Fees: Six of one or half-dozen of the other.
Aug 11th, 2008 | By Alpha Male | Filed under: Academic Research, Investment Management FeesA recent Journal article ponders the unthinkable: Could hedge funds actually be a good deal?
Archive for August 2008
Newsreel: Investors not giving up on injured hedge funds
Aug 10th, 2008 | By Alpha Male | Filed under: AAA NewsreelsDespite injuries sustained over the past year, it seems that hedge funds can count on the support of institutions and rich guys.
Major pension drops longstanding traditional managers in order to divide alpha and beta
Aug 7th, 2008 | By Alpha Male | Filed under: Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta SeparationIt's a situation reminiscent of trying to dump your girlfriend or boyfriend before she/he can get a chance to dump you.
130/30 Not yet shining in Land of the Rising Sun
Aug 6th, 2008 | By Alpha Male | Filed under: 130/30Apparently, 130/30 hasn't yet dawned on Japanese institutional investors.
Hedge Fund “Forum Shopping”
Aug 5th, 2008 | By Alpha Male | Filed under: Academic Research, Hedge Fund Regulation
Are hedge funds engaged in a "race to the bottom" in an effort to find the world's least onerous regulatory environment?
“Return persistence” can now be viewed with the naked eye
Aug 4th, 2008 | By Alpha Male | Filed under: Academic Research, Performance, Analytics & Metrics
There are a million ways to calculate "return persistence". But one new approach seems to yield some pretty striking results.
Build-Buy-Lease: Three Approaches to Alpha Generation
Aug 3rd, 2008 | By Alpha Male | Filed under: CAPM / Alpha Theory, Guest Posts
If you're a traditional long-only asset manager, one expert has some advice for you.
