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IEA Says Investment In Clean Energy Will Keep Growing, Slowly
By Andy Tully of Oilprice.com The International Energy Agency (IEA) says overall investment in renewable…
Hedge Funds, ESG, Asset Allocation
Complications in Regards to Accessing Private Equity Funds
By Andrew Smith, CAIA Private equity, when investing in privately offered funds, is a highly complex and…
Private Equity, Hedge Funds
The Delusions a Boom Can Bring and the Perils of Chasing Hedge Fund Winners
It is an old and one-would-hope familiar lesson, but not for that reason an unnecessary one. We don’t take…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
A Back-Handed Look at ‘Too Big to Fail’
A new study from the Bank of England addresses the question: does quantitative easing actually increase bank…
Asset Allocation
Clearing Obligation: ESMA Releases CP Comments
The European Securities and Markets Authority has released the responses it has received to its first…
Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
BIS to US Fed: You’re Messing with the World
The Bank for International Settlements, the services and coordinating body for central banks, has taken a…
Asset Allocation
A Brief History of the Direct Borrowing Power of the U.S. Treasury
A new staff report prepared for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York discusses the prospect of the direct…
Asset Allocation
Death of the Dollar: Consequences Worldwide
The Death of Money The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System By James Rickards 368 pages…
Hedge Funds
Eurekahedge: Europe-Focused Managers Took Hits in July
The independent data provider Eurekahedge tells us in its latest report that European and North American…
Manager Selection, Asset Allocation
Responding to a Challenging Tweet about Front-Running
After an earlier post of mine here about high-frequency traders and the Securities Information Processor, I…
Access to Alternatives
Preqin on PE Distributions & Call-Ups in 2013
Capital distributions to private-equity investors reached a record level in2013, according to research by…
Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
How Not to Nationalize the Clearinghouses
Everybody loves the idea of the central clearing of derivatives. It’s like motherhood, transparency, and…
Risk Management, Hedge Funds
Hedge Fund Branding Continues to Drive a Majority Of Asset Flows
Since the market correction of 2008, a vast majority of hedge fund net asset flows have gone to a small…
Hedge Funds
Markets Work: The Argument from Robert Bork’s Beard
I’ve sought to formulate a strong argument against something in which I firmly believe. [It was a response to…
Asset Allocation
SIP and the Law of Unintended Consequences
A venerable economic [or sociological] principle goes by the name, “the law of unintended consequences.” In…
Access to Alternatives