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The SEC: Still Fiddling with a 1940 Era Carburetor 
Steven A. Keen of Perkins Coie has posted an insightful discussion of section 18 of the Investment Company…
State of the Industry, Access to Alternatives
Brexit and Derivatives: Allen & Overy’s Views
A decision by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union could be a bad thing for the derivatives markets…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Manager Selection, Access to Alternatives
Active vs. Passive Money Management
By Baird’s Asset Manager Research Exploring the costs and benefits of two alternative investment approaches…
State of the Industry, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
The Impending Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Mandates
On July 3, 2016 the new Market Abuse Regulation comes into effect throughout Europe, pursuant to 2014…
State of the Industry, Access to Alternatives
Where We Stand With Blockchains: Bet on the Disruption
Chris Skinner has a new book out, ValueWeb, which describes in the words of its lengthy subtitle “how FinTech…
State of the Industry, Emerging Asset Classes, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Proposed Reg AT: Comments Pile Up at the CFTC
The CFTC received a last-minute pile-up of comments on proposed rule 80 FR 78824, on automated trading. The…
State of the Industry, Access to Alternatives
Swaps Accounting: FVA as a Flawed Convention
Leif Anderson, co-head of the global quant group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and two co-authors have…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
Federal Judge: Gingrich-Era Bars Not Easily Circumvented
Lucy Koh, the US. District Court judge for the Northern District of California, has granted judgment for a…
State of the Industry, Access to Alternatives
Fiduciary Duty: Do Investors Know What It Means?
According to a new Spectrem Group whitepaper, most investors questioned believed (usually erroneously) that…
State of the Industry, Access to Alternatives
KIDs Say the Darndest Things: Or, the Most Plain-Language Things
Those of us with some years on us may remember that Art Linklater, an avuncular broadcast personality of the…
State of the Industry, Access to Alternatives
AIMA’s Guide to the Bamboo Bridge of Operations
How sturdy can a bamboo bridge be? The front page of a new Guide from The Alternative Investment Management…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Manager Selection, Access to Alternatives
AIMA Suggests Third Method For Leverage Measurement
At present, AIFMD allows for either a gross or a commitment method of measuring leverage. AIMA has suggested…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
Challenges to Mergers: Not So Automatic Anymore?
The Delaware Court of Chancery has become increasingly hostile of late to lawsuits that challenge corporate…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
Insider Trading: Big-mouth Bankers and Remote Tippees
The US Supreme Court has accepted an appeal from a Ninth Circuit decision on insider trading. Whatever the…
State of the Industry, Access to Alternatives
Alternative Multi-Manager Mutual Funds: What’s the Value Proposition, Again?
By Andrew Beer New products are sold on a story.  For alternative multi-manager mutual funds – most of…
Access to Alternatives, Hedge Funds, State of the Industry