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Judge Drain: Make That ‘Make Whole” Clause Explicit and Clear
On August 27, the most actively traded corporate debt in the United States was that of a formerly obscure…
Hedge Funds
Investing in the Investor
By Diane Harrison With the third quarter of 2014 coming to its close, and year-end allocation decisions…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
SEC Adopts Changes to Regulation AB: More Transparency
On Aug. 27, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted revisions to its rules concerning asset backed…
Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
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