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Everyone knows that risk management didn't work as well as hoped during the recent calamity. The question now is what might work the next time the Black Swan surfaces. Professor William Shadwick has a few suggestions.
A research report from consultancy Watson Wyatt finds that alternative investment allocations are on the rise, even as pension plans try to reduce risk by firing equity managers.
"Satisfactory" may sound like a mediocre mark on a report card. But after last year, it's looking pretty sweet for hedge funds.
Man Investments' John Rowsell sits down with AllAboutAlpha.com Editorial Board member Andrew Saunders and discusses managed accounts, the shifting regulatory landscape and the investment opportunities facing Man over the next year.
Ever wonder why so many hedge fund regulatory initiatives seem to end up in the trash? Here's one theory you probably haven't considered.
Disenchanted with the beta portion of their portable alpha programs, several major public pension plans are now shunning the approach. But that doesn't mean they're turning their backs on absolute return strategies. Far from it...
European mutual fund regulations: A regulatory corollary to the convergence of hedge funds and mutual funds? Or the very driver of that convergence?
Some might assume that high frequency, quantitative, market neutral funds rely on market liquidity and leverage to "pick up nickles on the train track". But here's a study that suggests market neutral funds may actually be pretty immune to liquidity shocks.
Can some investors be "fooled" into buying new and unproven private equity funds?
There are seemingly as many guides and standards on due diligence as there are hedge funds, but are they really worth following?
The latest returns show hedge funds collectively on track for their best year ever. So what's all the negative talk about?
Guess who just celebrated their big "109th"?
Now the performance fee holiday doesn't have to end just because you sold your losing hedge funds.
Usually hedge fund fund managers bristle at the suggestion that they "sell beta at alpha prices." If this is true, then fees will have to fall. But as a recent paper argues, volumes would also have to rise.
Holy mackerel! A new report shows that the big fish are having a whale of a time - often at the expense of the small fry.
