(Bloomberg) — China, whose $2.45 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves are the world’s largest, is turning bullish on Europe and Japan at the expense of the U.S.The nation has been buying “quite a lot” of Europe’s bonds, said Yu Yongding, a former adviser to the People’s Bank of China who was part of a foreign-policy advisory committee that visited France, Spain and Germany from June 20 to July 2.
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China Favoring Euros Over Greenback as Bernanke Shifts Course
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July 13th, 2010 Before You Invest (Bloomberg) — Citigroup Inc. will transfer management of a group of in-house private-equity funds to StepStone Group LLC and sell interests in its funds to Lexington Partners Inc. as part of a plot to shrink the bank’s assets.StepStone, based in La Jolla, California, will take over management of $4 billion in funds-of-funds and buyout co- investments previously run by the Citi Private Equity unit, the New York-based bank said today in a statement.
Posted in Finance Fraud Tags: 1 Billion, Balance Sheet, Chief Executive Officer, Citigroup, Citigroup Inc, Core Assets, Dozen Businesses, Employee Investment, Equity Unit, Fourth Quarter, Group Llc, Investment Funds, Investments, La Jolla, Lexington Partners Inc, Pandit, Private Equity Funds, Proprietary Interests, Stepstone, Trillion Comments OffJPMorgan ranked top of hedge fund list
March 9th, 2010 Before You Invest JPMorgan was the richest hedge fund manager working in the industry at the close of 2009, a new report has shown.Figures from Pensions & Investment revealed that the financial services provider managed a total of $53.5 billion of hedge fund assets.By the end of 2009, JPMorgan Asset Management had $32.5 billion in assets while Highbridge Capital Management looked after $21 billion worth of funds.The total was 18.9 per cent higher than the figure in its portfolio at the end of 2007, the survey revealed.Bridgewate Associates was ranked second in the list with $43.6 billion while third placed Paulson & Co managed $32 billion.Further findings from the study revealed that the total assets managed by the 11 companies quizzed stood at $316.2 billion, nearly the same as the $316 billion in assets seen across portfolios at the end of 2007.Alex Ehrlich, head of Morgan Stanley’s prime brokerage business, recently told the Reuters Private Equity and Hedge Funds Summit in New York that the number of hedge funds being launched is on the rise.“We are seeing very, very strong hedge fund formation right now. The number of launches we are seeing are five times stronger than what we saw last year.”Meanwhile, a survey by Hedge Fund Intelligence revealed that global assets for the industry reached $1.82 trillion during the second half of 2009.
Posted in Finance Fraud Tags: Alex, Amp, Asset Management, Brokerage Business, Capital Management, Ehrlich, Financial Services Provider, Fund Assets, Global Assets, Hedge Fund Manager, Hedge Funds, Launches, Morgan Stanley, Pensions, Portfolios, Prime Brokerage, Private Equity, Reuters, Second Half, Trillion Comments OffFed Generates $46.1 Billion Profit in 2009
January 15th, 2010 Before You Invest The Federal Reserve had its largest bottom line ever in 2009, generating record profits as its holdings of Treasury, mortgaged-backed securities and agency debt grew.The Fed last year generated a net income of $52.1 billion, of which it paid $46.1 billion to the U.S. Treasury, the Fed said Tuesday.
Posted in Finance Fraud Tags: 1 Billion, Aig, American International Group, Asset Purchase, Balance Sheet, Bear Stearns, Federal Reserve, Government Debt, J P Morgan, J P Morgan Chase, Low Interest Rates, Mortgage Agencies, Mortgage Backed Securities, Net Income, Open Market Operations, Record Profits, Rescue Operations, Trillion, U S Treasury, Windfall No Comments »Japan launches $81bn economic stimulus package
December 9th, 2009 Before You Invest The Japanese government has announced it is pumping $81 billion (7.2 trillion yen) to help boost the country’s flagging economic recovery.Despite the Japanese economy reporting growth in the last two quarters, analysts believe it may be vulnerable to another downturn if the yen remains strong, making the country’s exports less competitive in foreign markets.The stimulus package has been agreed upon by Japan’s coalition government, which is made up of three different parties.But with the country’s public debt approaching 200 per cent of its yucky domestic product, economists believe the money will not provide long-term security for the Japanese economy.Yasunari Ueno, chief market economist at Mizuho Securities, said: “This may help the economy somewhat.”But it doesn’t even start to address the more fundamental issues facing Japan, such as weaknesses in the global economy and deflation.”Last month, Japan’s cabinet office warned that the country had returned to deflation for the first time since 2006.
Posted in Finance Fraud Tags: Cabinet Office, Chief Market, Coalition Government, Downturn, Economic Recovery, Economic Stimulus Package, Economists, Foreign Markets, Fundamental Issues, Global Economy, Gross Domestic Product, Japanese Economy, Japanese Government, Long Term Security, Market Economist, Mizuho Securities, Public Debt, Quarters, Trillion, Yen No Comments »Schwab reports $8.6B in new client assets in October; decline in trading volume
November 14th, 2009 Before You Invest The Charles Schwab Corp. brought in $8.6 billion in net new assets last month, a 48% increase over September, according to a monthly market report the company released today.The new assets for October register as Schwab’s second-highest monthly total for 2009 — it brought in $12.1 billion in January — according to the report.Despite the strong month, but, the net new assets were offset by larger market losses: the company reported a $22 billion drop in assets due to appreciation.That brought Schwab’s total client assets to $1.35 trillion at the end of October, a 1% decline from September, but a 16% increase from October 2008.The brokerage company also reported 335,300 average daily client trades for October — a 33% drop from one year ago, and a 1% increase from September.
Posted in Finance Fraud Tags: 1 Billion, 6b, Brokerage Company, Charles Schwab, Charles Schwab Corp, Client Assets, Decline, Market Losses, Register, Trades, Trillion No Comments »International Monetary Fund now estimates global bank losses at $3.4 trillion
November 8th, 2009 Before You Invest The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reduced its estimate of global bank losses by $600 billion – but warned the new figure of $3.4 trillion could rise further due to high unemployment rates across the world pushing up loan losses.Rising security values combined with a new way of calculating losses are to thank for the improvement on the original $4 trillion deficit calculated in April.But the IMF says that around another $1.5 trillion worth of loan writedowns will hit banks by the end of 2010.
Posted in Finance Fraud Tags: Banks, Brink, Earnings, Economic Recovery, Financial Institutions, Financial Meltdown, Global Bank, Global Financial Stability, Global Financial Stability Report, Government Support, Imf Report, International Monetary Fund, International Monetary Fund Imf, Jose Vinals, Loan Losses, Policymakers, Public Purse, Reuters, Trillion, Unemployment Rates No Comments »CME sees launch of CDS clearing in December
October 22nd, 2009 Before You Invest (Reuters) — CME Group expects to launch its clearing house for the $26 trillion credit default swap market in mid-December, as a deadline for dealers to offer clients access to clearing for the contracts comes due, CME chief executive Craig Donohue said on Wednesday.The exchange has been testing its clearing house with seven or eight CDS dealers and around 10 buyside firms, to prepare for the launch, Donohue said in an interview with Reuters.The group is “going through all of the different issues that we have to have them operationally ready to start clearing trades with us by mid-December,” Donohue said. “We’re making a lot of progress.”A group including 14 of the largest CDS dealers in June told regulators including the New York Federal Reserve that they would offer buyside market participants access to all viable clearing CDS solutions by December 15.Central clearing, in which the exchange stands between the two counterparties on the contract and assumes the risk of the failure of a trading partner, is viewed as key to removing systemic risks posed by derivative contracts.American International Group needed a government bailout in September of last year after it sold hundreds of billions of dollars of protection on risky assets using CDS, and did not have adequate capital to back up its commitments.Credit default swaps are used to protect against a borrower defaulting on their debt or to speculate on their credit quality.
Posted in Finance Fraud Tags: Adequate Capital, American International Group, Bailout, Buyside, Clearing House, Counterparties, Craig Donohue, Credit Default Swap, Credit Default Swaps, Credit Quality, Derivative Contracts, Federal Reserve, Launch, Market Participants, New York Federal Reserve, Reuters, Risky Assets, Swap Market, Systemic Risks, Trillion No Comments »CME downplays reliance on OTC for growth
October 1st, 2009 Before You Invest (Reuters) – CME Group Inc.’s overall growth is “absolutely not” dependent on its over-the-counter clearing venture, the head of the world’s largest derivatives exchange operator said on Thursday.Chicago-based CME has for nearly a year plotted to clear OTC-traded credit default swaps.OTC clearing is a “very compelling and significant growth opportunity for us, but I reckon it’s additive to the growth that I reckon we can achieve through these other things,” CEO Craig Donohue told investors.He said there is a “global expanding pie in derivatives,” adding that markets in North America and Europe are honestly mature while those in emerging markets are relatively immature.Kim Taylor, a CME managing director, added at the investor meeting that the company expects its European clearinghouse for CDS and other products to get British Financial Services Authority approval by about year’s end.
Posted in Finance Fraud Tags: Central Counterparty, Clearinghouses, Craig Donohue, Credit Crisis, Credit Default Swaps, Derivatives Market, Emerging Markets, European Venture, Exchange Operator, Futures And Options, Global Futures, Growth Opportunity, Intercontinentalexchange Inc, Kim Taylor, Launch, Nasdaq, Options Market, Otc, Reuters, Trillion No Comments »Assets under management have dropped substantially worldwide
September 16th, 2009 Before You Invest A study has found that wealth has dropped 11.7 percent to $92.4 trillion over the period of the financial crisis.The study by a Boston consulting group found wealth would not return to 2007 levels for another six years.The United States, was the toughest hit region, primarily due to the decline in US equity investments in 2008.Also hit hard were off-shore wealth centres, where many companies and individuals had gone to avoid tax.In Switzerland and the Caribbean, assets declined to $6.7 trillion in 2008 from $7.3 trillion in 2007.Millionaires who made risky investments during the economic boom were especially hard hit, with the number of millionaires worldwide shrinking 17.8 percent to 9 million.
