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Corporate Governance: The Chairman/CEO Thing at Bank of America
I have to wonder: aren’t corporate governance and specifically the recent dispute over Bank of America,…
Asset Allocation
The Big Short: The Trailer
The Big Short, Michael Lewis’ idiosyncratic take on the derivatives/financial crises of 2007-08, always read…
Asset Allocation
API: An Emerging Multi-Trillion-Dollar Market
That historic Armonk-headquartered company, IBM, says that it believes application programming interfaces (…
Asset Allocation
New Mutual-Fund Industry Whistle Blower Case
A district court in New York has decided that Mary Anthony is not a “whistle blower” of the sort protected by…
Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Risk Parity: Riding an Unpleasant Arc
The risk parity strategy has been around at least since the mid-1990s. According to the origin story…
Asset Allocation
How Public Pensions Are Getting Smart About Infrastructure
By Jill Eicher By cutting out the middlemen, our pension funds are harnessing the power of their capital.…
State of the Industry
Why is Japan’s Recovery So Sluggish?
A new working paper from the International Monetary Fund engages with some of the fundamental issues with…
Asset Allocation
BATS, Spoofing, and Shifting Definitions
T. Leuchtkafer, a New York-based investor and a frequent commenter on various Securities and Exchange…
Asset Allocation
Blame China; Blame the US Fed, whatever … August Hedge Fund Numbers Stunk
According to the latest report from Eurekahedge, the hedge fund industry outperformed underlying markets in…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
The Taxation of Carried Interest: A New Republican Idea
The second Republican debate, on September 16th, involved an exchange on the taxation of hedge fund managers…
Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
Trumping the Competition: Lessons to Learn From ‘The Donald’
By Diane Harrison Politics aside, Donald Trump is a master manipulator. He innately understands how to reach…
State of the Industry
A Fresh Look at Bubbles: Revising Assumptions
Bubble baths are good, but taking a bath because of a price bubble … not so good. Robert A. Jarrow has taken…
State of the Industry, Risk Management, Hedge Funds
SWFs under Pressure: No Panic Selling Yet
Richard Teitelbaum has written a fascinating piece for Institutional Investor on the contemporary pickle in…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds
The Canary in the Coal Stocks and Fossil Fuel Divestment: the Portfolio You Save May Be Your Own
“Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.” — John Lennon, Strawberry Fields Forever We…
ESG
A Curtain Opener for the Australia Forum
The Alternative Investment Management Association now says that it expects the hedge fund sector in Australia…
Manager Selection, Hedge Funds