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A Long-Dead Mathematician and Some Very Lively Problems
The dour-looking fellow you see before you is Thomas Bayes, a mid-eighteenth century English mathematician,…
Risk Management
Hedge Funds as Metaphor: And Not in a Good Way
Hedge funds play a big but mostly a metaphorical role in David Stockman’s recent account of The Great…
Hedge Funds
How Hedge Funds Need to Adapt Part II
As noted in Part I, SEI has offered a report about the ways in which hedge funds, if they know what’s good…
State of the Industry, Manager Selection, Hedge Funds
Another Energy Boom is on the Way
By Dan Dicker of Oilprice.com Trading energy and energy stocks this week have been a dangerous experience, as…
EDHEC on Time Horizons and Glide Paths
A “glide path” seems like such a comforting metaphor within the otherwise abstract and sometimes confusing…
Risk Management
Japan as Hedge Fund Opportunity
Japan has become a very attractive place to invest in recent weeks. It is something akin to a great river…
Hedge Funds
Study: Diversification is Good for Your PE Allocation Too
A recent paper by S.P. Kothari, Deputy Dean of the Sloan School of Management, M.I.T.,  and two…
Private Equity
Is Tunisia the New Hot Spot for Energy Investors?
By James Stafford Until recently Tunisia was considered to be a minor league and relatively underexplored…
Rest in Peace Margaret Thatcher
The death of Margaret Thatcher has generated a good deal of reflection, at various levels of sobriety and…
Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Canadian Corporate Giving Stays Close to Home
The Conference Board of Canada, after a survey of corporate community investment activity in that country,…
Manager Selection
US Debt Deadlock: A Big Fat Tail
Commonfund, the Wilton, CT based institutional investment firm and advisor, released new survey data on the (…
State of the Industry
How Hedge Funds Need to Adapt: Part I
SEI reports on the ways hedge funds need to react to ongoing changes in the market, in order to adapt…
Manager Selection, Hedge Funds
Stop the Presses: IOSCO Calls for Balancing and Monitoring
The International Organization of Securities Commissions has produced a consultation report on “Regulatory…
Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
Is This the End of the Gilded Age for Hedge Funds?
By Shane Brett Many of the very highest earning hedge funds and private equity managers earned annual incomes…
Hedge Funds
BVI Fund: Priority of Redeemed Members Upheld
A court in the British Virgin Islands has confirmed long-standing practice in cases of insolvency, deciding…
Manager Selection