UJA Federation of New York

NEW YORK - J.P. Morgan today announced that its Projections & Simulations service is now available globally. Part of the Securities Collateral Management product, Projections & Simulations provides securities borrowers with a new and innovative set of tools to assess the impact of potential changes to their portfolios, helping them minimize risk and expense while maximizing returns. Using Projections & Simulations, borrowers can optimize their collateral allocations by viewing the results of "what if" scenarios that analyze both actual and synthetic portfolios. They can preview the potential impact of adding new securities to the available asset pool or simulate various financing scenarios, modeling increased ... Read Full Story

NEW YORK - J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) announced today that it has developed an asset allocation and manager selection analysis tool that enables clients to plan and map the risk-return implications of their current and new portfolios. The application, Portfolio Construction Tool, allows plan sponsors and other institutional investors to see which portfolios potentially generate the optimal risk-adjusted returns. The Portfolio Construction Tool is delivered as a module on J.P. Morgan WSS' Online Portfolio Analytics Lab (OPAL), launched earlier this year. OPAL provides online access to various investment performance and risk measurement tools that allow users to evaluate and rank managers, break ... Read Full Story

November 11, 2007 at 11:31 pm · Filed under Jews & Judaism , Politics & Society , Mideast Peace Thanks to Muzzlewatch for bringing this story to my attention. Over at Israel Palestine Forum one of the members mentioned the Other Israel Film Festival . After visiting the site I said: "How cool!" It is a festival devoted to the films of and about Israeli Arabs. Nothing like this has ever been done in the U.S. and it's a godsend. Precisely the problem both here and in Israel itself is that we have opinions about Arabs but we don't know them. We think we ... Read Full Story

UJA-Federation of New York will bring together 250 leading young professionals from New York’s real estate, construction, and allied trade industries, including developers, owners, brokers, attorneys, and investment strategists, for one of the most exclusive nights in the industry at its annual Real Estate and Allied Trades Division’s REX Premiere Event on Thursday, November 6, [...] Read Full Story

November 13, 2007 at 1:51 am · Filed under Jews & Judaism , Politics & Society , Mideast Peace Yesterday, I wrote a post noting that Haaretz reported that the New York UJA-Federation withdrew its sponsorship for the Other Israel Film Festival . It is devoted to highlighting the Israeli Arab experience through film. When I read the Federation's quoted reasons for withdrawing they ran hollow to me. Now I know they are bogus. Here's what the Federation said: A UJA-Federation spokesperson denied that the reason for the withdrawal of support was political or connected in any way with the festival's content, citing a ... Read Full Story