Comments from the week that was

Relevant quotes from industry leaders from last week’s Absolute Return Symposium.

Memorial Day Weekend Reading

Two blog posts of interest on placement agents and seeding.

The one instance where politics and money don’t mix

How Pension Placement Agent Exploited Political Ties (Update1) – Bloomberg.com.
May 18, 2009
 
Kudos to Bloomberg to an excellent review of where we are with the placement agent model and the use of the politically connected to  make introductions.
 
- Apparently the well-connected politically – democrats mostly – have spent their time in the wilderness riding the alternative [...]