Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
Warren Buffett Talks to Senators Sometimes
By Matt LevineWarren Buffett spoke to Sen. Orrin Hatch before investing in the Tim Hortons/Burger King deal. This is the sort of conversation legislators should be having.
August 25, 2014
Institutional Investors Beef Up In-House Alternatives TeamsInstitutions are buying more alternative assets and hiring bigger teams to manage them, a Preqin survey found.
August 08, 2014
How Advisors Choose Liquid Alts: Reducing Risk, but Watch the FeesIn the second of a series, a look at liquid alts role in reducing portfolio risk, and how to find some hidden costs.
August 04, 2014
Ritholtz to Alt Fund Investors: Beware ‘Negative Alpha’Barry Ritholtz asks: Why should individual investors want to invest like a hedge fund?
July 30, 2014
Foundations, Endowments Remain Bullish on Hedge FundsSixty-five percent of respondents to an NEPC survey reported hedge fund exposure greater than 10% of their total portfolio.
July 28, 2014
Hedge Fund Winners and Losers in First HalfHedge fund strategies come in and out of favor as the economic environment evolves. Here are the chart-toppers, and flops, for 2014 so far.
July 17, 2014
Global Investors Keen on Hedge Funds in Second HalfGlobal institutional investors are gung-ho about hedge funds going into the second half of 2014, Credit Suisse reported Thursday.
June 30, 2014
Investors Are Flocking to Hedge Funds Despite ‘Underperformance’Investors are pouring more money than ever into hedge funds despite considerable headwinds. What's going on? A few things.