EY released its 2019 Global Private Equity Survey. I think you’ll find key themes uncovered by the survey useful, especially on how PE firms plan to overcome margin erosion... read more

Does Shareholder Scrutiny Affect Executive Compensation? Evidence from Say-on-Pay Voting Mathias Kronlund University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Shastri Sandy University of Missouri at Columbia Abstract: As a result of the Dodd-Frank Act... read more

Thanks to a plateau in coal demand for power generation and a decline in coal demand for other purposes, China's domestic consumption could remain virtually stagnant over the next... read more

Today’s emerging markets are tomorrow’s powerhouses, according to a recent forecast from Standard Chartered, a multinational bank headquartered in London. Q3 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc The bank sees developing... read more

Though global growth is better than feared, it still set to fall to the slowest pace post-crisis this year. However, there are some tentative signs of stabilization in manufacturing,... read more

  Leon Cooperman thinks that the ECB action will be helpful for equities around the world.  He would however note that us equities are likely roughly fairly valued. Also see Leon Cooperman Calls... read more

  Sir Mervyn King, the governor at Bank of England, shrouded Britain with despair in a Treasury Select Committee hearing. He openly displayed his pessimistic outlook with regard to Britain’s... read more

Usually, I would not consider resource stocks to appropriate value investments for the simple reason that commodity prices are too unpredictable. Unpredictable cash flows and the high levels of... read more

Job seekers know they’ve got to find a way to make themselves stand out – and one individual is taking a rather unorthodox approach to getting a foot in... read more

Physical gold availability in London is a net negative, said Paul Mylchreest, a leading ADM Investor Services strategist who questioned the validity of trading mechanisms in the London Bullion... read more