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Academics:  No, Navinder Sarao Did Not Cause the Flash Crash 
Mid-October news reports tell us that Navinder Sarao has lost his effort to avoid extradition from Britain to…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Eurekahedge: Exodus from the Event-Driven Funds YTD  
The event-driven hedge fund space is the most troubled in a generally troubled time for the industry.…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Fraudulent Transfer: No ‘Safety’ for Lyondell Shareholders   
In two decisions this year, in July and against in a re-affirmance in October, the U.S. District Court for…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
BLEAK HOUSE--OR THE OUTLOOK ON HEDGE FUNDS NOW
By Diane Harrison Charles Dickens’ Bleak House spins a tale of mystery, intrigue, family dynamics, and irony…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Islam, Western Pensions, and Real Assets
A recent academic discussion of the much-vexed question of Islamic finance (including the always at least…
State of the Industry, Emerging Asset Classes, Asset Allocation
Harvard gives Narv the nod
By Charles Skorina As all the world now knows, Harvard has selected Columbia's Nirmal P. "Narv" Narvekar as…
State of the Industry
It’s On: Bondholder Groups Square Off over Puerto Rico Financing
On Oct. 7, a group of hedge funds that hold the general obligation bonds of Puerto Rico amended an existing…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Venezuela: Thinking of Cromwell and Crude
Hedge funds, among them some of those the unsympathetic call “vultures,” bought into the bonds of the…
Asset Allocation
Fine Art as Joy and Investment: A Reflection
Why do people own great paintings? As something pleasing to hang on the wall? As a way to impress the…
Asset Allocation
Saving the World: One EM City at a Time
The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate has issued a new report urging governments and major…
Infrastructure
Looking to the Technological Imperative: Where Has It Been?
On September 28, the Securities and Exchange Commission held an open meeting about a proposed shortening of…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
Tick Pilot Program: A Progress Report
The long-awaited nickel-tick pilot program, an effort to test an alternative to the penny-or-less tick sizes…
State of the Industry, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
THE NLRB AND THE HEDGE FUND—MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING?
By Mark D. Schorr, Of Counsel,Crow & Cushing Maybe you thought that employers whose employees are…
Access to Alternatives
Papaconstantinou on ‘Selling the Family Silver’  
A former finance minister of the Republic of Greece has published a book, Game Over, on what it is like to be…
Asset Allocation
From UMIFA to UPMIFA: Taking Stock 10 Years Later
Ten years ago, thus before the global financial crisis, the Uniform Law Commission promulgated the Uniform…
State of the Industry