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May 9, 2024 | 
jamanetwork.com | George Lin |Paula Anne Newman-Casey |Leslie M. Niziol
Place-Based Measures of Inequity and Vision Difficulty and Blindness Key PointsQuestion Are current-day measures of segregation, income inequality, or poverty associated with neighborhood-level measures of vision difficulty and blindness? Findings In this cross-sectional study of 73 198 US census tracts, the Theil H index, the Gini index, and persistent poverty were associated with a greater number of residents reporting vision difficulty and blindness.
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May 5, 2024 | 
insideadviser.com.au | Tahn Sharpe |George Lin
“Resilience, adaptability and flexibility” are on display in an advice industry that is showing signs of renewal after a period of regulatory upheaval and higher-than-usual M&A activity, according to advice data specialists Business Health.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
ioandc.com | Franklin Templeton |George Lin
The Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Central Bank Watch is a qualitative assessment of the central banks for the Group of Ten (G10) nations plus two additional countries (China and South Korea). Each central bank is scored on three parameters: Inflation Outlook Perception, Quantitative Easing/Liquidity Management Programs, and Interest Rate Forward Guidance.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
ioandc.com | George Lin
It’s still a tough fundraising environment for private market managers, with potential investors holding their breath – and keeping their wallets closed – as they wait for the macro to settle. But a potential tidal wave of new money from wealth management channels means that product proliferation is likely to accelerate as new and existing managers dangle the carrot of high returns. The question is whether many of those products will be any good.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
ioandc.com | George Lin
The past five years have seen an explosion in allocations to private credit both in Australia and globally, with investors initially attracted by the high yields on offer as developed bond markets struggled with low rates. But as interest rates rose in 2022, private credit continued to attract significant inflows from investors (albeit at a lower rate). Is the enthusiasm justified? The greatest attraction of private credit is its high yield and high return.
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Dec 11, 2023 | 
jamanetwork.com | George Lin |Margaret Mitchell |Mass Eye |Catherine M. Hammack-Aviran
Content and Readability of US Procedure Consent Forms Informed consent documents for procedures have received little attention compared to their research consent counterparts. Although there are minimum standards for these forms set by federal agencies and some states,1 hospitals have wide latitude to tailor content and wording.
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
i3-invest.com | George Lin
In this opinion article, George Lin draws on his extensive experience in fixed income investing and examines the role this asset class plays in portfolio construction. Lin argues there are many misconceptions about the various sub asset classes and the return assumptions for each of these. Fixed interest as an asset class is a key building bloc in most Australian investors’ portfolios. Yet it receives relatively less attention than growth assets from both investors and intermediaries.
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Oct 30, 2023 | 
medium.com | George Lin
DeadMau5 Halloween Helmet Gone WrongThis has been a busy year for me. I didn't think I had the time to create a helmet, but I finished another one-day build...again. I was hoping to create something simple, but what I realized was that I didn't plan this build too well. I started with 3D modeling, but I sized up the sphere as I needed to fit through the bottom.
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Mar 29, 2023 | 
dtb.bmj.com | Teck K Khong |George Lin
Teck K Khong12, George S Lin31Clinical Pharmacology, St George's University of London, London, UK2Blood Pressure Unit, St George's Hospital, London, UK3St George's University of London, London, UKCorrespondence to Dr Teck K Khong, Clinical Pharmacology, St George's University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK; tkhong{at}sgul.ac.uk AbstractCommentary on: Mackenzie IS, Rogers A, Poulter NR, et al.
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Feb 21, 2023 | 
dtb.bmj.com | Teck K Khong |George Lin
Teck K Khong12, George S Lin31Clinical Pharmacology, St George's University of London, London, UK2Blood Pressure Unit, St George's Hospital, London, UK3St George's University of London, London, UKCorrespondence to Dr Teck K Khong, Clinical Pharmacology, St George's University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK; tkhong{at}sgul.ac.uk AbstractCommentary on: Mackenzie IS, Rogers A, Poulter NR, et al.
