http://www.scribd.com/people/view/103217-cvf This a feed for documents on Scribd written by cvf 30 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:10:40 GMT Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:10:40 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2678863/Are-We-Nearing-The-Peak-Of-Fossil-Fuel-Energy-Has-Twilight-In-The-Desert-Begun Are We Nearing The Peak Of Fossil Fuel Energy? Has Twilight In The Desert Begun? Connecticut College New London, CT April 8, 2008 By: Matthew R. Simmons, Chairman Simmons & Company International *“Twilight In The Desert” Is My Pseudonym For “Peak Oil” When Twilight in the Desert was published (May 2005), its key messages were: – Saudi Arabia is the world’s only swing producer – Its super giant oil fields are getting very mature – They will all begin to decline – Only uncertainty is timing – When Saudi Arabia passes peak oil production THE WORLD’S OIL SUPPLY HAS PEAKED. *Much Has Changed Si Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:10:40 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2678863/Are-We-Nearing-The-Peak-Of-Fossil-Fuel-Energy-Has-Twilight-In-The-Desert-Begun http://www.scribd.com/doc/2678459/Long-Dated-FX-products Long Dated FX products Dr. Sebastián del Baño Rollin Global Head FX and Equity Quantitative Research Quantitative Research October 2002 *Overview 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Long dated FX products The Power Reverse Dual Currency Note Modelling of long dated FX products The impact of the volatility smile Some market considerations 2 Quantitative Research October 2002 *Long Dated FX products Recent years have witnessed a significant increase in the demand for long dated FX products Corporates with substantial FX exposures typically will consider FX swaps (a strip of forwards). They will also often Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:06:05 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2678459/Long-Dated-FX-products http://www.scribd.com/doc/2292147/Private-Equity breakingviews.com Is private equity in the public interest? Views you can use **Contents 1 2 5 7 10 12 14 17 18 19 Introduction The case against private equity, part one The case against private equity, part two The case for private equity An imbalance of greed and fear Of debt and taxes The real UK private equity tax loophole Private to public Missing the point Angels or Demons? *breakingviews.com Introduction The rise of private equity over the last decade has been nothing less than a revolution. And like all revolutions, it has provoked furious debate as to what it all means. A few fa Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:13:27 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2292147/Private-Equity http://www.scribd.com/doc/2292139/A-TURBULENT-YEAR-PREDICTIONS-FOR-2008 A TURBULENT YEAR: PREDICTIONS FOR 2008 breakingviews.com *Sponsored by *breakingviews.com Contents Preface............................................................................................. 2 Global Markets ................................................................................ 4 Renminbi-dollar rate will hold in 2008............................................ 5 Treasury yields much too close for comfort ................................... 6 Wanted: a US president who can help the economy..................... 7 UK binge yields to festive fear ......................... Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:12:19 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2292139/A-TURBULENT-YEAR-PREDICTIONS-FOR-2008 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2292130/Blackstoned Contents BLACKSTONED Preface .......................................................................................1 The benefits of going public ........................................................ 3 Blackstoned ................................................................................ 5 A different kind of company ........................................................ 7 History repeats itself ................................................................... 8 A Netscape moment .................................................................10 You can't fool the public...... Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:10:57 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2292130/Blackstoned http://www.scribd.com/doc/2289434/Road-Accidents The Malaysian Bar Road Accidents Wednesday, 13 April 2005 10:24AM A. ObjectivesThis write-up is intended to provide you with some guidelines on the steps to take if you are involved in a road accident. You may have injured yourself or another person or you may have damaged your vehicle or another person's vehicle. B. What should you do at the accident site?1. Be calm and do not panic. Neither should you take the law into your hands.2. Take down the particulars of the vehicles involved in the accident:a. registration numbers b. make of the vehilce (year and model) c. colour3. Next, take down Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:03:35 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2289434/Road-Accidents http://www.scribd.com/doc/2289390/RED-BOOK-Know-Your-Rights-Full-Version- ************************************ Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:50:27 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2289390/RED-BOOK-Know-Your-Rights-Full-Version- http://www.scribd.com/doc/2202968/RBS-Product-Slides-Jan-2008 Rockwills Business Solutions Your Independent Link to the World of Financial and Support Services Copyright @ 2007 Rockwills Business Solutions Sdn Bhd Making Your Wishes Come True! *RBS Mission To provide commercially viable products and services that are of quality and uniquely available to Financial Planners and Sales Intermediaries Copyright @ 2007 Rockwills Business Solutions Sdn Bhd Making Your Wishes Come True! *RBS Associated Products & Services Because we have Size, we get the BEST Deals for YOU!! Copyright @ 2007 Rockwills Business Solutions Sdn Bhd Making Your Wishes Come Tru Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:30:37 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2202968/RBS-Product-Slides-Jan-2008 http://www.scribd.com/doc/511218/Mortgage-FalloutGS November 19, 2007 November 19, 2007 United States: Financial Services United States: Financial Services Mortgage Fallout Has More to Go - Position Defensively 5 Big Implications The GS Financials team has completed a deep dive on the credit crunch and concluded that the 4% drop in home prices is the tip of the iceberg for a financial system that is not built to support declines which still have another 13-14% to go. 1) Write-downs and losses will continue to mount. This will fuel negative investor sentiment and keep valuations under pressure. 2) Capital raising for some, preservation for ot Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:53:11 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/511218/Mortgage-FalloutGS http://www.scribd.com/doc/502773/BT1B-presentation-AugOct2007 BURSA TRADE SECURITIES Presentation to Dealers’ Representatives August – October 2007 *Objective of the Slides Note : • • Please print out a copy of the slides as reference material when you attend the Bursa Trade Securities briefing. A webcast of the presentation will be posted on Bursa Malaysia’s website in September 2007 http://www.bursamalaysia.com/website/bm/trading/ bursa_trade.html 1 Bursa Trade Securities Presentation *Table of Contents Overview BT Securities – Trading Features BT Securities - Other Features WinScore Screens Subsequent Release – Other Features App Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:52:53 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/502773/BT1B-presentation-AugOct2007 http://www.scribd.com/doc/410580/package-connectivity-v6-2-tcm627059 How to connect to *CONNECTIVITY MEANS Cap Map CCW CASH DAILY TIME FRAME REPORTING List of common messages Batch Files Public Private 2 *CONNECTIVITY MEANS Cap Map CCW 3 *Preface This guide has been written for new and future members. It aims to describe the target architecture for LCH.Clearnet systems and standard connection options available to members and service providers, with reference to the various technical, financial, regulatory and practical considerations involved. ® This document sticks to general principles of the CLEARING 21 architecture, in order to provide the members wi Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:55:50 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/410580/package-connectivity-v6-2-tcm627059 http://www.scribd.com/doc/410576/beXMMTPDevelopersGuide Connectivity Process MMTP API Developer’s Guide Document version: Software version: Date: Distribution: 1.10 2.14 March 31, 2006 Boston Equities Exchange, Market Participants Document Status: FINAL *Boston Equities Exchange  BeX Connectivy Process MMTP API Developer’s Guide Revision History Date March 15, 2006 March 31, 2006 Version 1.00 1.10 Description Boston Equities Exchange – First Release Added new names Bx Trade and Bx Connect Version: 1.0 Page 2 of 116 March, 2006 *Boston Equities Exchange  BeX Connectivy Process MMTP API Developer’s Guide Table of Contents 1 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:53:21 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/410576/beXMMTPDevelopersGuide http://www.scribd.com/doc/410570/110375 Euronext connection solution *(1) General information yConnection to the Euronext central systems is based on a technical infrastructure installed on customers’ premises. ySeveral Euronext City Pops (local private network access) are available in order to reduce the distance between customers’ sites and Euronext’s private network. yConnection of a customer’s site(s) to the nearest City Pop requires the subscription of a leased line to a local operator selected by the customer. yEuronext’s private network is fully secured and constantly monitored by dedicated teams. yThe infrastructu Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:48:48 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/410570/110375 http://www.scribd.com/doc/410567/EuroNext-CASH-TRADING-SYSTEMS-GLOSSARY • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:46:38 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/410567/EuroNext-CASH-TRADING-SYSTEMS-GLOSSARY http://www.scribd.com/doc/410565/WARset-Access-to-Developers Warsaw Stock Exchange Schedule 2 __________________________________________________________________________________________ WARsaw Stock Exchange Trading System ___________________________________________________________________ ACCESS FOR DEVELOPERS ___________________________________________________________________ Access to Warsaw Stock Exchange Trading System – DEVELOPMENT Environment ___________________________________________________________________ For agreements with access limited to Dev. Environment only Version 2.01– February 2006 prepared by WSE IT Departme Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:42:14 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/410565/WARset-Access-to-Developers http://www.scribd.com/doc/410564/isv-zal-nr-2-do-nr-3-MMTP Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:41:56 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/410564/isv-zal-nr-2-do-nr-3-MMTP http://www.scribd.com/doc/410563/DMA-faqs-ISVs FAQ - For Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) 1. What are the various ways for a Malaysian broker to access the Exchange’s Trading Engine? There will be 3 ways (front end solutions) to access the trading engine: (a) The Exchange hosted solution – where the server is installed at the Exchange and brokers each ‘own’ a portion of the server/DMA Gateway. (b) The broker can also opt to develop its own solution (in-house) or (c) The broker may even opt to purchase a solution from an ISV, who must be an “Approved Vendor”. 2. What is the trading front end system that is currently in use? I Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:40:14 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/410563/DMA-faqs-ISVs http://www.scribd.com/doc/410559/DMA-BT-Connectivity Bursa Trade connectivity via MMTP (FOR BROKERS WHO EITHER WISH TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN SOLUTION OR PURCHASE ONE FROM AN ISV) Hardware/Software Requirements The local brokerage houses that wish to connect to Bursa Trade DMA must have a CAP (Certified Access Point). Only local brokers (PO/TP) are able to connect to Bursa Trade. Foreign brokerage houses that wish to connect to the Malaysian market would need to connect their MMTP interface to one of our local brokerage houses. The Exchange will allow a direct connection via FIX 4.4/FAST protocol should the situation warrant it. This would be a resul Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:37:02 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/410559/DMA-BT-Connectivity http://www.scribd.com/doc/410556/sfti-tt-bandwidth-guideline-b2b Bandwidth Guidelines SM for SFTI B2B Services *Bandwidth Guidelines for SFTI B2BSM Services* Table of Contents Activ Financial .......................................................................................................................... 2 ADP Wilco ................................................................................................................................ 2 The Bank of New York (BONY)................................................................................................ 3 BATS .......................................................................... Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:34:01 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/410556/sfti-tt-bandwidth-guideline-b2b http://www.scribd.com/doc/377535/DeerfieldABS-081720061 CDO Manager Focus August 2006 Analysts: Milbert Kiggundu-Bentham New York (1) 212-438-1198 milbert_kiggundu-bentham@ standardandpoors.com Jennifer V. Johnson New York (1) 212-438-1712 jennifer_vento-johnson@ standardandpoors.com Deerfield Capital Management LLC—U.S. ABS Summary D eerfield Capital Management LLC (DCM) was founded in 1993 and is the operating company of ment-grade corporate bonds, and ABS; and a REIT fund that went public in June 2005. As of Jan. 1, 2006, DCM has more than $12.3 billion in assets under management, including 23 CDOs and structured products, six hedge funds Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:49:26 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/377535/DeerfieldABS-081720061 http://www.scribd.com/doc/377529/TheBusinessOfClimateChangeII 20 September 2007 The Business of Climate Change ll Policy is accelerating, with major implications for companies and investors John Llewellyn and Camille Chaix Lehman Brothers | The Business of Climate Change II FOREWORD In February of this year, Lehman Brothers published The Business of Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities. In the Foreword to that study, we wrote that we saw climate change as a slow but powerful force that, like globalisation, technological change, or population ageing, inexorably stands to shape, possibly quite fundamentally, the economic environment in Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:44:39 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/377529/TheBusinessOfClimateChangeII