Conventional Wisdom

TMC Financing Ends Fiscal Year up 47%

Top SBA Lender Provided $706 Million in Financing for Commercial Real Estate SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TMC Financing, the No. 1 Small Business Administration (SBA) 504 commercial real

Innkeepers Emerges from Chapter 11

Hotel Properties Emerge with Stronger Operations and Higher RevenuesPALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Innkeepers USA Trust and its affiliates ("Company") announced today that the

Hedge funds face light redemption requests

As performance wavered, recent conventional wisdom has been that hedge funds are taking a close look at investment, pondering whether they should pull the redemption trigger as deadlines for such

2011 Carbon Disclosure Project S&P 500 Findings: Majority of US Companies Taking Climate Change Action, Despite Absence of Mand

For first time in CDP's ten year history, most US companies reporting climate change strategiesNEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2011 S&P 500 report from the Carbon Disclosure Project

Spring Mountain Capital's Proprietary White Paper Advocates Using Shorter-Term Market Timing or "Active Beta" to Generate Alpha

NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Spring Mountain Capital, LP (SMC), an investment management firm that focuses on alternative asset investing, today released a proprietary white paper, titled

Wurts and Associates Hires Alaska Permanent Fund CIO Jeffrey Scott

Seattle-based firm continues to build discretionary investment practice SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Jeffrey Scott, CIO of the $40 billion Alaska Permanent Fund, one of the world’s largest sovereign

MassMutual Retirement Services Data Shows Women Increasingly Favor Target-Date vs. Risk-Based Funds

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has released data for the fourth quarter 2010 indicating that female participants in retirement plans

D.E. Shaw layoffs a sign of times?

People's eyebrows perked up when D.E. Shaw revealed it would lay off a tenth of its staff, about 150 jobs. Many see it as a harbinger of things to come, unfortunately. The industry in many ways is

Banks proceed cautiously in new era of campaign giving

When it comes to campaign giving, people often try analyze whether Wall Street is leaning left or right. In this season of regulatory discontent, the conventional wisdom has been that the Street is

M.D. Sass Appoints New Vice President to Equity Team

NEW YORK, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- M.D. Sass, a leader in investment management for thirty-eight years, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Rapp as Vice President and Senior Analyst on its