BMO Capital Markets Lowers Newfield Exploration to Market Perform (NFX)
Daily Political
Newfield Exploration (NYSE: NFX) was downgraded by equities researchers at BMO Capital Markets from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report issued on Tuesday. Shares of Newfield Exploration traded down 2.12% during mid-day ...

Canadian Publication Addresses Corporate Privacy and Security Challenges ...
Sacramento Bee
... risk and data protection concepts ranging from vendor management, identity theft and incident management to a new enterprise risk assessment primer, methods of re-engineering privacy into organizations and templated resources for quick reference.

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UCLA Anderson Launches Inaugural "TED Case Challenge"
MarketWatch (press release)
... education to more than 1800 students enrolled in its MBA, Fully-Employed MBA, Executive MBA, Global Executive MBA for Asia Pacific, Global Executive MBA for the Americas, Master of Financial Engineering, doctoral and executive education programs.

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New Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index Commentary Offers Insight into ...
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished down 0.04% in April. A new monthly commentary offers insight into hedge fund performance through the month of April. Some key findings from the ...

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Local 10
SEC Sues Hedge Fund Execs for Ponzi Scam
Hedge Fund Net
by Ricardo Kaulessar , Editor The founder and the chief operating officer of a Florida hedge fund have been named in a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit for their roles in a massive Ponzi scheme. The SEC announced Tuesday that Fort ...
Frank Preve Emailed Scott Rothstein: "I Can't Show Anyone That I Am a Complete ...Broward-Palm Beach New Times (blog)
Banyon's Levin Hit With SEC Suit Over Rothstein FraudFINalternatives
SEC sues 2 men who directed investors to Scott RothsteinMiami Hurricanes (blog)
Local 10 (blog)
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How To Double Your Money: Part 3, The Results
Seeking Alpha
I started this investment program as a supplement to my Poor Man's Program Trading. When the DJIA is meandering at a relatively elevated level, as it has been the case in the last six months, I have a large amount of cash idling in my account.

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Innovation of the Year: Rapid Ratings
Risk.net
Rapid Ratings wins our Innovation of the Year award for advancing the field of credit risk management. Its subscription-based tools are gaining broader acceptance in the energy industry and are increasingly seen as an alternative to the ratings ...

Ex-Highland Pair's Commerce Street Hedge Fund Coming In June
FINalternatives
Commerce Street Investment Adviser will launch a new hedge fund helmed by two Highland Capital Management veterans next month. Commerce Street Investment Partners III is expected to debut with both internal capital and some early investors.
June date set for Commerce Street fund debutHFMWeek

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Altegris Offers Long/Short Equity Mutual Fund
FINalternatives
Altegris Advisors has launched a mutual fund of hedge fund managers, offering retail investors access to a long/short equity strategy. The new Altegris Equity Long Short Fund "seeks to meet the growing demand for accessible and trusted alternative ...
Not so mutually exclusiveHFMWeek (blog)

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Morgan Stanley's EMEA FIG chief leaves
Reuters
By Alex Chambers and Helene Durand LONDON, May 23 (IFR) - Morgan Stanley's head of EMEA FIG capital markets, Shyam Parekh has left the US firm. Parekh left for PEAK6, a financial services firm with a range of businesses which include brokerage, ...

Risk.net
Technology House of the Year – Highly Commended: CubeLogic
Risk.net
Since its launch, CubeLogic has progressed from offering credit and market risk management solutions to cubes analysing business areas such as logistics and balance sheets. Priestley expects this expansion to continue in 2012, alongside a push into new ...

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ETRM Software House of the Year: OpenLink
Risk.net
These cover potential future exposure, credit value adjustments, quantifying margin risk and incorporating credit support annexes into credit risk calculations. The firm's original investment in its core architecture is something that Hesselbirg is ...

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BMO Capital Markets Cuts GeoResources to Market Perform (GEOI)
Movie News Guide (blog)
GeoResources (NASDAQ: GEOI) was downgraded by analysts at BMO Capital Markets from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday. A number of other firms have also recently commented ...

Northern Oil & Gas Rating Increased to Outperform at BMO Capital Markets (NOG)
Daily Political
Northern Oil & Gas (NYSE: NOG) was upgraded by investment analysts at BMO Capital Markets from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a note issued to investors on Tuesday. Northern Oil & Gas traded down 2.75% on Tuesday, hitting $16.59 ...

TEXT-S&P assigns prelim rating to A-BEST 7 auto loan deal
Reuters
A-BEST 7 is an SPE incorporated under Italian securitization law to purchase portfolios of securitized loans, which are funded through the issuance of euro-denominated notes. May 23 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its preliminary ...

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Structured Products House of the Year: Deutsche Bank
Risk.net
Meanwhile, the structured products market was shaken up by unfavourable media coverage about complex exchange-traded products that did not perform as advertised. Against this backdrop, Deutsche Bank stands out for its consistency and its ability to ...

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Pepperdine University Graziadio School Study Finds Tight Credit Stunting ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project and Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. release today a California Supplement to their First Quarter 2012 Private Capital Access Index survey results which will contribute to a forthcoming new indicator to ...
Restrictive Financing Environment Impedes Business, Job GrowthPCBDesign007

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CARICOM can count on Mexico at G20
Caribbean360.com
We have also introduced topics on the agenda of the development for poor countries, the new financial engineering of international financial institutions that need to be restructured, but we have also emphasised and included, as the chair of the G20, ...

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Dyson Shutting Small-Cap Activist Fund
Hedge Fund Alert
John Dyson's Millbrook Capital is unwinding an activist hedge fund that produced solid returns over 15 years by targeting small-cap companies. The vehicle, MMI Investments, is on track to return outside capital by June 30.
Millbrook Capital Shutting Down FundHedge Fund Net

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Bloomberg
The Balancing Act in New Emerging Markets Funds
Bloomberg
It seeks to mitigate stock market risk by also investing in emerging market bonds and currencies, increasing exposure to these assets when stock market conditions seem unfavorable. So far, so good. During the heightened volatility of the past 12 months ...

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