Institutions Look Beyond the Numbers as Transparency and Liquidity Risk Surpass Performance as Top Concerns Facing Hedge Fund Managers In the wake of the investment scandals, market dislocations, and regulatory scrutiny of the past year, transparency and liquidity risk have surpassed poor performance as the top concerns for institutional investors investing in hedge funds, according [...]
Populist Message Drives Votes in State Where More than 200,000 are Unemployed A new voter poll by Davis, Hibbits, Midghall show Oregon voters giving the thumbs up to two tax measures, Measures 66 and 67. Voters favored Measure 66, by 52 percent to 39 percent and supported Measure 67 by 50 percent to 40 percent. [...]
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index(TM) (LEI) for the U.S. increased 1.1 percent in December, following a 1.0 percent gain in November, and a 0.3 percent rise in October. Says Ataman Ozyildirim, Economist at The Conference Board: “The Conference Board LEI for the U.S. increased sharply in December, and has risen steadily for nine consecutive [...]
European Productivity Turns Negative, Falls Far Behind U.S. U.S. productivity weathered the recession well, growing 2.5 percent (in per hour terms) in 2009, The Conference Board reported today. This blip in the prevailing downward trend in U.S. productivity was largely explained by dramatically reduced working hours that offset output decline (employment fell by 3.6 percent [...]