Corporate Cashflow Magazine articles from April 1991

Corporate Cashflow Magazine archives from April 1991

Real estate slump burns pension funds, offers opportunities.
April 1, 1991... Real estate slump burns pension funds, offers opportunities Real estate, in a seeming free-fall from favor in the investing community and suffering one of its worst slumps in a decade, still may have a place in pension portfolios. The...

Convertibles offer upside participation while limiting risk. (convertible bonds)
April 1, 1991... Convertibles offer upside participation while limiting risk Convertible bonds have become particularly attractive investments at the discounted prices available in today's secondary market, says Thomas C. Noddings, chairman of the Noddings...

Secondary markets ready for revival of private placements.
April 1, 1991... Secondary markets ready for revival of private placements More than a year ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission's Rule 144a was implemented amid great fanfare that it would liberate and liquify private placements, clarifying and...

Repairing the crumbling workers' comp bridge. (workers' compensation)
April 1, 1991... Repairing the crumbling workers' comp bridge Like an aging bridge, the nation's workers' compensation system is on the verge of collapse. Decades of abuse, political patronage and towering incompetence have so corroded the infrastructure...

To survive a plunge: keep risk reserve pool at safe levels.
April 1, 1991... To survive a plunge: The process of reserving for casualty claims has been characterized as mysterious, complex, simplistic, contradictory and frustrating. These sentiments are shared by claims professionals and employers alike. One...

When East meets West: insuring your joint venture.
April 1, 1991... When East meets West: insuring your joint venture Not so long ago, eastern Europe was just an annex of the Soviet Union, a conglomeration of small, Communist-controlled countries known more for their antiquated production techniques than...

Measuring the security of asset-backed securities. (Basis Points) (column)
April 1, 1991... Measuring the security of asset-backed securities I kept explaining the concept of artistic license, but Derek wasn't buying it. "I have never screeched," he protested, still disputing the way I portrayed him in the September 1988 "Basis...

Fed's payment system double whammy promises shake-up. (Federal Reserve System's same-day check presentment, daylight overdraft pricing) ( Washington Watch) (column)
April 1, 1991... Fed's payment system double whammy promises shake-up Efforts by banks to come to grips with the latest Federal Reserve initiatives on same-day check presentment and daylight overdraft pricing are expected to have major impact on corporate...

Stock market rally opens window for issuers. ( Capital Ideas) (column)
April 1, 1991... Stock market rally opens window for issuers It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Charles Dickens' famous opening lines from A Tale of Two Cities could be describing the U.S. economy. We've been at war. The economy is in a...