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The competition for assets in brokerage and investment advisory hasn’t been lost on prime brokers. In New Kids on the Prime-Brokerage Block on the WSJ, reporter Jenny Strasburg does a good job describing how new players in prime brokerage are challenging the old guard. Strasburg specifically cites 4 newish entrants into the prime-brokerage pool: Cantor [...]
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Many portfolio managers I speak to effectively sidestep the worst of the crunch last year up until early March. That doesn’t mean they weren’t down — they moved big time into cash. Even though, they’ve been pessimistic and shaved down their exposure to stocks, they kept much of that exposure and have seen portfolios benefit [...]
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IR newbies looking to leverage social media should cut their teeth on Posterous. (Dominic Jones) How CIT tried to buy itself a buyout (Clusterstock) thinkorswim gets rolled out to Ameritrade customers (Barron’s, sub req’d) Jamie Dimon speaks at Harvard’s Class Day (noise free investing) More index funds sought for 401(k)s (WSJ) Ken Heebner of CGM [...]
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