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The Enabling of the Hedge Fund Fraudsters, Part II
On Sept. 1, we posted here our notes on the case of Rizack et al v. Signature Bank et al. This, a lawsuit…
State of the Industry
Delaware’s Supreme Court Upholds Smack-down of RBC
In a decision that fund managers invested in the equities of Delaware chartered corporations, especially…
Risk Management, Manager Selection
For Practitioners of Risk Parity: Don’t Panic
I’ve written about Risk Parity here before. Cliff Asness has kindly given me a chance to do so again, with a…
Risk Management, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Attack of the Activists: October Setback for NexPoint Still a Setback in November
The latest twist in the ongoing struggle for control of TICC Capital Corp., a business development company…
Access to Alternatives
Clash of the Hedge Funds: BioPharm Wars
A fascinating back-and-forth has broken out over the prospects of Clovis Oncology (NASDAQ: CLVS), a Boulder…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds
DB Global Prime: Hedge Funds See Steady Combined Inflows, But Lots of Action
The combined inflows of equity, bond, and hybrid hedge funds have been remarkably steady over the last 10…
State of the Industry, Manager Selection, Hedge Funds
India: The Way Up and the Way Down Are Not the Same
Two scholars affiliated with the University of Delhi India contend in a newly published paper that the case…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, ESG, Asset Allocation
McKinsey Report Declares North American Asset Management in 'Robust' Health
The Challenges that Come With Robust Health A new report from McKinsey says that the asset management…
State of the Industry
AIMA: From Cola Wars to Clusters to Clusters-of-Clusters
The Alternative Investment Management Association has published a new report on the role of hedge funds in…
Hedge Funds
Updating CAIA's Curriculum to Meet Industry Needs
With a revised and updated curriculum, the CAIA Level I textbook offers the latest thinking and practices in…
State of the Industry
The Hunts’ Silver Play, and Other Stories from the Recent Past
David von Leib has written a memoir of his decades-long career as a derivatives trader. To facilitate the…
GFT Embraces the ‘Dawn’ of FRTB Requirements
The English romantic poet William Wordsworth once wrote of the heady early days of the French revolution: “…
Access to Alternatives
MFS: The Limits of Passive Investing
MFS, an active global asset manager that’s been around for nearly a century, has put out a white paper on…
Asset Allocation
Millionaires’ Outlook: Still in Positive Numbers
The latest Millionaire Investor Confidence Index from the Spectrem Group (SMICI) shows that the outlook both…
State of the Industry, Asset Allocation
Biggest Mistakes Hedge Fund Managers Make (video)
Michael Minces with Blue River Partners works closely with funds of all sizes, so he has a micro and macro…
Hedge Funds