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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
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
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
Remembering Enron and Contending with Warren Buffett
Last year legendary investor Warren Buffett, with help from a law professor, Lawrence Cunningham, brought out…
Risk Management, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Could Random Trading Prevent Stock Market Bubbles & Crashes?
Many of recent history’s most significant market events have manifest in what was (previously) the extreme of…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
A Far-sighted View: Fund Alignment Rights Are Wave of the Future
By Rick Ehrhart, JD A long-standing drawback of hedge fund incentive compensation has finally reached a…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds
GFIA Credits Japan Funds with Excellent Risk Management
GFIA, in its May 2014 “Research Insights,” reviewed the troubles of Japan’s equity markets in April and its…
Hedge Funds
The Hedge Fund Fee Conundrum
By Andrew Beer By one estimate, the hedge fund industry managed $2.6 trillion in capital at year-end 2013.…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds
MiFID Implementation Consultation: A Rocky Start
The European Securities and Markets Authority kicked off the consultation process for the implementation of…
Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
In SEC Filing, Ackman Makes His Case
At least Valeant is now trying to make money the old-fashioned way: by buying an operation that knows how it’…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Brave Phalanx: Asian Managers & Investors Remain Undaunted
GFIA, in its April 2014 “Research Insights,” reviews Asian asset managers and their results for March. Let’s…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation