Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
Madoff Feeder Fund Costs Morgan Keegan
By Marlene Y. SatterAfter finding that Morgan Keegan, a unit of Regions Financial, failed to do sufficient due diligence on a hedge fund that was a feeder fund for Bernard L. Madoff Securities, a FINRA arbitration panel has ordered the firm to pay a Florida couple more than $250,000.
February 14, 2011
China Launches First Official Hedge FundWhile “hedge funds” have operated in China for some time, they have run under the official radar without licenses or regulatory approval, but on Monday the nation’s first hedge fund to gain the blessing of its securities regulators debuted.
February 11, 2011
PIMCO’s Narens on the Muni Bond Trade, Part I: —Is it Time?Is the bumpy ride over in muni bonds? The current and future state of the market
February 08, 2011
Hedge Fund Managers Arrested for Insider TradingCharges are latest in broad investigation.
February 04, 2011
Hedge Funds Have a Ho-Hum January, but REITs...One alternative strategy that bucked the mediocre returns was REITs, up 3% for the month
February 01, 2011
Replication Offers ETF Investors Hedge Fund ExposureSince the mid-1980s, when a group of traders including Bruce Kovner, Julian Robertson, George Soros, and Paul Tudor Jones rose to fame by delivering previously…
January 28, 2011
Hedge Fund Manager Paulson Has Another Record Year$5 billion in profits in 2010 outpaces gains made from housing crisis.
January 19, 2011
Institutional Hedge Fund Investors Demand Increased Risk ManagementHedge fund managers need to enhance their risk management infrastructure and risk reporting and institutionalize transparency policies to attract new capital, satisfy anxious investors and protect their reputations, according to an annual global study published Tuesday by SEI Knowledge Partnership.