JPMorgan Securities publishes the best investment analysis of Asian equities on a country and regional basis, investors say, and ends up in a tie with Citi Investment Research for best overall coverage of Asian equity markets, according to 15th annual Institutional Investor All-Asia Research Team survey.
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Investor groups filed 54 climate-change proxy resolutions, up from 43 last year. Twenty were withdrawn after companies agreed to respond to the requests.
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Paulson Ranks First at $3.7 Billion;
Soros, Simons, Two Others Exceed $1 Billion
John Paulson earned a record $3.7 billion last year to top Alpha ’s seventh annual ranking of the 50 most highly paid hedge fund managers. The Paulson & Co. chief surpassed perennial powerhouses George Soros and James Simons, who ranked second and third, at $2.9 billion and $2.8 billion, respectively. Two others exceeded $1 billion. The top 25 on the list earned an average . . .
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Many hedge fund investment professionals saw their pay jump by 50 percent in 2007, according to Alpha 's second annual hedge fund compensation report.
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Pittsburgh-based PNC adeptly avoided the subprime lending that forced billions of dollars of write-offs at larger banks, but it has had to raise loss provisions and write down commercial mortgages held for sale.
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