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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Shaw Capital Management February Newsletter: Government bond Markets 3 of 3
Shaw Capital Management Korea February Newsletter: Article three of three - The markets are assuming that the more powerful members of the eurozone will support the weaker members in order to prevent defaults that might threaten the single currency structure; but the yield spreads have widened considerably to reflect the increased risks. Our tentative view is that the markets will “muddle through”, and that defaults will be avoided; but higher overall yield levels seem unavoidable. Prospects in these markets are therefore very unattractive. The gilt edged market has also come under pressure over the past month; short-term yields have remained basically unchanged, but there have been increases in medium and longer-term yields that has produced a much steeper yield curve.
Shaw Capital Management Korea February Newsletter: Article three of three - There has been evidence of a modest improvement in the economic background; and the Bank of England is proving to be a stabilising influence at a difficult time; but a very disappointing Pre-Budget Report has indicated that there will be no attempt to address the problems of the huge fiscal deficit until after the election. Our tentative view is that the markets will “muddle through”, and that defaults will be avoided; but higher overall yield levels seem unavoidable. Prospects in these markets are therefore very unattractive. Funding pressures will therefore continued to increase; and so, although there does not appear to be any real danger that the UK might join the list of countries that could default on their sovereign debts, annual debt issues in excess of £200 billion cannot continue for long if this is to be avoided. It is no surprise therefore that investors have reacted by reducing their exposure to the market.
Shaw Capital Management Korea February Newsletter: Article three of three - There is still some doubt whether the UK economy has moved out of recession. The pace of contraction in the third quarter of the year has been slightly reduced, and since then the pace of job losses has declined, and consumer spending has held up fairly well. But business investment and manufacturing activity remains weak, and so there may have been no overall improvement in the final quarter of last year. The Bank of England has therefore kept short-term interest rates at 0.5%, and maintained its quantitative easing programme, and this has provided support for the market, since the bank has been a major buyer of gilts in recent months.
Shaw Capital Management Korea February Newsletter: Article three of three - However it has not been enough to prevent a very adverse reaction to the Pre-Budget Report from the UK Chancellor. The market did not really expect any significant action on the deficit ahead of the forth-coming general election; but was still surprised by the apparent lack of realism. The government is prepared to allow the deficit to continue to accumulate, and is relying on the gilt edged market to provide the funds to finance that deficit in the hope that this will enable it to win the election, and has produced no real indications of how the deficit might be reduced even after the election is over. It is not surprising therefore that investors have reacted by reducing exposure, that 10-year yields have risen to 4% and longer-term yields to 4.5%, and that there are even suggestions that the country could face a capital flight and a full-blown debt crisis in the coming months. We do not share these extreme views; but clearly the prospects for the market are very unattractive, and higher yields appear unavoidable. Investors have reacted by reducing exposure... and there are even suggestions that the country could face a capital flight and a fullblown debt crisis in the coming months.
Shaw Capital Management Korea February Newsletter: Article three of three - The Japanese bond market is basically unchanged over the past month; but there are fears that present yield levels are unsustainable. A sharp reduction in the growth estimate for the third quarter of last year, and weaknesses since then have raised the possibility of a move back into recession and a further period of deflation. The government has reacted by launching its fourth fiscal rescue package since the economic crisis began last year. It amounts to the equivalent of a further $81 billion to be spent in the regions and on subsidies for consumer durables, and is expected to lift the debt issuance this year to a record $835 billion, despite the indications that bond investors may be becoming increasingly unwilling to finance such a high level of new bonds, and the warning from the IMF that the government is risking a significant increase in debt funding costs. Since overseas involvement in the bond market is at a very low level, such a development is unlikely to affect bond markets elsewhere directly; but it could be a warning to other countries of the dangers of placing too much pressure on their own markets.
Shaw Capital Management Korea - Investment Innovation & Excellence. We provide the information, insight and expertise that you need to make the right investment choices. Shaw Capital Management based in Korea typically offers its clients such services as asset allocation and portfolio design; traditional and non-traditional manager review and selection; portfolio implementation; portfolio monitoring and consolidated performance reporting; and other wealth management services, including estate, tax, trust and insurance planning, asset custody, closely held business issues associated with the establishment or expansion of a family office, the formation of family investment partnerships or LLCs, philanthropy, family dynamics and inter-generation issues, etc.
Every investor will achieve better long-term risk-adjusted results by working with a true open architecture advisor.
Shaw Capital Management Korea February Newsletter: Article three of three - There has been evidence of a modest improvement in the economic background; and the Bank of England is proving to be a stabilising influence at a difficult time; but a very disappointing Pre-Budget Report has indicated that there will be no attempt to address the problems of the huge fiscal deficit until after the election. Our tentative view is that the markets will “muddle through”, and that defaults will be avoided; but higher overall yield levels seem unavoidable. Prospects in these markets are therefore very unattractive. Funding pressures will therefore continued to increase; and so, although there does not appear to be any real danger that the UK might join the list of countries that could default on their sovereign debts, annual debt issues in excess of £200 billion cannot continue for long if this is to be avoided. It is no surprise therefore that investors have reacted by reducing their exposure to the market.
Shaw Capital Management Korea February Newsletter: Article three of three - There is still some doubt whether the UK economy has moved out of recession. The pace of contraction in the third quarter of the year has been slightly reduced, and since then the pace of job losses has declined, and consumer spending has held up fairly well. But business investment and manufacturing activity remains weak, and so there may have been no overall improvement in the final quarter of last year. The Bank of England has therefore kept short-term interest rates at 0.5%, and maintained its quantitative easing programme, and this has provided support for the market, since the bank has been a major buyer of gilts in recent months.
Shaw Capital Management Korea February Newsletter: Article three of three - However it has not been enough to prevent a very adverse reaction to the Pre-Budget Report from the UK Chancellor. The market did not really expect any significant action on the deficit ahead of the forth-coming general election; but was still surprised by the apparent lack of realism. The government is prepared to allow the deficit to continue to accumulate, and is relying on the gilt edged market to provide the funds to finance that deficit in the hope that this will enable it to win the election, and has produced no real indications of how the deficit might be reduced even after the election is over. It is not surprising therefore that investors have reacted by reducing exposure, that 10-year yields have risen to 4% and longer-term yields to 4.5%, and that there are even suggestions that the country could face a capital flight and a full-blown debt crisis in the coming months. We do not share these extreme views; but clearly the prospects for the market are very unattractive, and higher yields appear unavoidable. Investors have reacted by reducing exposure... and there are even suggestions that the country could face a capital flight and a fullblown debt crisis in the coming months.
Shaw Capital Management Korea February Newsletter: Article three of three - The Japanese bond market is basically unchanged over the past month; but there are fears that present yield levels are unsustainable. A sharp reduction in the growth estimate for the third quarter of last year, and weaknesses since then have raised the possibility of a move back into recession and a further period of deflation. The government has reacted by launching its fourth fiscal rescue package since the economic crisis began last year. It amounts to the equivalent of a further $81 billion to be spent in the regions and on subsidies for consumer durables, and is expected to lift the debt issuance this year to a record $835 billion, despite the indications that bond investors may be becoming increasingly unwilling to finance such a high level of new bonds, and the warning from the IMF that the government is risking a significant increase in debt funding costs. Since overseas involvement in the bond market is at a very low level, such a development is unlikely to affect bond markets elsewhere directly; but it could be a warning to other countries of the dangers of placing too much pressure on their own markets.
Shaw Capital Management Korea - Investment Innovation & Excellence. We provide the information, insight and expertise that you need to make the right investment choices. Shaw Capital Management based in Korea typically offers its clients such services as asset allocation and portfolio design; traditional and non-traditional manager review and selection; portfolio implementation; portfolio monitoring and consolidated performance reporting; and other wealth management services, including estate, tax, trust and insurance planning, asset custody, closely held business issues associated with the establishment or expansion of a family office, the formation of family investment partnerships or LLCs, philanthropy, family dynamics and inter-generation issues, etc.
Every investor will achieve better long-term risk-adjusted results by working with a true open architecture advisor.
Shaw Capital Management Factoring: IMF Hack A Warning For Others To Invest In Staff Training
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/390066/imf_hack_warning_others_invest_staff_training/
Hamish Barwick (Computerworld)
14 June, 2011 13:23
Staff training about simple email threats may have helped the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in New York from being hacked by a targeted malware attack, according to one analyst.
According to Bloomberg, the hack’s perpetrators obtained a “large quantity of data,” including e-mail and other documents during the intrusion.
Ovum’s UK based IT security analyst, Graham Titterington, said in a statement that many security mistakes occur within banks and other financial institutions because staff have not received sufficient training on threats.
[ With the increasing threat of cyber crimes, protect yourself and stay informed on the latest news with Computerworld's Security newsletter ]
“People are people and have innate vulnerabilities with respect to trusting the wrong people, accepting inducements, or simply having more pressing concerns at the time they are approached [via email],” he said.
While there was “no magic bullet” to prevent a cyber attack, the IMF could have also put more security measures in place.
“Most information theft attacks are launched through an Internet facing application in the corporate gateway, attacking vulnerabilities in applications using relatively predictable strategies such as SQL injection or scripting attacks,” Titterington said.
“So improving the coding standards of applications is a major step, or alternatively protecting applications by screening them with an application layer firewall.” According to Titterington, access control to systems was another area where controls were frequently circumvented, as attackers steal the credentials of legitimate users through a number of types of attack.
“Spyware is often inserted into the target organisation well before the main attack takes place to acquire this information. Monitoring data movements, data encryption, and data loss prevention systems can also reduce the loss of information directly from electronic systems, particularly with regard to high volume theft,” he said.
In the case of the IMF, data monitoring did flag the data breach, but not soon enough to prevent the hack taking place. “However, security technologies themselves are not universal panaceas, even when the vulnerabilities have been dealt with,” said Titerington.
“Data loss prevention is cumbersome and can obstruct legitimate business if it is not perfectly tuned while encryption is only as good as key management and brings the risk of losing all access to your data if you lose the key.”
Got a security tip-off? Contact Hamish Barwick at hamish_barwick at idg.com.au
Follow Hamish Barwick on Twitter: @HamishBarwick
Follow Computerworld Australia on Twitter: @ComputerworldAU
Hamish Barwick (Computerworld)
14 June, 2011 13:23
Staff training about simple email threats may have helped the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in New York from being hacked by a targeted malware attack, according to one analyst.
According to Bloomberg, the hack’s perpetrators obtained a “large quantity of data,” including e-mail and other documents during the intrusion.
Ovum’s UK based IT security analyst, Graham Titterington, said in a statement that many security mistakes occur within banks and other financial institutions because staff have not received sufficient training on threats.
[ With the increasing threat of cyber crimes, protect yourself and stay informed on the latest news with Computerworld's Security newsletter ]
“People are people and have innate vulnerabilities with respect to trusting the wrong people, accepting inducements, or simply having more pressing concerns at the time they are approached [via email],” he said.
While there was “no magic bullet” to prevent a cyber attack, the IMF could have also put more security measures in place.
“Most information theft attacks are launched through an Internet facing application in the corporate gateway, attacking vulnerabilities in applications using relatively predictable strategies such as SQL injection or scripting attacks,” Titterington said.
“So improving the coding standards of applications is a major step, or alternatively protecting applications by screening them with an application layer firewall.” According to Titterington, access control to systems was another area where controls were frequently circumvented, as attackers steal the credentials of legitimate users through a number of types of attack.
“Spyware is often inserted into the target organisation well before the main attack takes place to acquire this information. Monitoring data movements, data encryption, and data loss prevention systems can also reduce the loss of information directly from electronic systems, particularly with regard to high volume theft,” he said.
In the case of the IMF, data monitoring did flag the data breach, but not soon enough to prevent the hack taking place. “However, security technologies themselves are not universal panaceas, even when the vulnerabilities have been dealt with,” said Titerington.
“Data loss prevention is cumbersome and can obstruct legitimate business if it is not perfectly tuned while encryption is only as good as key management and brings the risk of losing all access to your data if you lose the key.”
Got a security tip-off? Contact Hamish Barwick at hamish_barwick at idg.com.au
Follow Hamish Barwick on Twitter: @HamishBarwick
Follow Computerworld Australia on Twitter: @ComputerworldAU
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Latest World Headlines: Shaw Capital Management
Published: June 6 2011 22:59 | Last updated: June 6 2011 22:59
Investment products described as “guaranteed”, “protected” or “secure” may have to carry an explanation stating exactly what these terms mean, in the latest warning from the Financial Services Authority that financial companies are not properly advertising risk to consumers.
So-called structured products, which offer people exposure to the stock market with some level of protection, were being promoted “without any clear and adequate justification for the descriptions used”, the regulator said in a quarterly consultation paper on Monday. It has proposed introducing guidelines that would force financial services companies to explain the use of terms such as “guaranteed” in advertisements or fact sheets.
Investment products described as “guaranteed”, “protected” or “secure” may have to carry an explanation stating exactly what these terms mean, in the latest warning from the Financial Services Authority that financial companies are not properly advertising risk to consumers.
So-called structured products, which offer people exposure to the stock market with some level of protection, were being promoted “without any clear and adequate justification for the descriptions used”, the regulator said in a quarterly consultation paper on Monday. It has proposed introducing guidelines that would force financial services companies to explain the use of terms such as “guaranteed” in advertisements or fact sheets.
SHAW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT:Shaw warns FSA stance on mutuals could force mergers
SHAW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT:Shaw warns FSA stance on mutuals could force mergers
Martin Shaw, chief executive of the Association of Financial Mutuals has warned that the Financial Services Authority s stance on friendly society s use of with-profits funds will force societies to merge or demutualise in order to survive.
The FSA has sent a dear CEO letter to friendly societies » Full Story on clipmarks.com
Diamond Could Store Quantum Information
When it comes to quantum computing, flawed diamonds are better than perfect ones. Click to enlarge this image.
Ann Thomas/Corbis
THE GIST
* By manipulating atoms inside diamonds, scientists have developed a new way to store information.
* The technique could lead to quantum computers capable of solving problems beyond the reach of today's technology.
One of the most common defects in diamond is nitrogen, which turns the stone yellow. When a nitrogen atom sits next to a vacant spot in the carbon crystal, the intruding element provides an extra electron that moves into the hole. Several years ago, scientists learned how to change the spin of such electrons using microwave energy and put them to work as quantum bits, or qubits.
The technique has "a fidelity of 85 to 95 percent," Awschalom said March 22
this diamond memory works at room temperature. The spins inside the diamond can be both changed and measured by shining laser light into the diamond
Martin Shaw, chief executive of the Association of Financial Mutuals has warned that the Financial Services Authority s stance on friendly society s use of with-profits funds will force societies to merge or demutualise in order to survive.
The FSA has sent a dear CEO letter to friendly societies » Full Story on clipmarks.com
Diamond Could Store Quantum Information
When it comes to quantum computing, flawed diamonds are better than perfect ones. Click to enlarge this image.
Ann Thomas/Corbis
THE GIST
* By manipulating atoms inside diamonds, scientists have developed a new way to store information.
* The technique could lead to quantum computers capable of solving problems beyond the reach of today's technology.
One of the most common defects in diamond is nitrogen, which turns the stone yellow. When a nitrogen atom sits next to a vacant spot in the carbon crystal, the intruding element provides an extra electron that moves into the hole. Several years ago, scientists learned how to change the spin of such electrons using microwave energy and put them to work as quantum bits, or qubits.
The technique has "a fidelity of 85 to 95 percent," Awschalom said March 22
this diamond memory works at room temperature. The spins inside the diamond can be both changed and measured by shining laser light into the diamond
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At Shaw Capital Management we give you the information and insight you need to make the right investment choices.
We look forward to working with you and being the open architects of your financial well being.
Read more about our company and how we can help you to manage your wealth and reach your investment goals.
A New Economy
Smart money is now wise to the problems of the past years; good investments are now here.
Shaw Capital Management and the New Economy
Read more about Shaw Capital and the New Economy.
Strategies
Our goal is to provide consistent quality investment advice to our clients.
Shaw Capital Management and our Investment Strategies
Read more about our corporate strategies.
Services
As the leading open architecture advisory firm, we possess a number of characteristics that set us apart from other companies.
* Independence
* Experience
* Making our experience count
* Intellectual leadership
* Centralized knowledge base
Learn more about our unique service offer.
Downloads
Keep up to date with Shaw Capital news and important industry developments.
Visit our download page and document library.
Account Forms
Our account forms are available for download at any time. Should you require any assistance completing them, please don't hesitate to contact an advisor.
Request a call
If you would like one of our experienced advisors to contact you about your investment needs, please feel free to request a no-obligation call from a member of our team.
Contact us
Please visit our contact page or use the following contact details:
Email us: info@shaw-capital.com
This web site is copyright © Shaw Capital Management 2010
http://www.shaw-capital.com
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