http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/12/17/the-future-of-mutual-fund-ratings-its-all-about-alpha/ Hedge funds, portable alpha, 130/30 and alpha-centric investing Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:52:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/12/17/the-future-of-mutual-fund-ratings-its-all-about-alpha/comment-page-1/#comment-352 All About Alpha » Blog Archives » Hedge funds for retail investors? An examination of hedged mutual funds Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:01:52 +0000 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/12/17/the-future-of-mutual-fund-ratings-its-all-about-alpha/#comment-352 [...] We have recently posted on a couple of stories regarding a new breed of “hedged” mutual funds that has emerged as US mutual fund regulators relax rules governing short-selling.  In this well-timed research paper academics from the London Business School, Georgia State, Northeastern University in Boston crunch some numbers to get a handle on this phenomenon.  They use data from Morningstar and Lipper (both of whom seem to be preparing for an arms race in hedge fund reporting). [...] [...] We have recently posted on a couple of stories regarding a new breed of “hedged” mutual funds that has emerged as US mutual fund regulators relax rules governing short-selling.  In this well-timed research paper academics from the London Business School, Georgia State, Northeastern University in Boston crunch some numbers to get a handle on this phenomenon.  They use data from Morningstar and Lipper (both of whom seem to be preparing for an arms race in hedge fund reporting). [...]

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