Jim McCaughan is obsessed with the idea of getting his hands on a fund of funds fund hedge fund

It's all he thinks about, morning, noon, and midnight (oh, midnight, the very worst time to think about such things, in my experience). It's a rather sordid affair. Obviously, Mr McCaughan is the chief executive of Principal Global Investors, but that's no excuse. The man should have more restraint, and a greater sense of decency. Everyone knows about it, this obsession. Has he no shame?Speaking

Yoel Zaoui is leaving Goldman Sachs, and retiring

I always get really sad when a top financial shaman feels he can't hack it any more. This one is called Yoel Zaoui and he is/was Goldman's co-head of M&A. (That's Mysticism and Assassinations, for those who aren't familiar with the terminology. Actually, it should just be MA, Mystical Assassinations. That would make more sense. But Goldman has its own way of doing things.) There's no need to

Me? I hardly know anything about Victoria Harling

And believe me, just believe, make the effort, just spinning now, I would like to know more about Victoria Harling[1], and Investec Asset Management has taken her away from Nomura, and lifted her up to the blue sky, and swirled her[1], and it's got to be more than three with a woman like this, a woman, a girl, a round, it's gotta go round and round, forever, I'd say[1], and it's supposed to be

BlueGold Capital has had enough, and it's going away

We'll never see it again. / What did the mysterious Stephen Jen know? That's what I want to know. Maybe he knew nothing. And he wasn't really all that mysterious was he? 'He wasn't mysterious at all!' Oh, you're right. He wasn't mysterious at all.I wish I were going away. I wish I were returning all the flesh and bones to all the people who put everything into my success. The sacrifices they made

Let's get Dan Carter round and round in rings like the fund manager from Jupiter that he is

And again, and it just so happens that I know it'll be more than three[1], and dizzy, dizzy Dan, all around, never stop it, we go[1], and Dan Carter came from outer space, Jupiter in fact, as long ago as 2008, and now he was an an-an-analyst for his sins[1], and it's something to do with Far Eastern equities teamwork glue he’s mixed up with[1], and repeat this until Dan is sick and begging for

Goldman Sachs

This is an example of conceptual literature where the idea behind the writing is more important than the actual writing. (You could also take a look at yesterday's post.) Enjoy!And you believe that the Goldman Sachs Group is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm, of course, indeed, uh, and you know it, and you feel it, and you are Goldman's flower[1], and

Never be three

And there's so much fucking chaos everywhere[1], and words that don't make sense[1], and not that I care[1], and it could go on forever[1], and because I haven't got the power to stop it[1], and words that don't make sense[2], and there's so much pain hidden[1], and I'm stuck round and round in this hell[1], and repeat this until you're sick[1], and it just so happens that I hate them[1], and