Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
Policing Hedge Funds
By Melanie WaddellTo restore the SEC's enforcement power in policing hedge funds post the Goldstein ruling, the SEC on July 11 adopted a new antifraud rule under...
May 17, 2007
Fidelity Adds Share Classes to Four AMT-Free Money FundsFidelity Investments launched on May 14 two new share classes--institutional and service--for four of its alternative minimum tax-free money market funds: Fidelity California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York.
May 16, 2007
New Grassley Bill Would Require Hedge Fund RegistrationSenator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, introduced the Hedge Fund Registration Act on May 15, legislation that would require hedge funds to register with the SEC. Grassley's bill comes on the heels of a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling last year that overturned...
May 01, 2007
Traditional Meets Alternative in the Form of 130/30 FundsTraditional and alternative investment managers now find themselves competing in a new battleground that combines the (1.0) beta exposure and quantitative methodologies of traditional indexed...
April 01, 2007
High-End Investors Don't Fear Hedge Fund Blow-upsThe large losses of the Amaranth Advisors hedge fund last September and other similar highly-publicized failures are unlikely to deter hedge fund investing by those...
March 01, 2007
Want Less Risk? Try Hedge FundsThe risk associated with hedge funds and hedge fund-like mutual funds can in some cases be substantially lower than that attached to common types of...
March 01, 2007
States' RightsAs part of a multi-pronged legislative agenda for 2007, state securities regulators plan to lobby hard to have equity-indexed annuities defined as securities, ensure the...
February 22, 2007
Treasury Advisors Decide Not To Crack Down On Hedge FundsThe President's Working Group on Financial Markets has released a set of voluntary guidelines for hedge funds and other "private pools of capital."The working group, ...