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The Growing Problem of Calculating Performance Fees
Hedge funds’ performance fees are a key component of every fund’s Net Asset Valuation calculation. Since the…
Manager Selection, Hedge Funds
Wars and Failed Mergers Make for a Tricky October
The data provider and analyst Eurekahedge, in its latest report, says that hedge funds posted negative…
Risk Management, Manager Selection, Asset Allocation
Focus on U.S. Real Estate Benchmarks: Moody’s/RCA CPPI and CoStar CCRSI
By Brad Case, Ph.D., CFA, CAIA A variety of indices are published regularly and may be appropriate for…
Real Estate, Hedge Funds
The Economics of Happiness
Factory farming is a brutal endeavor.  In this environment, chickens (and other animals) are given a…
Hedge Funds
The Top 0.004%: The Wealth-X Report
Wealth-X has released its World Ultra Wealth Report 2014, noting that though the world’s Ultra High Net Worth…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds
Capital Markets, Derivatives and the Law
Evolution After Crisis By Alan N. Rechtschaffen 496 pages Oxford University Press Early on in his new book,…
Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
Business Development Companies: The Basics
By Andrew Smith, CAIA The public consensus on Business Development Companies (BDCs) is that they are “the new…
Private Equity, Access to Alternatives
Mergers in Theory and Practice: Synchronicity and Synergy
Intralinks, in collaboration with the M&A Research Centre at Cass Business School, has produced the first…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Is Private Real Estate Actually Less Volatile than Public Real Estate?
By Brad Case, Ph.D., CFA, CAIAThere are three reasons why people have made the mistake of thinking that…
Real Estate, Asset Allocation
Big Data and Other Trends to Influence Hedge Funds in 2015
At a gathering at the Andaz Hotel in New York, October 22, a number of the alternative investment industry’s…
Hedge Funds
Extra! Extra! Central Banking the Disease It Affects to Cure
At the behest of the Bank of England, Anthony [Lord] Grabiner has studied whether, between 2005 and 2013, any…
Asset Allocation
Bitcoin: Three Bits of News on a Microcosm
For those who believe that bitcoin, or some virtual currency akin to bitcoin, represents the future of human…
Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Will HFTs force a market redesign?
By Ginger Szala Notwithstanding the evident benefits of HFT in electronic markets, many market participants…
Judge David Carter’s Valeant Decision: A Close Reading
February and April 2014, Pershing Square acquired 9.7% of the shares of Allergan, a pharm company based in…
Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
Stop Draghi[ng] My Heart Around
For seekers of alpha, recent headline news seems bearish for the euro and bullish on the U.S. dollar. The…
Asset Allocation