Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
What’s Behind Gold’s Sudden Turnaround?
By Gil WeinreichTwo new analyses argue for a revival in gold, one based on technical indicators tracing the smart money and the other adducing the broad economic factors at work, such as an increasingly dovish Fed.
July 15, 2013
Surprise! Not Every Hedgie Loves the Lifted Ad BanSome in the hedge fund industry believe that marketing isnt necessary for these sophisticated investments, and others worry that fraud may be an unintended consequence.
July 01, 2013
Do You Need to File Form PF?Last year, the SEC created some confusion when it required advisors who manage private funds to periodically file Form PF. Herewith, we dispel that confusion.
May 30, 2013
Public pensions top list of $1-billion-plus hedge fund investorsPublic pension funds account for 29 percent of the capital allocated to hedge funds among $1 billion-plus hedge fund investors, a report shows.
May 28, 2013
It’s a Stock Picker’s Market NowAfter five years of disappointing returns, long-short equity hedge funds are rallying.
May 10, 2013
If hedge funders are so smart, why are they so relentlessly wrong?Maybe fund managers are too distracted by bashing the Fed over golf at the country club.
May 01, 2013
Gaming Steroid-Free Markets: What’s an Advisor to Do?—Searching for Alpha for May 2013So if hedge fund managers cant outperform in these market conditions, better revisit your diversification strategy.