News out of the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (APREA) confirms that 2010 was a very good year indeed for real estate investment trusts (REITs) in Asian markets, with market capitalizations rebounding to over $US156 billion at the end of … Read more
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As if financial reporting rules were not already sufficiently technical, the U.S. SEC is making up new lingo to sell the idea of having a single accounting language in the U.S. Currently, the average analyst and investor make do with … Read more
Leave a CommentJames Grant is founder of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, which has been an independent, value-oriented and contrary-minded journal of the financial markets for almost three decades, and he is a founding general partner of Nippon Partners, a hedge fund that invests … Read more
Leave a CommentWe are committed to hosting some of the industry’s most prominent and influential minds at our events, exploring important issues that affect the financial world. That’s why you shouldn’t be be surprised to hear that The Economist‘s recent survey of … Read more
Leave a CommentOne of the least-controversial parts of Dodd-Frank was its call for a new Office of Credit Ratings at the SEC. Among other things, this new office would implement D-F’s provisions for oversight of credit rating agencies — known as Nationally … Read more
Leave a CommentThe philosophy behind the creation of the CFA Institute CD&A Template (PDF) was simple: a succinct, plain-English summary of a company’s executive compensation practices to give shareowners all the information they need to make an informed decision on executive compensation … Read more
Leave a CommentPhilippa (Pippa) Malmgren is president and founder of the Canonbury Group and Principalis Asset Management, as well as a senior advisor to Deustche Bank in Asia and the Middle East, Prudential Real Estate Investments worldwide, and Amwal in Qatar. She … Read more
Leave a CommentIt was an especially late night at work for former portfolio manager Donald Longueuil — one that lasted into the wee hours of the morning of 20 November 2010, according to U.S. prosecutors. According to their criminal complaint against Longueuil, … Read more
Leave a CommentWe can only grimace at the plight of regulators such as the U.S. SEC featured in Barron’s columnist Jim McTague’s recent article “Don’t Count on the SEC,” in which he laments Congress’ failure to adequately fund the SEC. According to … Read more
Leave a CommentPreviously in this space, we highlighted the fact that Wall Street and Bond Street — and any other street where finance fat cats live and work — may soon face new “rules of the road” when it comes to executive … Read more
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