Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
Lock-Ups Should Pay Up
By Jeff JosephThere is an increasing number of hedge funds asking for lock-ups, and lock-up periods are getting increasingly longer, but what excess return should you ask...
December 04, 2006
Hedge Fund Entry Still $1 MillionThe Securities and Exchange Commission decided not to vote on increasing the amount an investor must have to participate in a hedge fund from $1 million to $1.5 million at an open meeting December 4.
December 01, 2006
Morgan Stanley's Appetite for Hedge FundsIn early November, Morgan Stanley announced its third investment in, or acquisition of, a major hedge fund in a matter of three days. On October...
December 01, 2006
Democrats and Hedge FundsNow that the Democrats have seized both houses of Congress, some hedge fund officials are anticipating tighter controls on the industry. Granted, Republicans, too, heightened...
November 06, 2006
Nearly 2,000 Advisors, and Alan GreenspanNearly 3,000 attendees at the 16th annual Schwab Institutional Impact conference, including some 1,900 advisors, heard Alan Greenspan on Nov. 6 laud hedge funds as "extraordinarily important" instruments that expose, then remove inefficiencies in the capital markets. Hedge fund managers' search for "niche returns," Greenspan told the audience at the...
November 01, 2006
How to Find Good Managerial TalentPicking the right hedge fund manager was probably never easy, but in recent years it has become an even greater challenge. Yet it is essential:...
November 01, 2006
John Hancock Stages New Ad, Brand PushJohn Hancock Financial Services is spending some $30 million this quarter to spread the word to both consumers and advisors that "the future is yours."...
November 01, 2006
Claymore Enters the ETF ArenaAnother flurry of exchange-traded funds has hit Wall Street in the form of five funds from ETF industry newcomer Claymore Securities and another five under...