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A study shows that hedge funds with a high ($1m+) minimum investment level tend to do better than those with a smaller minimum investment. Good for institutions - but not for retail investors.
Morningstar data published on Wednesday shows that cash-hungry hedge fund investors started bailing out of even the best-rated hedge funds in November.
Data contained in Credit Suisse's new 2008 hedge fund year-in-review challenges some of the assumptions that have recently come to pass as fact.
Hedge fund seeding is back in the news this week. But unlike a year ago, the news is not all that good.
A study released on Friday shows that investors have always been concerned about hedge fund transparency. But a closer look reveals that investors value different types of transparency to very different extents than their managers.
A new study adds fuel to the debate over whether you can actually predict which money manager will produce alpha.
New evidence emerged last week of what may be the defining trend in the asset management industry this year: convergence.
With a new calendar year re-setting the performance fee "clock", the topic of hedge fund fees is once again on the agenda. And history suggests that fees will also be on the agenda for years to come.
Hedge fund industry watcher and alternative beta advocate Lars Jaeger of Partners Group provides us with his hedge fund predictions in this AllAboutAlpha.com exclusive.
Just when the fate of the hedge fund industry seemed fixed, several news items remind us that all bets are still off.
Russell Investments says LDI has been moving slowly from academic journals to the mainstream. But 2009 will the the year when attitudes really change.
A new research paper confirms that despite what is often reported in the media, hedge fund flame-outs are the exception, not the rule.
If a penny saved is a penny earned, then a basis point saved is also a basis point (of alpha) earned. So fees obviously matter. That’s why consultancy bfinance recently polled institutional investors on their feelings about investment management fees. To the sure disappointment of funds of hedge funds, the firm found that 60% of [...]
The new head of the US hedge fund lobby group, the Managed Funds Association (MFA) is locked and loaded. And on February 2, he'll be back in his old house.
Now everyone from pensions to governments to legitimate hedge funds are in the Ponzi game. Given this, we guess it shouldn't be that hard for the SEC to rack-up the score.
