Sea is believed to hold several other major oil and natural gas deposits as yet unexploited.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
emii.com: PGGM Launches HF Platform
PGGM Launches HF Platform
10-28-2010 | Source: emii.com
PGGM is looking to invest directly in selected hedge funds to raise transparency and reduce costs, IPE reports. The €100 billion asset manager will invest through segregated managed accounts rather than pooled funds.
10-28-2010 | Source: emii.com
PGGM is looking to invest directly in selected hedge funds to raise transparency and reduce costs, IPE reports. The €100 billion asset manager will invest through segregated managed accounts rather than pooled funds.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
MarketView Office Market Frankfurt
MarketView Office Market Frankfurt
Q3 2010
In the first nine months of the year, office space take-up of 371,000 sq m was 25% higher than the figure reported for the same period last year; 35% of the take-up figure is accounted for by owner-occupiers. The positive take-up trend reflects the improving outline economic conditions in the city on the River Main.
Author(s): several
Source: CB Richard Ellis
Published: 19.10.2010
http://www.immopro24.com/market-report/marketview-office-market-frankfurt_966.html
Q3 2010
In the first nine months of the year, office space take-up of 371,000 sq m was 25% higher than the figure reported for the same period last year; 35% of the take-up figure is accounted for by owner-occupiers. The positive take-up trend reflects the improving outline economic conditions in the city on the River Main.
Author(s): several
Source: CB Richard Ellis
Published: 19.10.2010
http://www.immopro24.com/market-report/marketview-office-market-frankfurt_966.html
Monday, October 18, 2010
Alternative Investing: Fine Art - CNBC
Alternative Investing: Fine Art - CNBC
Investing In Fine Art Can Mean Pretty Profits
By: Shelly K. Schwartz,
Special to CNBC.com
If you’d added a few paintings to your portfolio over the last few years, instead of all those bank stocks, your retirement nest egg might be looking a little different right now.
Indeed, for the ten-years ended July 2010, the price index of all fine art work sold more than once worldwide has produced a nearly 11 percent annualized return, outperforming the Standard & Poor’s 500 index of large cap stocks and most other asset classes, including bonds and commodities—though gold was the clear frontrunner during those years, according to artprice.com in France, which tracks the market. ...
Thursday, October 14, 2010
emii.com: BarCap Launches Beta Commodity Fund
BarCap Launches Beta Commodity Fund
10-14-2010 | Source: emii.com
Barclays Capital is launching the Barclays Pure Beta Commodity fund to offshore life bond investors, Financial Times reports. The vehicle aims to invest in mid to long-term commodity prices.
10-14-2010 | Source: emii.com
Barclays Capital is launching the Barclays Pure Beta Commodity fund to offshore life bond investors, Financial Times reports. The vehicle aims to invest in mid to long-term commodity prices.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Frankfurt's Office Market Revives on Improved Rental Prospects
Frankfurt's Office Market Revives on Improved Rental Prospects
By Peter Woodifield - Oct 7, 2010
Frankfurt’s office property market will probably attract the most investment this year since 2007 as the strengthening economy fuels demand for space, CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. and Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-06/frankfurt-s-office-property-market-revives-on-improved-prospects-for-rents.html
By Peter Woodifield - Oct 7, 2010
Frankfurt’s office property market will probably attract the most investment this year since 2007 as the strengthening economy fuels demand for space, CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. and Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-06/frankfurt-s-office-property-market-revives-on-improved-prospects-for-rents.html
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Quarterly report on the euro area
Quarterly report on the euro area
(Quarterly report on the euro area. 3. October 2010. Brussels. PDF. 40pp. Tab. Graph. Free.)
pdf: KC-AK-10-002-EN-N ISSN: 1830-6403
The October issue of the Quarterly Report focuses on the process of corporate balance sheet adjustment in the euro area, and on its implications for the economic recovery in the medium term. Based on an analysis of previous instances of such rebalancing processes, it finds that these tend to be associated with lasting adverse macroeconomic consequences such as low output growth. From a policy perspective this suggests that the adjustment of corporate balance sheets currently underway in the euro are should ideally be accompanied by measures to strengthen the banking sector and to front-load growth-enhancing economic reforms.
(Quarterly report on the euro area. 3. October 2010. Brussels. PDF. 40pp. Tab. Graph. Free.)
pdf: KC-AK-10-002-EN-N ISSN: 1830-6403
The October issue of the Quarterly Report focuses on the process of corporate balance sheet adjustment in the euro area, and on its implications for the economic recovery in the medium term. Based on an analysis of previous instances of such rebalancing processes, it finds that these tend to be associated with lasting adverse macroeconomic consequences such as low output growth. From a policy perspective this suggests that the adjustment of corporate balance sheets currently underway in the euro are should ideally be accompanied by measures to strengthen the banking sector and to front-load growth-enhancing economic reforms.
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