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The Convertible Bond Trifecta
By Scott Henderson, CFA, CIMA®, CMFC, Calamos Investments Convertible securities have not been immune from…
Hedge Funds
Eurekahedge: From Latin America to Middle Earth 
The latest report from Eurekahedge tells us that hedge funds worldwide are down year-to-date through February…
Manager Selection, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Cross-Border Insolvencies: Defection Isn’t the Only Problem
A recent paper by Andrew Dawson, a law professor of the University of Miami, looks at the current cross-…
Asset Allocation
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
Coming Up Short in 2016
January’s wild ride set the tone for a jittery year in market performance. While the first quarter of 2016…
Hedge Funds
Wrestling with the Bifurcation of Crude Oil Pricing
Platts, the provider of physicals and futures markets prices affiliated with McGraw Hill Financial, says that…
FCStone Financial on Grains and Volatility
A new white paper written by Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist for INTL FCStone Financial,…
Asset Allocation
When an allocator calls: Best Practices for a CTA’s back office
By Dana Comolli, president, DMAXX LLC Every trader who has tried to raise money knows the drill from…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds
Gold Markets Get a Leap Day Surprise from India
According to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Commitment of Trader’s Report, released Friday,…
Strategy Idea: Short Sell High-DTC Stocks, Go Long Low-DTC Stocks
A recent paper correlating days-to-cover with stock returns finds a DTC premium effect and suggests that…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds
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
Convergence: Hedge Fund Managers Will Need More Staff
Convergence, a research and advisory firm serving the alternative asset management world, has posted a review…
State of the Industry, Manager Selection, Hedge Funds
Andrew Lo: Progress is the Platform for Ever-Changing Risk
Andrew Lo, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, recently wrote a stimulating discussion of two…
Risk Management
Latest News on Argentina and the Pari Passu Clause
The Hon. Thomas Griesa, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, has issued an “…
Asset Allocation
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