The Year of Yield

With 2008 having proved a humbling experience for most of the market, many investment managers are embracing a strategy that gives them, at least, some guarantee for returns. And that means a focus on corporate debt, which offers yields at high spreads when compared with government debt, as well as dividend-paying stocks, many [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 17:48:49

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The Year of Yield

With 2008 having proved a humbling experience for most of the market, many investment managers are embracing a strategy that gives them, at least, some guarantee for returns. And that means a focus on corporate debt, which offers yields at high spreads when compared with government debt, as well as dividend-paying stocks, many [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 18:59:12

Credit Crisis Prompts Upheaval at Buyout Firms

P.A.I.’s management revolt over the summer shows how private-equity executives are feuding over power, money and strategy after the credit crisis shut off the debt financing used to make acquisitions, Bloomberg News reported. Dominique Megret’s exit from P.A.I. follows the departure this month of Jon Moulton from Alchemy Partners, the London-based firm he founded 12 years ago, after a dispute over investment strategy. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 08:53:46

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