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		<title>Golden Days</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gold prices soared to a record Wednesday after the Federal Reserve slashed its key interest rate — a potentially inflationary move that undercut the dollar and boosted the metal&#8217;s appeal as a stable investment.The Fed cut its benchmark federal funds rate by a widely expected half percentage point, following a bold three-quarter-point reduction last week [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2681158&amp;post=175&amp;subd=assetmanagers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bidders Hit The Rock</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a shareholder in Northern Rock must be an insomnia-inducing activity these days. We did have a long and then a short but have now decided that the game is just a little too risky for our blood with bids coming in for the company well below what the market expected&#8230; well, the optomistic side [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2681158&amp;post=147&amp;subd=assetmanagers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Manager Toy of The Week.</title>
		<link>http://assetmanagers.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/hedge-fund-manager-toy-of-the-week-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Predictable I know. However, I am going on a trip to Canada this week and have found a Lamborghini garage where the owner is my new best friend. He is moving to Geneva soon and I aim to have him on my Christmas list as soon as possible. Not just because he is a nice [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2681158&amp;post=146&amp;subd=assetmanagers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Funds.. Sick as a Parrot?</title>
		<link>http://assetmanagers.wordpress.com/2007/11/08/hedge-funds-sick-as-a-parrot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Business Magazine had an article today that proposes that the hedge fund industry bubble is about to burst because the funds are now investing in football clubs.&#8221;There comes a point in the development of many industries – as there does in the lives of many individuals – where fabulous wealth starts to crowd out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2681158&amp;post=141&amp;subd=assetmanagers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Managers Struggle For Funds</title>
		<link>http://assetmanagers.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/new-managers-struggle-for-funds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey&#8230; one doesn&#8217;t know who to believe these days. We have had reports over the last few weeks suggesting that the hedge fund industry is AOK even with the recent turmoil and that we will see the industry stomping forward despite all the troubles. Today, however, Bloomberg ask &#8220;where have the hedge funds gone?&#8221; in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2681158&amp;post=137&amp;subd=assetmanagers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Manager &#8211; Toy of the Week</title>
		<link>http://assetmanagers.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/hedge-fund-manager-toy-of-the-week-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come on! You know you don&#8217;t spend all day analysing shares and derivatives&#8230; There has to be some playtime.. and here it is&#8230; a fully kitted out racing simulator. For the cost of a couple of Monaco GP tickets you can be racing in the office while battering the CEO of a non-performing portfolio company&#8230;.The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2681158&amp;post=135&amp;subd=assetmanagers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Not So Easy &#8211; Jet</title>
		<link>http://assetmanagers.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/not-so-easy-jet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Friday and I reserve the right to have a moan. There is a tenuous finance link if you can wade through this post but the post is more of a cathartic exercise to expel the poison brewing in recent experiences. Air travel is the theme for today&#8217;s rant. No, I am not going to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2681158&amp;post=134&amp;subd=assetmanagers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Funds &#8211; Big Brother is Watching</title>
		<link>http://assetmanagers.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/hedge-funds-big-brother-is-watching/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If doubling the tax rate for carried interest was a blow to private equity funds, now it is hedge funds turn with the FSA announcing that it is launching a formal &#8216;assessment&#8217; (code for &#8216;investigation&#8217;) into the system hedge fund managers have in place to guard against market abuse. This after an initial review showed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2681158&amp;post=131&amp;subd=assetmanagers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Every Cloud&#8230;&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://assetmanagers.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/every-cloud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I traded commodities an old boss used to harp on about how volatility is &#8216;our friend&#8217; and flat markets &#8216;the enemy&#8217;. He also said that in volatile markets &#8216;don&#8217;t cry for the losers, short them&#8217;.This has been good advice and in the last few months, some of the losers are big names in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2681158&amp;post=129&amp;subd=assetmanagers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CGT &#8216;Tax Paradise&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://assetmanagers.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/cgt-tax-paradise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently posted an article about Switzerland being the &#8216;Pied Piper&#8217; of the financial markets with their attempt to lull fund managers over to the shores of Lake Geneva. It looks like the Times has picked up on the potential for the Swiss to clean up in the high stakes game of &#8216;Tax Musical Chairs&#8217;.As [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=assetmanagers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2681158&amp;post=128&amp;subd=assetmanagers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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