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    Wednesday, July 2, 2008 From Information Arbitrage - view blog entries - visit this blog
July 2, 2008 at 9:39 pm ET There have been some rumblings over the past several months about accounting rules being a key contributor to the banking sector meltdown, and I've let it slide. But now that Steve Schwartzman and Tony James ... (more) Monday, June 9, 2008 From Information Arbitrage - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 9, 2008 at 10:37 pm ET The variable prepaid forward contract, without question one of the most popular transactions on corporate and high net worth derivatives desks on Wall Street. Every firm has their own brand name for it, but the ... (more) Saturday, June 7, 2008 From Information Arbitrage - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 7, 2008 at 12:13 pm ET During my years as a derivatives and capital structuring professional, I spent a lot of time working with my teams to develop versions of the "holy grail" - tax-deductible equity. In short, when corporations are ... (more) Thursday, June 5, 2008 Yes Ben, the Dollar Does Matter (5 clicks)
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June 5, 2008 at 12:35 am ET The weak dollar has been a source of much consternation, at least for me, over the past year. There are those who say "Who cares; a weak dollar helps exports," and "You need to keep ... (more) Saturday, May 31, 2008 From Information Arbitrage - view blog entries - visit this blog
May 31, 2008 at 4:40 pm ET The current fallout associated with DB Zwirn is causing a renewed focus on both mark-to-market practices and, by association, pay-for-performance practices. The way it's being depicted in the media it's almost as if someone woke ... (more) Saturday, May 24, 2008 The Inevitable Growth of Derivatives Exchanges (45 clicks)
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May 24, 2008 at 5:39 pm ET The World Of Derivatives Has Changed Derivatives exchanges for the trading, clearing and settlement of options and futures is nothing new; they've pretty much been a fact for over 30 years. And volume growth at ... (more) Monday, May 19, 2008 On Spiritual Holiday (6 clicks)
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May 19, 2008 at 10:09 pm ET For whatever reason I'm just not in a writing mood these days. Very intense. Working on projects. Lots of deals. Helping portfolio companies. Busy with my family. L-A-S-E-R-F-O-C-U-S-E-D. For the first time in nearly two ... (more) Saturday, May 17, 2008 Does SPAC Really Spell SCAM? (19 clicks)
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May 17, 2008 at 6:33 pm ET To be clear, I don't see the SPAC industry itself as bad. Well, not too bad. What I do see, however, is an industry that might be moving towards a role that is neither good ... (more) Thursday, May 8, 2008 Long PM Health/Short Tums (11 clicks)
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May 8, 2008 at 11:59 pm ET What do you get when you cross good, thematic long-term investors and stock pickers with quarterly or annual redemptions? Perverse decision-making and style drift. Or a portfolio manager with an ulcer. There is a fundamental ... (more) Wednesday, April 30, 2008 From Information Arbitrage - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 30, 2008 at 10:47 pm ET The KKR/SUNW convertible preferred PIPEs deal, an oddity in the private equity world up to that point, in retrospect looks like the harbinger of things to come. When I wrote about the deal in March ... (more) Saturday, April 26, 2008 I'm Not a "Linkfest" Kind of Guy, But... (14 clicks)
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April 26, 2008 at 2:30 pm ET Here are some articles I've seen over the last few days that warrant a read: 1. Bagehot's Lessons For The Fed, Wall Street Journal, 4/25/2008. Stanford University's Ronald McKinnon shares some pearls of wisdom from ... (more) Friday, April 25, 2008 The Halcyon Days of Entrepreneurship (14 clicks)
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April 25, 2008 at 12:51 am ET The economy isn't so hot. The credit crisis has caused mass layoffs across Wall Street and related industries. Mortgage defaults are skyrocketing, causing panic in many communities across the U.S. The geopolitical environment hasn't been ... (more) Monday, April 21, 2008 From Information Arbitrage - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 21, 2008 at 11:00 pm ET This is not a post about vanity, the loss of hair, the newly-formed wrinkles, the sore muscles, the need for a mid-day siesta. It is about the loss of life and of love, the passing ... (more) Is Size Leading to Perverse Decision-Making? (22 clicks)
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April 21, 2008 at 12:13 am ET The $7 billion TPG-led recapitalization of Washington Mutual. The $5-8 billion Corsair-led syndicate to support the ailing National City. The tens of billions invested by sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) in Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley ... (more) Sunday, April 20, 2008 Super-Angel Networks: Seed Capital 3.0 (39 clicks)
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April 20, 2008 at 12:35 am ET It seems as if everywhere I turn there is yet another article about a slowdown in venture capital investing. This from today's Wall Street Journal: Facing an uncertain economic environment, venture capitalists showed restraint with ... (more) Wednesday, April 16, 2008 From Information Arbitrage - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 16, 2008 at 9:11 am ET In one of my first posts I made some projections concerning the future of the hedge fund industry: The number of hedge funds, higher or lower? - Answer: LOWER The "shape of the hedge fund ... (more) Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Buddy Media: $6.5MM and Off to the Races (5 clicks)
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April 15, 2008 at 10:16 pm ET It was just announced that one of my portfolio companies, Buddy Media, raised a $6.5 million Series B round led by my friends at Softbank Capital. Sometimes in the life of an investor things just ... (more) Thursday, April 10, 2008 On A New Path to Liquidity (3 clicks)
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April 10, 2008 at 2:58 pm ET Fred Wilson just put up a very provocative and interesting post concerning how successful start-up companies might garner liquidity for their owners. IPOs are great, but the market has largely been weak since the bubble ... (more) Tuesday, April 8, 2008 From Information Arbitrage - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 8, 2008 at 11:32 pm ET There has recently been a bunch of chatter about the role of angel investors, Y Combinator and its ilk, and the motivations of those running large pools of venture capital. All I can do is ... (more) Congratulations, Covestor (1 click)
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April 8, 2008 at 1:15 pm ET I am happy to be an investor in Rikki Tahta's brain-child, Covestor, and am pleased to be joined by my friends Fred and Bijan in the deal. With an interesting and disruptive business plan together ... (more) Monday, April 7, 2008 BlogTalkRadio: Investment #10 (5 clicks)
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April 7, 2008 at 9:20 am ET I first met Alan Levy, Founder and CEO of BlogTalkRadio (BTR), through my friend Howard Lindzon. And once I spent some time with Alan hearing his vision and getting a grip on his platform, I ... (more) Saturday, April 5, 2008 From Information Arbitrage - view blog entries - visit this blog
April 5, 2008 at 5:51 pm ET I'm surprised it took this long. But finally Steve Ballmer and the Microsoft board appears to be getting serious about its offer for Yahoo. From the Wall Street Journal: Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steven A. ... (more) Friday, April 4, 2008 Breaking Up is Hard to Do (4 clicks)
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April 4, 2008 at 12:29 am ET During my 20+ years in the financial services world, a tenure that started as an M&A banker, I've observed that, in general, mergers destroy value. Why? Here are a few common pitfalls: Overpaying Promised "synergies" ... (more) Tuesday, April 1, 2008 Experienced Sales Hunters Wanted: Monitor110 (4 clicks)
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April 1, 2008 at 3:31 pm ET Monitor110 is currently in the market for winning, results-oriented sales professionals to join their dynamic team. The New Business Sales job specification is provided below. Representing the intersection of Wall Street, high technology and innovation, ... (more) Sunday, March 30, 2008 Considering Blackstone, One Year Later (1 click)
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March 30, 2008 at 5:26 pm ET Amidst the detritus of today's broken markets, I felt compelled to look back and review some of my thoughts around the Blackstone IPO. Why? Because I had thought their filing had pretty much signaled a ... (more) Items 1 - 25 of 158
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