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Hedge Fund 2017 Results Hold Promise for a Better 2018

December 25, 2017

It is not possible to allow 2017 to pass into history without acknowledging the achievements the hedge fund industry has made during the year. First, hedge funds made positive gains for investors in each month of 2017. Gains, year-to-date, stand at around 7.5 percent. Of course, December’s results are not final, but almost no one […]

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Investor Confidence in Hedge Funds Continues to Soar

September 18, 2017

Prequin reports the hedge fund industry has achieved gains in positive territory for 10 months in a row, with aggregate August gains of 0.97 percent. This is the longest streak of month-to-month gains since the financial crisis, and suggests the hedge fund industry has finally found its feet. Investors Are Taking Notice As has been […]

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Bill ‘Att’Ackman Targets ADP After Acquiring 8 Percent Stake

August 7, 2017

Activist hedge funds are hardly a new phenomenon, and Bill Ackman of Pershing Square is certainly not a novice in the game. While activist funds have been on the scene for decades, the motives that lay behind the activism have changed dramatically. Earlier versions of activism were analogous to private equity plays, in which the […]

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Will the Bloom Return to the Hedge Fund Rose?

July 24, 2017

In the wake of countless glowing articles touting hedge fund gains through the first half of 2017 as well as new industry records for assets under management, hedge fund managers can’t help but be pleased—and who can blame them? Here Are the Facts Hedge fund gains have been in positive territory for the past eight […]

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What Will Be the Upshot of MiFID II on Hedge Fund Jobs?

June 26, 2017

Just as the regulatory mists were beginning to dissipate under President Trump’s Sharpie and the House’s legislative action, a new fog is rolling across the financial sector—MiFID II. Although driven by European regulators, it cannot be ignored by any financial organization that engages the European markets, and this includes the hedge fund industry. What Is […]

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Can Hedge Funds Help Pension Funds Meet the $400 Trillion Challenge?

May 29, 2017

A child born in 2007 can look forward to a lifespan in excess of 100 years. Although this is marvelous news for those born in this millennia, it only adds to the woes of pension fund managers struggling with monumental shortfalls, estimated to be in the range of $400 trillion worldwide. The U. S. share […]

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Trump Executive Order Puts Dodd-Frank in the Cross Hairs

May 1, 2017

President Trump’s executive order, signed January 30 of this year places Dodd-Frank squarely in the administration’s cross hairs. The impact of this executive order would not be so daunting if the legislative process had not been outsourced to the Federal agencies charged with implementing the legislators’ perceived wishes through regulation—a defect that future lawmakers might […]

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