Forbes: Profit From The Growing Wave Of Money Market Fund Closures

(Forbes) A lot of investors have noticed that money market funds have paid out a big fat zero, goose-egg, nada, so far this year. But, it’s easy to miss the fact that the sponsors of money market funds have had to subsidize these funds in order to keep their returns from turning negative. This can’t go on forever and when the subsidies do stop, those who have waited until the last minute, will find that the best income oriented investments will have already been bid up by those who had the foresight to take action now. Read More at Forbes

Forbes: Weak Asia Data has Hedge Fund Investors Preparing For More Global Stress

(Forbes) Global economic fundamentals are not sound.

The U.S. economy is the shining star of the world’s major economies, and it needs Fed Reserve life support to grow over 2 percent.  The Federal Reserve Bank will extend its Operation Twist program, a bond buying program that forces interest rates to historic lows and weakens the value of the dollar.

The No. 2 economy in the world, China, continues to pump out disappointing economic data, with HSBC Flash PMI data yesterday showing lackluster business sentiment, now down to 2009 crisis levels.

Forbes: Private Equity Goes Prospecting In Emerging Markets, Asia

(Forbes) Somewhat insulated from the recession anxieties and sovereign debt default fears that gripped the developed markets, fast-growing emerging market economies from Asia to Latin America continued to beckon global private equity investors. General partners (GPs) continued to flock to healthier macroeconomic climates and booming regions like Greater China, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent seeking investment opportunities (see figure below).

Hedge Fund Managers: Top 5 Earners Bank $8.3 Billion

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Forbes: Quarter of top global VCs investing in China, India

One-quarter of the top 100 venture capitalists (VCs) in Forbes‘ Midas List 2012 are now investing in China and India.

According to Forbes‘ annual list of best dealmakers in technology and life science industry, which was released last Friday, the inclusion of China and India markets in the formulation of the list for the first time showed that more prominent VCs are going beyond their usual market portfolio of Europe, Israel and the United States, to make their presence felt in these two Asian economic powerhouses.  Read More at Forbes.com