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Beautiful? Only inside your head
“I think the market is bigger than anyone ... Two months on, and Hirst may yet have ... The sale by Hirst, often seen as the ... But in just a few weeks, a more ... Sotheby’s is having trouble collecting payment for works ... The next day Sotheby’s rival Christie’s failed to...
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HSBC's Deseglise joins Brazilian boutique
The Brazilian investment house founded by André Esteves, ... Deseglise joins BTG, or Banking and Trading Group, ... Other staff include former members of Banco Pactual, ... Most recently the firm acquired a portion of ... BTG currently manages approximately $600m in proprietary assets...
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Citigroup cuts technology support for hedge fund start-ups
Citigroup has ended a technology support service offered ... The business consulting group helped prime brokerage clients ... The source declined to say how many jobs ... The source also confirmed the departure of Alexis ... Citigroup expanded its prime brokerage team for the...
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US hedge funds face closure amid Lehman asset freeze
Several companies dependent upon four US hedge funds ... The four unidentified funds claimed that they were...
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Bank of Montreal posts lower profit at private client unit
Bank of Montreal, Canada’s fourth- biggest bank, said ... The division, which comprises brokerage, investing services and...
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News analysis: Shorting is not the problem for Citigroup
As Citigroup became the focus of fevered speculation ... Vikram Pandit, the bank's chief executive, quickly called ... In a statement released on Thursday last week, ... Cox said: "In addressing turbulent market conditions, it ... However, the latest market data from dataexplorers.com, which...
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The black swan survival guide
For a man who spends his waking hours ... “The stock market is an indication of instability ... As founder of the Asymmetric Threats Contingency Alliance, ... It may sound like science fiction but consider ... The black swan has become an emblem for ... Matai uses the term “asymmetric risk” to convey...
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Alliance funds drop by 60%
Funds managed under AllianceBernstein’s growth and value equities ... The US manager’s global value and global growth ... Investors cite the asset managers’ bets in financials ... The underperformance across both value and growth will ... A spokesman for the company declined to comment...