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SEC “Kicks the Can Down the Road” with Hedge Fund Registration
07/11/2011
New York, NY – A few weeks ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission finalized rules requiring registration of most hedge fund managers with either their state or the SEC. The ...
Senators Best Hedge Funds
07/06/2011
Who profits more from non-public information – U.S. Senators or hedge funds? Academic studies suggest that the stock portfolios of U.S. Senators significantly outperform most hedge funds, providing positive abnormal ...
Former Head of ISM Joins Strategas
07/05/2011
New York, NY – Last week, former head of the Institute for Supply Management, Norbert J. Ore, CPSM, C.P.M, joined New York-based independent research firm, Strategas Research Partners, LLC as ...
Study – A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned
06/30/2011
New York – A recent study concludes that an early enough detection of financial shenanigans – decisions taken by a firm’s management with the intent of distorting the reported financial ...
ConvergEx Group Expands Westminster Commission Management Platform
06/29/2011
New York – ConvergEx Group recently announced that Westminster Research Associates has expanded its global execution network to over 150 broker-dealers, up from 90 brokers less than two years ago. ...
Buy-Side Sees Value of Sell-Side Analysts Falling
06/28/2011
New York, NY – According to a recent study conducted by investment consulting firm Greenwich Associates, buy-side investors believe that the value of the service traditionally provided by sell-side analysts ...
I-Bank Research Rebounds
06/27/2011
Investment banking research up, regional and indie research down, according to the latest Greenwich U.S. Equities report. The market share of investment banking research is rebounding after declines in 2009 ...
Euromoney purchases a majority stake of Ned Davis Research
06/23/2011
New York – Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, an international publishing, events and information group based in London, announced earlier this week it has acquired an initial 87% interest in Ned ...
SEC to Address Proxy Plumbing
06/22/2011
New York – According to an article on CFO.com, the Securities and Exchange commission plans to look into conflicts of interest at proxy advisory firms:
The Securities and Exchange Commission plans ...
Reflections from 2011 NIRI Annual Conference
06/20/2011
New York, NY – Last week, Integrity Research Associates had the opportunity to participate in the National Investor Relations Institute’s (NIRI) 2011 annual conference held in Orlando, FL. While you ...