Author Archives: Michael Caroff

Bloomberg Reports on Dalton Investments Delivery of Corporate Engagement Letter to Shinsei Bank

March 23, 2017 On March 23, 2017, Bloomberg published an article reporting that on March 16, 2017, Dalton Investments delivered a letter to the Board of Directors of Shinsei Bank, Limited, a company held in the accounts of various Dalton …
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FinTech – Growing Pains of Peer-to-Peer and Marketplace Lending

Crisis can create opportunity. The Financial Crisis of 2008 was such an occasion, upending the established financial system, while creating new industries now taking root in the broader economy. Among the most successful . . .
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Asian Entrepreneurs Ready to Do Business with Entrepreneurial Investors

Anyone who worked in Asia before the 1990’s will remember that the Asian Economic Miracle was just that—a miracle. . .
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Prestige International of Japan Nominates Dalton KK CEO as Independent Director

Dalton Investments today said Tokyo-based Prestige International Inc. (4290:JP) has nominated Mr. Shiro Hayashi, CEO of Dalton Advisory KK, as a candidate for outside director membership. . .
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Dalton Accepts Japan Stewardship Code

Dalton Investments LLC (together with its affiliated entities, “Dalton”) supports the Japan Stewardship Code and its aim to promote the sustainable growth of investee companies through investment and dialogue with company management. Adoption of the Code is consistent . . .
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Dalton Investments Complies with the Global Investment Performance Standards

Dalton Investments announced today that it claims compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®), a rigorous set of investment performance measurement standards . . .
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Vintage MBS Floaters Offer Hidden Risk and Opportunity in Volatile Rate Environment

As volatility persists in the interest rate environment, structured mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) backed by adjustable-rate mortgages look attractive . . .
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Graham and Dodd Head Downtown

Although value investing is undergoing one of its periodic lapses in favor, Rosenwald knew it could beat the market over the long haul. He had only to point to nine of Graham’s successful . . .
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Congress Bickers, Bond Markets Brace for Panic

Hold on for just a New York minute now and consider the powerfully serious message the bond market sent last week about the political dithering in Washington and in Europe’s . . .
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Benevolent Princes, Cannibals and Zombies

“Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience,” said Samuel Johnson. “You will find it a calamity.” How – and, crucially, when – to deal with the ‘inconvenience’ of vast sums. . .
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