Thursday 10 July 2008

Leading article: A financial cloud that could have a silver lining - The Independent



Construction companies and first-time home-buyers are emerging as some of the chief victims of the current credit squeeze, and yesterday's decision by the Bank of England to hold interest rates for another month offered no cheer to either. Both ...

Hedge funds The secrets of succession - Economist

Hedge funds The secrets of succession
Economist, UK - 9 hours ago
The stellar hedge funds of the 1990s failed to make it to the top-ten this decade (see chart). George Soros’s Quantum Fund began to decline after a bad yen ...
Touradji Hedge Fund Fell 9.4% in June as Commodities Rallied Bloomberg
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Banking rule change could create frenzy - Pensions & Investments

Washington Post

Banking rule change could create frenzy
Pensions & Investments, IL - Jul 7, 2008
By Arleen Jacobius Private equity and hedge funds could have a field day if the Federal Reserve revises rules to make it easier for them to invest in banks. ...
Subprime Crisis Brings Increased Threat Of Enforcement Action Mondaq News Alerts (subscription)
Paulson: Hedge funds should not be immune from regulatory overhaul FinancialWeek (subscription)
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house building crisis: Q&A - Daily Telegraph
As the house building industry claims it is suffering from its worst period since the Second World War, Harry Wallop explains what's at stake and how it go so bad. A. Work has almost completely dried up. house builders, fearful that they will not be ...

Breathing space offsets Barratt’s woes - Financial Times
Over the past two days, shares in troubled housebuilder Barratt Developments have risen nearly 70 per cent â€" reversing a year of dramatic decline â€" in spite of a catalogue of bad news. Confirmation on Thursday that Barratt had made concrete ...

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