Investment Officers
Fear of Stimulus Slowing by Federal Reserve Stalks World Economy: Cutting Research
The world economy should brace itself for a slowing of stimulus by the Federal Reserve if history is any guide. Any tapering in the Fed's $85 billion-a-month asset- purchasing program will hurt ...
When Bailouts Make Moral and Economic Sense: Friedman & McNeill
Effective or not, bailouts somehow seem unjust. Why use taxpayer money to save the companies that actually caused the meltdown, the banks that made the reckless loans, and insurance companies that ...S&P’s ‘AA+’ Rating On U.S. Now Stable As Downside Risks Abate
Standard & Poor's revised the outlook on its "AA+" credit rating for the United States to stable from negative, noting that some downside risks have abated. The risks have receded to the point ...
Bond Buffer Seen in Demand for Swaps Collateral: Credit Markets
New collateral rules for hedge funds, insurers and others in the $633 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market are poised to boost demand for U.S. Treasuries, potentially slowing rising yields as ...
Fed’s Plosser Favors Too-Big-To-Fail Firms Holding More Capital
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser called for the largest financial institutions to hold more capital to help prevent a repeat of the recent financial crisis, and renewed ...
Pension Funds Investing in Cat Bonds Overlook Risk: Gen Re’s Montross
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s Franklin "Tad" Montross said pension funds that increased bets on catastrophe bonds to improve investment returns may flee the market after a major natural disaster. ...
Private Equity Ownership Hurts Company Performance: U.K. Study
U.K. companies bought by private- equity firms become less productive than their peers, according to a study by academics at three British universities. Researchers at Warwick Business School, ...