http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog FT Alphaville from FT.com Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:57:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880091/hedge-funds-ride-european-bank-rally/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880091/hedge-funds-ride-european-bank-rally/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:07:44 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=880091 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/14/880091/hedge-funds-ride-european-bank-rally/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/09/874671/john-paulson-vs-hartford-financial/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/09/874671/john-paulson-vs-hartford-financial/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:50:56 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=874671
But here’s an interesting demonstration of John Paulson at work… stepping onto Hartford Financial’s earnings conference...]]> http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/09/874671/john-paulson-vs-hartford-financial/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/09/874851/further-reading-954/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/09/874851/further-reading-954/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:15:58 +0000 Joseph Cotterill http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=874851
- No, banks shouldn’t be in the tail risk-selling business.

- Hempton on Diamond Foods: “There is seldom only one cockroach…”...]]> http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/02/09/874851/further-reading-954/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/01/861441/bruising-year-for-commodities-hedge-funds/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/01/861441/bruising-year-for-commodities-hedge-funds/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:51:19 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=861441 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/02/01/861441/bruising-year-for-commodities-hedge-funds/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/30/856681/deutsche-bank-targets-hegde-funds-problem-assets/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/30/856681/deutsche-bank-targets-hegde-funds-problem-assets/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:33:48 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=856681 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/30/856681/deutsche-bank-targets-hegde-funds-problem-assets/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/27/854801/further-reading-945/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/27/854801/further-reading-945/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:26:28 +0000 Izabella Kaminska http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=854801
- The high yield ETF is really, really popular.

- The bubble in central banking.

- Why people become investment bankers.

- Is the natural gas rebound sustainable?...]]> http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/27/854801/further-reading-945/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/26/852651/einhorn-uk-fsas-high-profile-target/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/26/852651/einhorn-uk-fsas-high-profile-target/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:39:38 +0000 Joseph Cotterill http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=852651 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/26/852651/einhorn-uk-fsas-high-profile-target/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/26/852451/further-reading-944/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/26/852451/further-reading-944/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:26:33 +0000 Joseph Cotterill http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=852451
- The internet Web: French.

- Fed take, I: ’Ever heard of the phrase “data overload?”‘

- Fed take, II: was Ben showing his frustration?...]]> http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/26/852451/further-reading-944/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/26/851981/einhorn-and-greenlight-fined-7-2m/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/26/851981/einhorn-and-greenlight-fined-7-2m/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:03:23 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=851981 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/26/851981/einhorn-and-greenlight-fined-7-2m/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/25/851191/hedge-bashers/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/25/851191/hedge-bashers/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:05:12 +0000 Paul Murphy http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=851191


Open that, hit...]]> http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/25/851191/hedge-bashers/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/23/845081/hedgies-in-flux/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/23/845081/hedgies-in-flux/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:30:49 +0000 Paul Murphy http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=845081
You find full details in the usual place, but here are the bullet points from the exec summary:...]]> http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/23/845081/hedgies-in-flux/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/23/844341/hedge-funds-fall-short-of-incentive-fee-level/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/23/844341/hedge-funds-fall-short-of-incentive-fee-level/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:24:01 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=844341 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/23/844341/hedge-funds-fall-short-of-incentive-fee-level/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/19/840491/further-reading-939/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/19/840491/further-reading-939/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:17:39 +0000 Joseph Cotterill http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=840491
- Einhorn vs the eurozone foghorns.

- Try as he might, Felix Salmon will never be Davos Deville. OK?

- Horrible pawnbroking story du jour.

- Why the...]]> http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/19/840491/further-reading-939/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/18/839901/seven-charged-over-62m-insider-trading/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/18/839901/seven-charged-over-62m-insider-trading/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:58:01 +0000 Lisa Pollack http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=839901 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/18/839901/seven-charged-over-62m-insider-trading/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/18/839241/more-clients-leave-man-group/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/18/839241/more-clients-leave-man-group/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:23:00 +0000 Joseph Cotterill http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=839241 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/18/839241/more-clients-leave-man-group/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/16/834271/hedgies-next-target-rule-502c-regulation-d/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/16/834271/hedgies-next-target-rule-502c-regulation-d/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:36:46 +0000 Joseph Cotterill http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=834271 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/16/834271/hedgies-next-target-rule-502c-regulation-d/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/16/833701/hedge-funds-lobby-against-sec-secrecy-rule/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/16/833701/hedge-funds-lobby-against-sec-secrecy-rule/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:55:16 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=833701 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/16/833701/hedge-funds-lobby-against-sec-secrecy-rule/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/12/829661/swiss-bank-offers-eurozone-shorting-products/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/12/829661/swiss-bank-offers-eurozone-shorting-products/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:29:39 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=829661 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2012/01/12/829661/swiss-bank-offers-eurozone-shorting-products/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/09/822561/further-reading-932/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/09/822561/further-reading-932/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:56:46 +0000 Joseph Cotterill http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=822561
- Epistemology and bank bonuses (or was it principals?).

- How many US jobs are “structurally impaired”?

- Why we’ll never grow out of safe haven assets....]]> http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/09/822561/further-reading-932/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/05/819201/china-gets-shorty/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/05/819201/china-gets-shorty/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:53:03 +0000 David Keohane http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=819201 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/01/05/819201/china-gets-shorty/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/23/814101/falcone-rejects-sec-settlement/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/23/814101/falcone-rejects-sec-settlement/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:23:05 +0000 Lisa Pollack http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=814101 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/23/814101/falcone-rejects-sec-settlement/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/23/814081/regulators-may-extend-comment-period-for-volcker-rule/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/23/814081/regulators-may-extend-comment-period-for-volcker-rule/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:13:58 +0000 Lisa Pollack http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=814081 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/23/814081/regulators-may-extend-comment-period-for-volcker-rule/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/12/23/813781/further-reading-928/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/12/23/813781/further-reading-928/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:34:47 +0000 Neil Hume http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=813781
- Hey United Nations, you owe me a $1 trillion.

- What really caused the Eurozone debt crisis.

- John Paulson’s Disadvantage Plus.

- I’ve always...]]> http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/12/23/813781/further-reading-928/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/22/811801/fortress-ceo-takes-leave-after-being-named-in-suit/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/22/811801/fortress-ceo-takes-leave-after-being-named-in-suit/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:22:53 +0000 Lisa Pollack http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=811801 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/22/811801/fortress-ceo-takes-leave-after-being-named-in-suit/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/22/811191/vega-threatens-to-sue-over-greek-bond-losses/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/22/811191/vega-threatens-to-sue-over-greek-bond-losses/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:35:39 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=811191 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/22/811191/vega-threatens-to-sue-over-greek-bond-losses/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/13/795861/hendry%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98china-short%e2%80%99-fund-makes-big-returns/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/13/795861/hendry%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98china-short%e2%80%99-fund-makes-big-returns/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:34:41 +0000 Izabella Kaminska http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=795861 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/13/795861/hendry%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98china-short%e2%80%99-fund-makes-big-returns/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/09/790231/hedge-funds-expect-worst-year-since-2008/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/09/790231/hedge-funds-expect-worst-year-since-2008/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:08:23 +0000 Joseph Cotterill http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=790231 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/09/790231/hedge-funds-expect-worst-year-since-2008/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/12/09/788551/shadow-banking-and-the-seven-collateral-miners/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/12/09/788551/shadow-banking-and-the-seven-collateral-miners/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:48:53 +0000 Izabella Kaminska http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=788551
We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig from early morn till night...]]> http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/12/09/788551/shadow-banking-and-the-seven-collateral-miners/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/12/09/789701/further-reading-917/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/12/09/789701/further-reading-917/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:16:22 +0000 Joseph Cotterill http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=789701
- “I thought [EU summit] disasters were all meant to happen over the weekend?”

- Making it two lost decades.

- George Soros bought MF Global’s...]]> http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/12/09/789701/further-reading-917/feed/ 0 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/06/782351/paulson-down-further-in-november/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/06/782351/paulson-down-further-in-november/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:28:25 +0000 Joseph Cotterill http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=782351 http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/12/06/782351/paulson-down-further-in-november/feed/ 0