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Bain & Co., the Boston-based consultancy, has put out its annual report on the global private equity industry. This report begins with the observation that over the last five years PE returns...

The latest Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor says that the current M&A upcycle, which this report describes as having begun in 2014, is about to peak. There will still be some short-term upward...

Given the long wave of scandals that hit from 2008 to 2012, most of the derivatives industry, along with its regulators, have agreed that the London Interbank Offered Rate [Libor] ought to be replaced...

A sound “portfolio optimization strategy” is one that takes into consideration how its assets are behaving in the bad times, those that represent the left-side tail of the bell curve. This...

The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was down for the month of December 1.31%, and that this brought the total decline of 2018 down to 3.85%, according to the January 2019 report. Part of the reason for...

A recent article in the Journal of Risk and Financial Management takes a fresh look at a familiar issue: whether the development of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and related instruments tracking the...

Two executives at the Neuberger Berman Group have prepared a paper on what they call the “overall case for a recovery in emerging market debts” in the months to come. Investors will want...

Malta was the first jurisdiction within the EU to develop a regulatory system for collective investment schemes that invest in cryptocurrencies. A new paper offering what it calls a “top-down...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently turned down proposed rules changes that would have greenlit listing of the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust on the Bats BZX Exchange. In essence, the SEC...

Ten years ago, a series of bank failures rocked the financial and economic worlds. One of the immediate political consequences of those failures was the creation, by the US government, of a Troubled...