international standard asset management

• Ex-Man Group Ceo Fink to Launch 'Black Box' Fund

LONDON (Reuters) - International Standard Asset Management, the hedge fund firm headed by ex-Man Group Chief Executive Stanley Fink, is to launch a computer-driven "black box" fund to rival Man's poorly-performing flagship AHL funds. The firm is launching the ISAM Systematic fund in April with the help of industry veteran Larry Hite's Hite Capital Management, which has been running computer-driven funds for the past nine years. Mr. Hite has a long track record in quantitative investment, having previously set up Mint Investment Management.

• Reuters Hedgeworld
• February 23, 2010

• Ne Ohio Businesses Focusing On Latin America Enterprise

A lot of us don't realize what is happening out of Ohio," said Oscar Villarreal, Founder and Managing Partner of Standard Asset Management during a panel discussion sponsored by The International Entrepreneur (TiE-Ohio) on Jan. 20, 2011 at the downtown Hilton Garden. Villarreal said Mexico and Brazil are booming economies investing in their infrastructure, real estate, pharmaceuticals and developing natural resource industries: oil, gas and steel. All areas the Midwest region excelled in; and Ohio is home to business with manufacturing expertise that with strategic positioning can win multimillion dollar contracts, he said. "We were center of the industrial revolution," said Villarreal, "No one knows about these companies we have in Ohio. "The biggest mistake we make is misunderstandi...

• La Prensa; Toledo
• February 14, 2011

• The International Standards Organization (ISO) Publishes Software Asset Management Standard; Robert J. Scott, Managing Partner, Scott & Scott LLP, Issues Response Statement.

DALLAS -- "The International Standards Organization and the International Electrotechnical Commission recently published its software asset management...

• Business Wire
• May 30, 2006

• Larry Hite to Join Hedge Fund Firm Isam: Report

LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge fund manager Larry Hite will return from retirement to tie up with Stanley Fink's International Standard Asset Management, the . ISAM will launch a new fund called ISAM Systematic in April as a result of the partnership with Mr. Hite, the paper said, citing people familiar with the situation.

• Reuters Hedgeworld
• February 23, 2010

• The Human Side of Ifrs

The ongoing convergence of US GAAP with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) will have a profound effect on the accounting profession. The upcoming changes will require more probing and extensive inquiries to reduce ambiguity and uncertainty in financial statement audits where the number of "bright-line" rules has been reduced. Highly valued accounting character traits that have worked well in a regulated environment -- such as attention to detail and adherence to clear rules -- may need to be reevaluated as changes are made from the rules-based GAAP to the principles-based IFRS. According to the FASB, the main differences between rules-based accounting standards and principles-based standards are that principles are broad and there is less guidance on implementation. Such...

... term is equal to or greater than 75% of the asset's economic life (SFAS 13, Accounting for Leases), ...Under IASB standards, management may argue that the lease is not a capital lease, b...

• CPA Journal, The
• Vol. 79 Nbr. 6, June 2009

• Investors in Software Welcomes ISO/IEC 19770-1 Software Asset Management Standard; Ground-breaking International Standard Sets Benchmark for Best Practice in Software Asset Management.

LONDON -- Investors in Software, the professional association dedicated to promoting Software Asset Management best practice, welcomes the launch of t...

• Business Wire
• May 09, 2006

• Bank performance prediction during the 'great recession' of 2008-'09: a pattern-recognition approach.

... resulted in more aggressive portfolio management, lax liquidity risk management, and the emergence ...The trouble with existing bank asset portfolios lies in their recent reliance upon incr... banks will be compared to this national standard for quarter four of 2008. Further, their proportio...International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, 9, 26. ...

• Academy of Banking Studies Journal
• Vol. 10 Nbr. 2, July 2011

• It's All in the Planning

Malaysia played host to the 1st World Congress on Infrastructure Asset Management recently. Read what the experts say on the importance of inculcating a maintenance culture at the onset in the building or acquisition of infrastructure assets. THE malfunction or breakdown of infrastructure assets, particularly those in public usage such as buildings, transport and telecommunications facilities, have of late been an issue of public embarrassment.

... at minimal cost by following international standards of operation and maintenance such as the...

• Malaysian Business
• April 17, 2011

• Department of state (DOS).

...Director, Transportation & Travel Management Division . T 202-663-0901 . F 202-663-0981 . brenn..., with respect to such matters as international educational and cultural affairs, information acti... and adopting challenging but achievable standards for each element of the supply chain . Two key ele...Kathleen Smith . Assistant for Asset Visibility and inventory Management . T 703-604-00...

• Defense Transportation Journal
• Vol. 67 Nbr. 2, April 2011

• Rep. Scott Garrett Holds a Hearing On the Sec Budget

... DIVISION OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIO...Moving off of international policy and agricultural policy, to the gentleman f... the employees maintain unusually high standards of honesty, integrity, impartiality and conduct," ... relief in 37 actions and obtained 57 asset freezes to preserve investor funds and distributed...

• Political Transcript Wire
• March 21, 2011