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DRC: Finding Red Flags in the ADVs
Diligence Review Corp., a due-diligence oriented research firm established two years ago, has issued a report…
Manager Selection
The Superstition of Mean Reversion: JPMorgan Edition
JPMorgan Chase has recently released a task force report (132 pages long) about the losses it suffered in its…
Hedge Funds
The Global Economy in 2013 - 5 Key Economic Trends?
By Shane Brett 2013 is set to be a pivotal year for the world economy. Seismic changes are taking place…
Manager Selection
The Collateral Crunch: Confusion and some Relief
Last month/year a white paper co-authored by BNY Mellon and the banking consultancy Rule Financial observed…
Hedge Funds
An Alternative Theory of Natural Selection
By Diane Harrison It is 2013: a new year, an opportunity to start a fresh YTD performance chart, and a…
Hedge Funds
Women and Alternatives: A Long-Deferred Tipping Point
Rothstein Kass, an auditing and professional services firm with offices in California, Colorado,…
Hedge Funds, Manager Selection, State of the Industry
Fear Creates Early Dividends and Requires a List of Winners
The two houses of Congress and the President of the United States have amongst them sort-of solved a crisis…
State of the Industry
Delaware Struggles with Corporate-Auction Questions: Don’t Ask
Anyone whose hunt for alpha turns on mergers and acquisitions among Delaware corporations might want to get a…
Access to Alternatives
Top Hedge Fund Industry Trends Predicted for 2013
By Don Steinbrugge Agecroft Partners predicts that the hedge fund industry will set a new record for assets…
Hedge Funds
Drucker: In search of responsibility
By Charles Skorina Peter F. Drucker was a European intellectual, an Austrian who earned a doctorate in…
State of the Industry
Bondholder v. Sovereign: An Empirical Analysis
Three scholars have recently surveyed the rise since 1976 of aggressive bondholder litigation against…
Hedge Funds
Letter to Basel Asks: Does Gradualism Matter?
The regulatory authorities around the globe who act these days as if every derivatives transaction ought to…
Access to Alternatives
The Move to Managed Account Platforms
By Shane Brett A growing trend in hedge fund and asset management over the last few years has been the…
Hedge Funds
B of E Studies HFT: Begins and Ends with Ambivalence
A recent working paper from the Bank of England reports on efforts to understand the rise of high-frequency…
Hedge Funds
Like Wine: Hedge Funds Have a 'Terroir'
Wine connoisseurs speak of the terroir of a wine, the specific characteristic that it acquires by virtue of…
Manager Selection, Hedge Funds