“The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life.” – 14th Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama as a child
Unknown author – https://diogenesii.wordpress.com/2014/07/06/july-6-1935-a-saturday/
Why boring is better for money man Clifford Asness – every time you count them out they rally back, heck it’s how their life began when they formed AQR
Territorial extent of Tibet and approximate line of the Chinese Communist advance in 1950
Map Division, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) – https://catalog.archives.gov/id/159083511
Investment Management Has a Diversity Problem. Ryan Bailey Wants to Change That. – it’s been a theme since I joined, as the ‘old guard’ moves on hopefully it changes, then again, some places it still matters where you played lacrosse
An iconic photo showing Panchen Lama (left), Mao and Dalai Lama (right) at Qinzheng Hall on 11 September 1954, four days before they attended the 1st National People’s Congress.
侯波 – http://www.chinaculture.org/focus/focus/60PLT/2011-05/13/content_414229_6.htm
Oil extends second weekly drop on new China recovery concerns – repeat after me, China does not have a domestic economy, where goes the globe goes China, not the other way around
Charlie Munger_ US banks are ‘full of’ bad commercial property loans – this financial ebb and flow is like a snake shedding its skin, and as far as heroes, sorry but no one in our biz is, or should be, anyone’s hero
https://www.ft.com/content/da9f8230-2eb1-49c5-b63a-f1507936d01b
A rare shot of an adult Dalai Lama (right) and Panchen Lama (left) without eyeglasses. 1954–1955.
Asset management chiefs — changing of the guard – don’t envy them, the regulators are worthless and they’re like a team of landscapers that tries to do a fall cleaning by keeping the leaves from falling by gluing the leaves to the trees
https://www.ft.com/content/a597e4b7-94cc-4660-8be2-254df238951d
Quant Jump Trading Sues Trader Leaving for Hedge Fund Rival With Secrets – I don’t know sounds like he brought a lot of intellectual property to the game already, they don’t own his brain and they benefited from what he brought to them
Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai meeting with Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama to celebrate Tibetan New Year, 1955
Playrix Founders Build Out London Family Office to Invest Gaming Billions – congrats, hope they do some great things with it, took this from nothing to $11 bn in 20 years and kept most of it for themselves, not bad
“The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life.” – 14th Dalai Lama
Today’s News Compiled by KEVIN GAHWYLER
Kevin Gahwyler has over 28 years of experience in the hedge fund industry in various investment and C-Suite roles. Mr. Gahwyler is currently a Managing Director and Head of Business Development at Meteora Capital, LLC. A SPAC specialist that invests in the entire SPAC ecosphere through both closed-end funds as well as a hedge fund. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Gahwyler was the COO and Director of Business Development of Measure 8 Ventures Management, LLC. In addition, before Measure 8, he was the President/CFO of Navy Capital Management, LLC. And Chief Operating Officer/Director of Business Development of Twin Securities, Inc. Kevin was also the founder of KenCole Capital. An investment bank boutique specializing in hedge fund structures and marketing and served in senior marketing roles at both Pequot Capital and Sagamore Hill.
Lastly, Kevin graduated from Fairfield University with a B.S. in Biological Sciences. And from Thunderbird School of Global Management with a Masters in International Management.
