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You might be surprised at how many of today's hedge fund behemoths began life as a seeding project - as hedge fund seeder Anthony Scaramucci tells AllAboutAlpha's Andrew Saunders.
A recent study questions the validity of alpha calculations based on common hedge fund indices. Others have wondered the same for years, but is this concern really just a red herring?
This month, we bring you Act II of Alexander Ineichen’s “Ineichen Dialogues” (Act I here) In it, his three characters Winnie-the -Bear, George Jones and Ben Put discuss recent developments in the financial world with the kind of clarity your children will surely appreciate (pdf version). By: Alexander Ineichen, CFA, CAIA Once upon a time, not so [...]
Sure, alpha exists and can be obtained. The question, though, in the age of frauds, blowups and misnomers, is: can it be attained legally?
All the news that's fit to eat this Thanksgiving.
If a monkey hitting keys on a typewriter at random can eventually reproduce Shakespeare's works, can an ETF loosely based on a hedge fund strategy eventually replace a hedge fund manager, and the fees he or she charges?
An academic study finds that a hedge fund's source for pricing data can tell you a lot about its propensity to "smooth" returns.
A study by the European Central Bank explores what happens when hedge fund investors and prime brokers want their money back in a hurry.
Still more evidence that hedge fund managers aren't going to climb back above their high water marks for the foreseeable future. The question is how much longer managers will be willing to tough it out.
Morningstar's second annual survey of advisors' and institutions' views on alternative investments suggests the industry keeps on chugging along.
E&Y's recent survey of 100 major hedge fund managers shows that many now acknowledge inevitable regulation, the downside to "gating" and the importance of risk communication.
Gone are the days where calculating NAV was a guesstimate and where an administrator's role was the rubber stamp it. Say hello to the new era of daily NAV calculations, third-party verifications and accountable administrators.
If watching indexes and indicators made for perfect stock-picking, wouldn't everyone do it? Another methodology on how to figure out in advance where a sector might be headed.
It's not that active managers are using the wrong parts, it's just that they're using the wrong numbers of them, says this must-read document.
Investors will still cough up for alpha if they think they can get it, but aren't going to be as tolerant paying for beta anymore.
