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Both the CME Group and its regulator, the CFTC, are reacting to recent demands that they beef up enforcement…
Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
Is there alpha to be gained by virtue of a long position in Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)? If so: how is that…
Real Estate, Hedge Funds, Emerging Asset Classes
We’re often informed, in terms that suggest outraged common-sense, that if a corporation is owned largely by…
State of the Industry, Hedge Funds
By Diane Harrison Prior to the mid 2000s, private equity represented the de facto route to long-term…
Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
On June 1, The Wall Street Journal led with this story: “OPEC Clout Hits New Low.” The piece states in…
Asset Allocation
In the course of a busy news cycle, this tidbit was largely overlooked: in June 2014, Deutsche Bank raised $…
Risk Management, Hedge Funds
By Don Steinbrugge Commodity trading advisors’ (CTAs) perception among investors is more divergent than any…
Hedge Funds
Only once in my life have I been the target of an accusation of plagiarism. That once: my accuser was an…
Emerging Asset Classes
By Andrew Smith, CAIA Given the recent economic turmoil globally, the low interest rate environment, and a…
Infrastructure, Real Estate, State of the Industry
By Charles Skorina May kicked off, as always, with the Woodstock of Capitalism in Omaha. 40,000 …
Asset Allocation, State of the Industry
A Canadian court and a U.S. court (in Ontario and Delaware respectively) have agreed on how the proceeds of…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
A powerful trend in the courts of the Cayman Islands in recent litigation (since 2012) has run against the…
Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
Eurekahedge, a fund data and research operation with which our readers are quite familiar, has joined with…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation, Access to Alternatives
By Andrew Beer THE INVESTOR AGGREGATION MODEL There is a strong argument that, on average, hedge fund fees…
Hedge Funds, Manager Selection, State of the Industry
Maneet Ahuja is going head-to-head with Jack D. Schwager, and his “wizards” books, in this new volume from…
State of the Industry, Real Estate, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation