Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
ERISA Ponders Alternatives
By Jeff JosephThe Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) has been a provision most hedge fund managers have sought to avoid. However, as more pension...
January 01, 2006
Full Speed Ahead for Hedge FundsSEC regulation, demand for additional transparency, and tales of occasional fraud are but speed bumps on a trajectory that could see hedge fund assets quadruple...
December 19, 2005
Hedge Funds Make Progress in NovemberNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--After a frightful October, hedge funds seem to be limping back to positive territory, gaining 0.07% in November in the S&P Hedge Fund Index. Still, hedge funds for the most part are made a poor showing compared with the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index, which was up...
December 19, 2005
Hedge Funds Combat NegativityHedge funds still are trucking down the path of profitability despite some noteworthy obstacles thrown in the way by investors and regulators this year.
December 19, 2005
Hennessee Index Shows November GainsNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--For those who spent their November days worrying about hedge funds' poor performance in October and their nights fretting over hedge funds' return correlation with equity markets, news about November's positive returns for hedge funds in the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index may ease the days, but will probably...
December 01, 2005
The Third Source of ReturnsLast month I discussed the increasing awareness that true alpha--gained through market timing and security selection--is not the only or even the primary source of...
December 01, 2005
Three Stages of the FutureOver the next 15 to 20 years, as baby boomers age (the first boomers will reach age 65 in 2011), advisors will see many boomer...
December 01, 2005
Transatlantic TeachersLike most European financiers, Johan Olson, investor relations manager at private bank Mirabaud & Cie in Geneva, Switzerland, doesn't bat an eyelid at the mention...