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Mind the Gap: The Unforeseen Consequences of Smart Beta
A new paper by Sean Markowicz, a strategist at Schroders, looks into the possibility that fund flows into the…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Hedge Fund Index Backslides in May; Remains in Positive Territory
Red ink spoiled an otherwise positive 2019 for he Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index. The decline of 0.71% leaves…
State of the Industry, Manager Selection, Hedge Funds
The Value of Speculation Limits, or Lack Thereof
CFTC Commissioner Daniel Berkovitz recently spoke to the FIA Commodities Symposium, in Houston, Texas, about…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds
Fixing the Sharpe Ratio: A Machine Learning Approach
The Sharpe ratio has long served as a simple but important item in the due diligence tool kit. Formulated by…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Manager Selection, Hedge Funds
A HORSE RACE OF LIQUID ALTERNATIVES
By Nicolas Rabener of FactorResearch (@FactorResearch) INTRODUCTION Investing is challenging as it is complex…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
It’s YOUR Reputation; Time to Beale With It! 
By Bill Kelly, CAIA Association CEO The satirical movie Network was released almost 40 years ago.…
Hedge Funds, State of the Industry, Educational Alpha
Hedge Funds, Agency Capitalism, and Poison Pills
A new paper in the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance looks at “agency capitalism” and its development in…
State of the Industry, Private Equity, Hedge Funds
SCOTUS Leaves a Big Pharma Insider-Trading Conviction Intact
On June 3, the US Supreme Court denied certiorari in the matter of Martoma v. US. This is the end of the line…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
Hedge Funds Performing Well Year-to-Date, But Trade Issues Loom Large
The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index continues to reflect strong performance for the year. First quarter 2019 was…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds
How Hedge Funds Use Corporate Social Responsibility Considerations
A new study by Jun Duanmu and three colleagues examines hedge fund use of matters of corporate social…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, ESG
Trade Tensions, Tariffs and European Volatility
By Mark Shore As the discussions of trade wars and tariffs persisted throughout 2018 and into 2019, it may…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Quants in China: Which Factors Work?
The outperformance of the size, value, and reversal factors is strong, but the momentum factor, which has…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
The Two Faces of Investing in Renewables
Renewable energy, however defined, is widely seen as a sustainable and socially responsible (and, if the…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, ESG, Emerging Asset Classes, Asset Allocation
Interest Rate Derivatives, Announcements and HFT: It's All About Timing
Three scholars associated with the University of Wollogong, Australia, recently published a paper on the…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds
Caveat Emptor: Leveraged Loans and the Credit Cycle
AllianceBernstein, the Nashville-based, asset management firm released a white paper on high-yield bank loans…
State of the Industry, Private Debt, Hedge Funds