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Does the Defined-Contribution Broom Still Sweep All Before It?
“The New York Times froze the pension benefits for non-union employees, and we were determined that they…
State of the Industry
Why Yellen is Wrong on 'Resilience'
In her recent Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture, Federal Reserve Chair Janet L. Yellen stressed the…
Asset Allocation
Time for the Alternative Investment Industry to Grow Up
 By Bob Swarup, CAIA* The alternative fund industry is remarkably immature – a fact that can be put down…
Hedge Funds
Traders Sometimes Want Macro-News to Be Free
One of the great clichés of the dotcom boom was, “information wants to be free.” This conveyed a number of…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
May Numbers: Long Equity Beats Event-Driven Peers in Asia
On May 20th of this year, the army in Thailand declared martial law, at the same time denying that what it…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Tactical Alpha and Persistence in Hedge Fund Returns
By Andrew Beer A vexing issue with hedge funds is the lack of persistence of returns. Last year’s winners…
Manager Selection, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
The Philosophy of Liquidity: Diversity, Decision-making and Governance
By Donna Howe One of my personal pet peeves is the way people often say one thing but do another. This seems…
State of the Industry
Questions in Risk: The Different Faces of Private Equity Investing
By Donna Marie Howe, CFA Last week when we met, one of my friends (Jim Purnell, CRO at Kenmar Group) and I…
Risk Management, Private Equity
GMI Numbers-Crunching Predicts Stock Returns
Nobody ever said winning alpha was going to be easy. Among the people who don’t say that, count the author of…
Risk Management, Manager Selection, Hedge Funds
Japanese Investors Sticking with Hedge Funds, Expect Nikkei Rise
Below you’ll find a chart that covers one year in the life of the Nikkei 225, concluding June 27, 2014. It is…
Manager Selection, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Industry Discovery: Maturity is a Pain
As Brendan Conway aptly observed in Barron’s, late last year, there are “too many hedge funds with too much…
State of the Industry, Private Equity, Hedge Funds
SCOTUS Gives NML a Sweeping Win Over Argentina
On Monday, June 16th, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a stunningly complete victory for NML Capital, the…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Isn’t all Software Abstract?: A Meditation on Alice Corp.
Don’t fence us in. Our alpha-hunting readers, as a matter of routine, use a variety of settlement systems,…
Emerging Asset Classes, Access to Alternatives
Does a Firm Insist on Historical Cost Accounting? Short!
Certain short sellers seem to act on the principle that if a public corporation has a great attachment to…
Hedge Funds
Eurekahedge: Vehicles Ran More Smoothly in May Than In…
The independent data provider Eurekahedge tells us in its latest report that alternative investment vehicles…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation