This much-needed practical guide covers everything you need to further your understanding of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) - the state-owned investment funds.

Insight to SWFs

As global economic power shifts from the West to the East and recent investments in well-known Western institutions have propelled sovereign wealth funds into the public eye, this new title written by Adnan Hassan, a former Senior Advisor of the World Bank Group, highlights the importance of sovereign wealth funds.

Hedge Funds and Prime Brokers - Second Edition

The Credit Crisis is reshaping the hedge fund industry. At a time when proposals to regulate hedge funds and impose restrictions on their investment managers are at the top of the political agenda in Europe and the US, prime brokers continue to curtail funding, which impacts hedge fund trading and profitability, while investors are returning, slowly, to these critical AI pooled investment vehicles.

Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown has announced that funds are being released to the city of Cleveland through federal agencies to help prevent more foreclosures in Cleveland, Ohio, a city that has been beset by foreclosures at a very high rate.