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Is it my imagination, or is the U.S. SEC cracking down on fund managers? (Video)
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been in the news a lot lately--cracking on down on hedge…
Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
How Robust is a Smart Beta Strategy?
Noël Amenc, finance professor at EDHEC Risk Institute, and two colleagues have written about the robustness…
State of the Industry, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Merger Arb: News from Delaware’s Chancery Court
Delaware’s Chancery Court seems to be acting in effective (if unconscious) alliance with the federal courts…
Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
Is the FTC loosening its choke-hold on the mergers?
The winds of time are blowing against the Federal Trade Commission. In recent decades, its mere dixit has…
Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
New Mutual-Fund Industry Whistle Blower Case
A district court in New York has decided that Mary Anthony is not a “whistle blower” of the sort protected by…
Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
The Taxation of Carried Interest: A New Republican Idea
The second Republican debate, on September 16th, involved an exchange on the taxation of hedge fund managers…
Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Supreme Court Decisions: Post-Announcement Hours & Days
Suppose the U.S. Supreme Court announced a ruling on a given morning that seemed certain to have a market…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Javert Frustrated Again: This Time in the Second Circuit
The central bank of Argentina is not an “alter ego” of the government of that republic. The assets of the…
Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Foundations: They’ve Taken a Blow from “Subdued” Markets
Both private and community foundations depend heavily on U.S. equities. Indeed, domestic equities remained…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Manager Selection, Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
The Enablers of the Fraudsters, Part I
I recently discussed with Attorney Wes Christian a lawsuit in Broward County against Signature Bank and…
Access to Alternatives
Administration, via Verrelli, Rolls the Dice on Insider Trading Issue
The Obama administration’s solicitor general, Donald Verrelli Jr., has asked the Supreme Court to review the…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
When Underfunded Pension Funds Take Up Social Responsibility Investing
A fascinating blog post by Bernard Sharfman takes a skeptical look at the activist investing of public…
State of the Industry, ESG, Access to Alternatives
Weintraub of GFT: Basel III Coming Into Force by Increments
    Source: JPMorgan investor Services white paper, Leveraging the Leverage Ratio, Appendix  …
Risk Management, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
SEC's Daniel Gallagher: Friend of the Beleaguered CCO
Securities and Exchange Commissioner Daniel Gallagher has garnered attention in recent months as a dissenter…
Risk Management, Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
Fractal Ambiguity in the AIFMD Passport Status of the U.S.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has assessed six non-EU jurisdictions to render an…
Access to Alternatives