Op-Ed: Using the Risk-Free Rate as a Basis to Examine Hedge Fund Costs
Longtime investor Tony Waskiewicz explores why hedge fund investors have experienced much lower absolute returns since the Great Recession.
Tag: Hedge Funds
Asset Management Culture
Why Soros, Singer, Paulson (but Not Dalio or Buffett) May Soon Be Exempt from Disclosing Stock Holdings
SEC proposal would lift reporting threshold to $3.5 billion, from $100 million now.
Market Moves
Tail Risk Hedges Are Vital for Investors Now, Argues Black Swan Theory Guy
Things are so unpredictable that buffering yourself against unknown surprises only makes sense, says Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Asset Management Culture
After a Spotty Run, John Paulson Quits Hedge Funds
Famed investor, who triumphed shorting the housing market in 2008, is the latest to shift into a family office, amid hard times for hedgies.
Market Moves
How Little-Guy Investors Bested the Pros by Riding Popular Iffy Stocks
Goldman Sachs study shows that, since this year’s low point, ordinary market players shot past the smart money, 61% to 45%.
How Pension CIOs Are Dealing With the Pandemic Storm
Handling asset rebalancing, maintaining board relations, and dealing with outside managers with big ideas are important items on plan managers’ agendas.
Alternatives
Crypto Hedge Fund AUM Doubles to $2 Billion in 2019
The median crypto hedge fund returned 30% last year, compared with a loss of 46% in 2018.
Too Much Leverage, Too Much Risk Are Weighing Down Hedge Funds
Designed to fly high during slumps, a bunch of them have disappointed, big time.
Asset Allocation
Bridgewater Scales Back European Shorts After Cashing In
Firm nets $4 billion in shorts, settles on singular stock strategy with Commerce Bancshares.
Wilting Hedge Fund Roster: Time for a New Bloom?
The virus-battered stock market may let survivors in this shrinking field show their stuff once more.
Alternatives
Alternative Funds Top $10 Trillion in Assets Under Management
However, report finds an ‘increasingly challenging’ future for the industry.
Newsmakers
Stock Market Feels Like 1999’s, Says Paul Tudor Jones
Hedge fund honcho thinks current wacky times could be headed for a popping bubble.
Research
Pension Plans Will Boost Hedge Fund Investments in 2020, Study Says
Dismay over low-yielding fixed income will cause shift, industry research group Agecroft Partners predicts.
Asset Allocation
More Hedge Funds Close in 2019 than Opened
As stocks soared in 2019, the funds saw investor exoduses amid lackluster returns.
Frozen Liquidity Problem Solved, Kinda, So Alts’ Popularity Grows
Liquid alternative investments let you cash out, but what will happen in the next market panic?