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Trumping the Competition: Lessons to Learn From ‘The Donald’
By Diane Harrison Politics aside, Donald Trump is a master manipulator. He innately understands how to reach…
State of the Industry
A Fresh Look at Bubbles: Revising Assumptions
Bubble baths are good, but taking a bath because of a price bubble … not so good. Robert A. Jarrow has taken…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Hedge Funds
SWFs under Pressure: No Panic Selling Yet
Richard Teitelbaum has written a fascinating piece for Institutional Investor on the contemporary pickle in…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds
The Canary in the Coal Stocks and Fossil Fuel Divestment: the Portfolio You Save May Be Your Own
“Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.” — John Lennon, Strawberry Fields Forever We…
ESG
A Curtain Opener for the Australia Forum
The Alternative Investment Management Association now says that it expects the hedge fund sector in Australia…
Manager Selection, Hedge Funds
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
Japan: Richardson makes a Tricky Case
Heidi Richardson, global investment strategist for BlackRock, writing in that investment management firm’s…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
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
Billion Dollar Claim from Black Swan Fund: Not from Taleb
On Aug. 28 a story by Juliet Chung of The Wall Street Journal staked a remarkable claim: that a hedge fund…
Risk Management, Manager Selection
The Skorina Report: Fearless Forecast Says That Endowment Returns Will Disappoint in FY2015
Can you feel it?  Can you feel the tension building as we await the official endowment returns for…
State of the Industry, Manager Selection, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
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
What Taper Tantrum?  And, Will Yellen Pull a Bernanke?
Convergence of developments in late August 2015 have forced me to think about the “Taper Tantrum” of 2013,…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Our Fearless Forecast: Endowment Returns will Disappoint for FY2015:
Can you feel it?  Can you feel the tension building as we await the official endowment returns Probably…
Manager Selection