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These bond funds withstood the 2008 and 2020 recessions. What investors can learn from them

CNBC: Investing

Recession fears are looming, but a few intermediate core bond funds have a track record of success.

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Emerging Manager Spotlight: Constance Freedman of Moderne Ventures

JD Supra: Mergers

Q: What led to the decision to raise your first fund? Constance Freedman: In 2008, I began building my track record at Second Century Ventures, the predecessor fund to Moderne Ventures. By: McGuireWoods LLP

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Trader of the Year Hedge Fund: Conversant Capital’s David Alfred

The TRADE

I started my career at Bear Stearns in 2001, then migrated to Credit Suisse in 2008. I made the jump to Credit Suisse and we developed this product nucleus within the equities division to facilitate content distribution and market making across all asset classes, including volatility strategies tailored for hedge fund clients.

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The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank: The Start of Great Financial Crisis 2.0?

Mergers and Inquisitions

history and the largest bank to collapse since 2008. Why bank regulations , including those passed after the 2008 financial crisis, failed to prevent this. Then, the bank lends these funds to companies and individuals and charges interest on these loans. It’s the second-biggest bank failure in U.S. Who deserves the blame.

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M&A Blog #06 – debt (Part I – role and trade-offs, categories and key characteristics)

Francine Way

Highly levered companies are less able to manage financial shocks, such as lost of a major customer, shock to the economy such as the 2008 Great Recession, etc. As the lowest cost of capital, their stretch in the capital structure is limited (which is why they are usually used to fund working capital).

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UK regulator fines Barclays $51 million over disclosures related to Qatar dealings

Global Banking & Finance

million) in total for its failure to disclose certain arrangements with Qatari entities in 2008. The fine by the Financial Conduct Authority dates back to the height of the 2008-9 financial crisis, when Barclays scrambled to raise funds from overseas […]

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Bank of America analyst really loves this Wall Street stock, sees it rallying to $700

CNBC: Investing

He cited the Paul Volcker-led Federal Reserve era and the 2008 financial crisis as examples, saying these times demonstrated "a strong combination of scale and flexibility." Skip Navigation Markets Pre-Markets U.S. Analyst Ebrahim Poonawala said Goldman has a storied history of navigating turbulent periods.

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