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Investing dynamically with hedge funds
Claude Bovet / March 10, 2010Hedge funds have an unconstrained and opportunistic investment mandate.
The future is in managed accounts
Scot Blythe / January 25, 2010After the turmoil of 2008 and 2009, hedge fund investors have learned to dread the "four horsemen."
Investors must revisit assumptions on alts: Mercer
Jody White / November 10, 2009In a post-crisis environment, investors need to rethink their rationale and approach to alternative assets and ensure they have exposure to the asset class for the right reasons, according to investment consultants from Mercer.
Hedge funds expect greater scrutiny
Steven Lamb / November 10, 2009If there is a silver lining to the cloud that was the great financial crisis of 2008, it could be the light it shone into the shadowy corners of the financial services industry. Few crannies were murkier than the world of hedge funds, but the industry has since undergone something of a transformation.
This client took your advice
Deanne Gage / October 01, 2009One of the best parts of this job is the complimentary advice I’ve received from readers like you. I’d like to share some of the philosophies that have truly made a difference for me—especially given the current downturn.
The inefficient frontier
Tristram S. Lett / July 20, 2009Despite the bad press, hedge funds have a solid future ahead.
Diversification is over-rated
Tom Bradley / June 01, 2009If diversification is the only “free lunch” investors have, then what is over-diversifi cation? A sub-par meal at an expensive restaurant?
Private equity firms batten down the hatches
Scot Blythe / March 23, 2009Canadian equities have proven no place to hide during the financial storm, and that applies to firms operating in private markets too: venture capital, mezzanine financing and leveraged buyouts.
Hedge funds expect regulation, added costs
Steven Lamb / March 09, 2009This year is not going to be easy for hedge fund managers, according to a survey of the managers themselves. While almost all want to raise new investment capital, nearly 84% expect competition for qualified investors to be fierce, according to a survey by New York–based CPA firm Rothstein Kass.
Private equity: Start up or buy out?
Scot Blythe / March 06, 2009There seem to be cycles in private company investing. Those with long memories will remember Michael Milken and junk bonds. In recent memory, there were the venture firms of the Silicon Valley that went bust at the beginning of the decade, or more recently still, buyouts whose coda was supplied by the failure of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan to take Bell Canada private.
