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Private Equity In Africa: Domestic demand provides shelter from the crunch

Jason G. Wulterkens (July 13th, 2009) Writes:

The following appeared in June’s Business Diary Botswana:

Private equity (PE) has long been considered a viable way to achieve risk-adjusted returns that exceed those possible in the public equity markets (though per University of Chicago scholar Steven Kaplan, during the three decades ending in 2005, the average private equity firm’s annual return was no better than that of Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index). Accordingly, institutional investors include private equity (or even funds of funds) in order to concurrently achieve optimal diversification and risk premia. And while such “limited partnership interests” demand that investors lock-in their contributions for an appreciable time period, such that general partners can commit to any number of strategies, in recent years the once highly illiquid asset class has given way to a vibrant secondary market available for sellers of private equity assets, which in turn has spread risk and further fueled

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CBSMarketwatch: Can Sequenom (SQNM) Make it Back into Investors’s Good Graces?

Trader Mark (June 2nd, 2009) Writes:

Still keeping my eye on the Sequenom (SQNM) – but the whole idea with this name was to avoid the small cap “biotech” bipolar experience (either a huge win or a huge loss). Unfortunately, this is what this has now turned to, a coin flip. Probably the most bizarre disclosure I’ve ever been associated with, and I’ve seen many off the wall things in my years in the market.

Per CBSMarketwatch

Shares of beleaguered biotech Sequenom Inc. got a much-needed boost last week in the form of a somewhat favorable report issued by Lazard Capital Markets, but is the stock really that seaworthy?
Sequenom jumped nearly 15% on May 27, after Lazard analyst Sean Lavin upgraded the stock, now trading in the $3 range, to hold from sell, saying he believes it had more potential upside than downside.
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John Silvia: What keeps us up at night?

Prieur du Plessis (April 8th, 2009) Writes:

This post is a guest contribution by John Silvia*, chief economist of Wachovia.

Three issues keep us up at night. They are the basis of what we see as fundamental movements in the economic sphere that are being met by policy makers in only a superficial way. Over the last year, we have repeatedly seen that these superficial monetary and fiscal policy moves have been ineffective in dealing with the three issues we will address here. We believe policy is piling on the Band-Aids while the source of the bleeding is left unattended.

Economics: more than just the business cycle First, current economic difficulties reflect both cyclical and structural forces. Policy makers emphasize the traditional “Keynesian response” to a sudden drop in aggregate demand. There is an emphasis

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University Endowment Funds List | Resource

Richard C. Wilson (September 24th, 2008) Writes:
University Endowment FundsUniversity Endowment Funds ListUniversity Endowment Funds ListQuick Link: Hedge Fund Marketing GuideYesterday a hedge fund sent me this list of university endowments from Wikipedia and I thought I would share this with others involved in hedge fund marketing and sales.Institution ↓ Endowment (2005)billion USD ↓ Endowment (2006)billion USD ↓ Endowment (2007)billion USD ↓ Amherst College $ 1.155[1] $ 1.337[2] $ 1.662[3] ...
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