Oil’s Price Drop Stands to Help Refiners Field-to-Pump Operations at BP, Shell Provide Insulation from Market Pressures LONDON—Falling oil prices mean energy companies and their investors can expect lower profits in the coming months. But big, integrated oil companies are likely to find that a recently unloved part of their business—oil refining—provides a cushion. Read […]
DMS in Tabb Forum
AIFMD: How to Manage the Risks and Reap the Rewards Under the European Union’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, investment managers must quickly assess the risk profiles of their funds, understand the various types of risk exposures, and meet the reporting requirements that the directive demands. Here’s what managers need to know to comply. Read […]
Rob Thummel on MoneyBeat
Falling Oil Prices Don’t Yet Pose Threat to U.S. Energy Industry Read more here.
DMS in GTW
Global Tax Transparency And The Future Of The Cayman Islands by Peter Stafford and Don W. Ebanks
GBI In The Bullion Desk
GBI selected to administer Royal Mint Online Bullion Service The Royal Mint has selected Gold Bullion International (GBI) to administer its new bullion trading website, it said in a release. Read more here.
STA conference coverage
SEC’s Gallagher calls for markets review, frets about bond liquidity WASHINGTON — A commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday said the stock market structure needs a thorough review and he stated concerns about the bond market. Read more here.
Tortoise in Financial Advisors
Mixed Forecast For MLPs Master limited partnerships — companies that provide pipelines and other infratructure for energy producers — have enjoyed good weather and smooth sailing in recent years. Read more here.
Quad in HFM
Quad Group boosts exec management team Quad Group has boosted its management team by hiring former COOs from Clinton Group and Banyan Capital. Read more here.
Quad in CNN Money
Tech trouble sparks wave of selling on Wall Street Apparently it’s not just iPhones that can bend. So can the will of bullish investors. Apple (AAPL, Tech30) and other technology stocks took a tumble on Thursday, driving the Nasdaq deeply into the red: almost down 2%. Read more here.
Franklin Square CEO on Jim Cramer's Mad Money
Michael Forman appears on CNBC’s Mad Money with Jim Cramer Michael Forman, Chairman and CEO of Franklin Square, appeared on CNBC’s Mad Money with Jim Cramer on Monday, September 15th. They discussed Franklin Square’s mission to provide investors access to best-in-class alternative asset managers and strategies historically available only to large institutional investors such as […]
Helping the FDNY
New Slate of Officers and Board Members The FDNY Foundation, the official non-profit organization of the New York City Fire Department, announced its new slate of officers and board members at its annual meeting. Three members of the FDNY Foundation’s Executive Committee were elected to officer positions. Read more here.
Reuters gets Tortoise input
Tortoise Capital’s Robert Thummel says there’s still a lot more upside for master limited partnerships and pipeline companies. – Reuters Insider (registration required) http://insider.thomsonreuters.com/app.html?hmy=0#/clip/1291224/i0ec37y0
PS&S Announces Promotions
WARREN, NJ (September 22, 2014) – Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor (PS&S) today announced several promotions within the company’s senior management team: – Bruce Hawkins of Warren is now Senior Vice President of the firm’s Civil Engineering Department. Bruce has been with PS&S since 1980 and was one of the leaders on such high-profile projects as […]
Dick Grasso reflects on the 9/11 anniversary
Dick Grasso reflects on the 9/11 anniversary Sep. 11, 2014 – 5:51 – Former NYSE CEO Dick Grasso reflects on the 9/11 anniversary and the threat from ISIS.
Premier Alliance on Seeking Alpha
Premier Alliance (PIMO-1.03) Is An Emerging Cybersecurity Play Read more here
Salvatore J. Cassano Joins Zito Partners’ Board of Advisors
NEW YORK, NY (September 18, 2014) – Salvatore J. Cassano, the 32nd Fire Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), has joined the Board of Advisors of Zito Partners, the company announced today. Commissioner Cassano led the United States’ largest fire department with more than 16,000 fire, EMS and civilian members, and an […]
Tortoise in Investor’s Business Daily
Western Gas Equity MLP Plays Shale Oil And Gas Boom Master limited partnerships have sold off modestly in recent days on concerns that interest rates will rise soon. Read more here.
root9B Announces Senior Hires
root9B Names John Harbaugh Chief Operating Officer root9B, a Premier Alliance Company, Appoints Additional Senior NSA Experts to Support Adversarial Pursuit Operations (HUNT) NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — John Harbaugh, a former senior executive for the National Security Agency (NSA), has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of root9B, a subsidiary of Premier Alliance […]
DMS in Global Tax Weekly
FATCA’s Impact On Cayman Islands Securitizations And Cat Bonds by Lynden John and Peter Stafford, DMS Offshore Investment Services – Lynden John is an Associate Director of DMS Off-shore Investment Services. Based in the Cayman Islands, he oversees fund governance for a portfolio of hedge funds, structured finance vehicles and private equity clients.
root9B Executive Publishes Zero-Day Exploit Technique To Combat Telephone Scammers
Company’s Emerging Technologies Director releases technical details to thwart Internet criminals targeting and exploiting innocent victims Premier Alliance (OTCQB: PIMO) company continues combating hackers NEW YORK, NY (September 15, 2014) – root9B’s Director of Emerging Technologies, Matt Weeks, has released technical details on a zero-day exploit in a common software application used by Internet criminals […]
Col. Jacobs on WBIR
Medal of Honor recipient autographs are signature moment (WBIR – Knoxville) Friday at the Medal of Honor Convention, dozens of recipients sat in the Holiday Inn ballroom and signed thousands of autographs. Read more here.
Quad in HFMWeek
Exclusive: Quad Advisors-backed GO Capital opens up GO Capital, a New York-based investment manager backed by Quad Advisors, is launching its hedge fund structure to outside investors following its April debut, HFMWeek has learned. Read more here.
Beazley on Bloomberg TV
Here’s How to Prevent a Data Breach: Katherine Keefe, head of Beazley Breach Response Services, discusses the recent rise in cyber attacks with Mark Crumpton on “Bottom Line.”
CMS in Bay Area News
Seabrook Resident Francis Dautreuil, who holds three industry related patents, has joined CMS Technology as Vice President of technical services, with a mandate to assist CMS food industry clients with reducing bacterial impact on processing. Read more here.
Joe Grano reacts to President’s speech
Boots on the ground needed to defeat ISIS? – Former UBS chairman and former Homeland Security Advisory Council chairman Joe Grano reacts to President Obama’s new strategy to defeat ISIS.
Beazley in the LA Times
Possible data breach at Home Depot highlights retailers’ vulnerability The possible data breach at Home Depot Inc. that came to light this week has raised anew the question of whether retailers can prevent — or at least do more to stop — hackers from swiping customer information. Read more here.
NFL Alumni in Business Week
How Football Players Can Stay Rich After Their NFL Careers On the first day of the NFL’s 2014-15 season, football pros already have something to do a cute little victory dance about. And I’m not talking about their selection on my fantasy team, “The Ladies II.” Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business is partnering with […]
Francis Dautreuil Joins CMS Technology
Leading company’s efforts to minimize or reduce bacterial impact on processing NEW YORK, Sept. 3, 2014 — Francis Dautreuil, who holds three industry related patents, has joined CMS Technology as Vice President of technical services, with a mandate to assist CMS food industry clients with reducing bacterial impact on processing. Read more here.
Tortoise Capital Advisors on Fox Business
Alternative energy investments: Capitalizing on MLPs – Tortoise Capital Advisors managing director Robert Thummel on investing in master limited partnerships.
PRWeek on Burger King acquisition
Corporations walk a tightrope on tax-inversion comms Financial communications experts say Burger King has responded well to the political and social media uproar over its decision to move its corporate headquarters to Canada – and save millions in US taxes in the process. Tax inversion, the practice by which a US company reincorporates in a […]