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GFIA Ruminates on Academia and Practice
GFIA’s latest “Research Insights” begins with an essay that describes itself as “ruminative and wide-angled…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Late September Bombshell from Judge Lamberth
“It’s late September and I really should be getting back to school,” sang Rod Stewart in Maggie Mae.…
Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Footnote 13: Barclays Did ‘Change the Number’
The ongoing exchange of briefs between the New York Attorney General and Barclays in a lawsuit over the HFT…
State of the Industry, Access to Alternatives
Bitcoin Miners: The Hammer and the Butterfly
A federal judge has ruled that a bitcoin mining company based in Overland Park , Kansas, with the wonderful…
Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Not Your Grandfather’s Market: The Evolution of Liquid Alternatives
By Andrew Smith, CAIA Liquid alternative investments have exploded over the past decade. Post 2007-2009…
Access to Alternatives, Asset Allocation
Signs of a Renaissance in Emerging Manager 'Alpha'
By Peter Urbani The recent announcement by CalPERS, the largest pension fund in the world, that it was…
State of the Industry, Manager Selection, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Old-Line Oil and Coal are Techno and Exciting These Days
Uncorrelated LLC has created the Investment LAB (an acronym from “Learn, Apply, Brainstorm”), an initiative…
Private Equity, ESG
What hath CalPERS Wrought? And Why?
CalPERS’ recent announcement that it will close down its hedge fund operation raises a range of obvious and…
State of the Industry
Key Alpha-Oriented Law Firms Merging
Bingham McCutchen LLP, a law firm with fourteen offices around the globe and a substantial hedge fund…
Private Equity, Asset Allocation
Self-Employment Tax – Limited Partners Beware!
By Maury Cartine, CPA, JD, Partner in Charge of Alternative Investment Group Tax, Marcum, LLP The IRS…
Manager Selection
Looking at the Next Generation of Institutional Investing
By Andrew Beer Institutional hedge fund investing is entering a new era. Generation one entailed investing…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Top 5 Ramifications of CalPERS' Hedge Fund Exodus
By Don Steinbrugge   CalPERS’ announcement to divest of hedge funds has created a significant buzz in…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Celent Reports on Equity Crowdfunding
Though Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act legalized equity crowdfunding, final regulations…
Private Equity, Access to Alternatives
Hong Kong Shariah-Compliant Launch Sells
Hong Kong launched its first ever Islamic bond September 10. The issuance was a sukuk bond which, again, is…
Asset Allocation
The Skorina Report: Another try at herding Gotham's five-headed fund
By Charles Skorina In July, Scott Evans reported for duty as Chief Investment Officer in New York City's…
State of the Industry