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Advice to Hedge Fund Managers on Attracting, Retaining Investors
Ernst & Young has released a new survey on how hedge fund managers may “embrace innovation to illuminate…
Hedge Funds, State of the Industry
Selecting an Optimal Private Equity Fee Validation Methodology
These are good times to be a private equity fund investor.  Returns have been strong with distributions…
Amato on the Late-Cycle Dilemma
Joseph V. Amato, president of Neuberger Berman Group LLC and Chief Investment Officer – Equities at Neuberger…
State of the Industry, Asset Allocation
HEDGE FUND FACTOR EXPOSURE & ALTERNATIVES
By Nicolas Rabener, FactorResearch Alternatives to Alternative Investments? Summary: Equity hedge fund…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds
4 Lessons from the EQT Proxy Context
D.E. Shaw & Co., a hedge fund manager with an activist strategy and with about 4% of the equity in EQT…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Hedge Fund Fees Are Only Half the Problem
By Ben McMillan Hedge funds talk big about returns. Historically, successful managers have claimed credit for…
Hedge Funds, State of the Industry
Adding Some Contrarianism to the Momentum Strategy
A scholar in Moscow, at National Research University Higher School of Economics, has proposed a trading…
Asset Allocation, Hedge Funds
Algorithmic Traders: Proprietary, Agency, Liquidity
Two scholars affiliated with the Indian Institute of Management, in Calcutta, have posted a paper about the…
Asset Allocation
Due Diligence Requires Deep Dives into Data
The data and analysis provider eVestment has issued a new white paper on “enhancing private equity manager…
Manager Selection, Risk Management
Endowment costs: The secret history
By Charles Skorina In early 2016 certain Congressional committees sent letters to 65 major private…
State of the Industry
Lazard Research on Smart Beta
Jason Williams, senior vice president at Lazard Asset Management, has written a white paper on the “six sins…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Manager Selection, Asset Allocation
Federal Reserve on Counterparties to the next Lehman Brothers
The Federal Reserve has issued a final rule relating to the qualified financial contracts (QFCs) of global…
Risk Management, Manager Selection, Asset Allocation
FACTOR RETURNS: SMALL VS. LARGE CAPS
By Nicolas Rabener, FactorResearch Are Factor Returns Limited to Small Caps? Summary: A frequent criticism…
State of the Industry, Asset Allocation
Are Clearinghouses Systemically Risky? Gary Cohn is Heard From
Economists sometimes cite a “law of unintended consequences.” This is what it sounds like, the principle that…
Asset Allocation, Hedge Funds
China and a Reduced Form Bayesian VAR
What the heck does the forbidding phrase “reduced form Bayesian VAR” mean? Let’s break this down. The VAR in…
Asset Allocation