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...year-old can hope for is a few kilos of sardine-sized fish. Overfishing is partly to blame. But Bun Neang knows of another reason Tonle Sap's big game have all but disappeared. "China," he says of the country that is now tiny Cambodia's biggest foreign investor and economic patron. "Instead of sharing the Mekong, they dam the river and keep it for themselves...
...hedge fund like Global Alpha affected by events in markets far removed from its bread-and-butter exposure? The root of the problem is high leverage. For example, when this debacle hit, one of Goldman's funds was leveraged 6 to 1, so every dollar of investor capital claimed six dollars of positions. This is the dry kindling for a market firestorm. When things go bad for a highly leveraged hedge fund, it gets a margin call and has to sell assets to reduce its exposure. Naturally, as it sells, prices drop. The falling prices mean a further decline...
Cash-rich Chinese enterprises have garnered attention for their mega-investments in Africa and other parts of the developing world. In Italy, Chinese investment has been most noteworthy in the textile business and in the purchase of bars and restaurants in northern Italian cities. Increasingly, Chinese investors are looking at all sectors of the European economy, including high-tech and heavy manufacturing. Thomas Rosenthal of the Italy-China Foundation says there are now 27 Chinese companies doing business in Italy, and that China has jumped from the 33rd largest foreign investor in Italy in 2004 to 10th...
Instead, Dodge & Cox believes the more vantage points there are the better. On the stocks side, 20 analysts track companies, waiting for chances to buy solid, long-term businesses on the cheap--a classic value-investor stance. When an analyst thinks a company is something Dodge & Cox would be well advised to hold for five years, the analyst makes the case to an investment-policy committee...
...further are disgruntled mainstream investment funds, which have been egging on PE firms to deal jump. Some have become quite vocal and even threatened to vote their shares against a deal unless a bidder kicked in more money. One such firm is Cohen & Steers Inc., a nonactivist real estate investor, which publicly criticized Blackstone's original takeover offer for Equity Office as being ridiculously low. The firm's comments helped trigger the bidding war that ensued...