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Hedge Funds: Good Run for India, but Troubles in Brazil
 The independent data provider Eurekahedge says in its most recent report that funds investing in India…
Manager Selection, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Detroit Bankruptcy: Foes Become Allies
Detroit filed for bankruptcy court protection in July 2013. In December, challenges to its eligibility for…
Manager Selection
Asset Managers Need to Ride the Tides
By Diane Harrison While reading "Swimming to Antarctica," the autobiography of Lynne Cox, a a long-distance…
Manager Selection
Signs of a Renaissance in Emerging Manager 'Alpha'
By Peter Urbani The recent announcement by CalPERS, the largest pension fund in the world, that it was…
State of the Industry, Manager Selection, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
Self-Employment Tax – Limited Partners Beware!
By Maury Cartine, CPA, JD, Partner in Charge of Alternative Investment Group Tax, Marcum, LLP The IRS…
Manager Selection
Merger Arb: Getting Your Stick to Where the Puck Will Be
This spring and summer’s excitement over Valeant and Allergan, and the former’s desire to acquire the latter…
Manager Selection, Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
Eurekahedge: Europe-Focused Managers Took Hits in July
The independent data provider Eurekahedge tells us in its latest report that European and North American…
Manager Selection, Asset Allocation
All Regional Mandates in Positive Territory YTD
Global equity markets are doing well now and the hedge fund industry benefits. That’s the gist of the latest…
Manager Selection, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
A Challenge to Bayesian Probability
A surprising dust-up in the blogosphere in recent days concerns Thomas Bayes, and the distinctive branch of…
Risk Management, Manager Selection
Tactical Alpha and Persistence in Hedge Fund Returns
By Andrew Beer A vexing issue with hedge funds is the lack of persistence of returns. Last year’s winners…
Manager Selection, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
GMI Numbers-Crunching Predicts Stock Returns
Nobody ever said winning alpha was going to be easy. Among the people who don’t say that, count the author of…
Risk Management, Manager Selection, Hedge Funds
Japanese Investors Sticking with Hedge Funds, Expect Nikkei Rise
Below you’ll find a chart that covers one year in the life of the Nikkei 225, concluding June 27, 2014. It is…
Manager Selection, Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
In-house [Im]Prop[er] Trading: Proceed with Caution
By Ginger Szala MF Global is one of the more blatant examples of the danger of banks and brokers…
Manager Selection
The Skorina Report: Endowment Performance at Flagship State Schools
The super-endowments of the traditional Private Ivys -- like Harvard and Yale -- are always closely watched,…
State of the Industry, Manager Selection, Asset Allocation
Why are Hedge Fund Assets Reaching All-time Highs?
By Don Steinbrugge, CFA There is a constant flood of articles in the media articulating that hedge funds…
Asset Allocation, Hedge Funds, Manager Selection, State of the Industry