Facebook 50 billion valuation, Volcker, shine spotlight on secondary private...
Without liquid markets, private equity values are nearly always marked to model. But that may be changing...
View ArticleREITs beaten up in crisis, now back for revenge.
Full points for stamina! After dropping by more than half between 2006 and 2008, REITs are nearly back to their pre-crash size. But do they have what it takes to succeed in the long term?
View ArticleThree split-strikes and youâre out
"Bernie" is back in the headlines, squawking from the jailhouse about how the banks and others should have seen his scheme for what it was - and actually may have. The broader question is whether...
View ArticleManagers operating in mature and âefficientâ markets rejoice!...
Thought managers in "inefficient markets" like emerging markets or small cap equities had the advantage when it comes to alpha-generation? Maybe not...
View ArticleAnd institutions said cut fees, be more risk averse and be transparent. And...
And the institutions demanded higher transparency, lower fees and greater risk management. And the hedge funds listened - at least according to Preqin's latest survey of hedge fund industry trends.
View ArticleSovereign wealth funds to alternative investments: It depends on our mandate...
A working paper by researchers at the IMF suggests there are four relatively distinct types of sovereign wealth funds. And once you know the fund type, you can guess at their appetite for alternative...
View ArticleSend me an angel, VC or a private equity fundâ¦or all of the above.
Angel investing is an acquired taste that isn't generally described as an "alternative investment." But as a recent survey of both angels and VC funds illustrates, angel investing is really no...
View ArticleFan Favorites: The Alternative Investment âPeopleâs Choice...
A recent scan of the financial reports of 150 major pension funds reveals the world's most popular alternative investment managers. Here's an award not even Lindsay Lohan could win.
View ArticleA Tradersâ âProp 19â³: Why not legalize some insider...
Special to AllAboutAlpha.com by: By Mikhail Iliev, Who’s In My Fund? Law enforcers love their new game: Get the Inside Trader. But lawmakers ought to put an end to the party and legalize insider...
View ArticlePublic and Private Real Estate: Pieces of the Same Puzzle
Is it location, location, location? Or valuation, valuation, valuation? Or is it timing, timing, timing? Perhaps all three describe both public and private real estate investing. But figuring out...
View ArticleHedge funds and âstock manipulationâ: Perpetrators, accomplices...
A new study of stocks with high hedge fund ownership claims that something fishy is going on at the end of every month.
View ArticleThink you know all about infrastructure investments? Think again.
Infrastructure investments remain a hot trend among institutional investors, though a new report suggests they are a lot more complicated - and risky - than as commonly perceived.
View ArticleAsian hedge funds dropping their shorts?
For the past few years, the proportion of "long-only" hedge funds in Asia has been rising steadily. This, as the proportion of long/short hedge funds falls in tandem.
View ArticleClimate Change: A core part of strategic asset allocation or an...
A recent Mercer report proposes a way to integrate climate change into financial decision-making. Could this finally move climate change from the social agenda to the financial agenda?
View ArticleReport: Hedge funds should stick to the Green Zone to avoid land mines, enemy...
For some investors, the hedge fund world is assumed to be riddled with potential land mines and threats of heavy gunfire. Which is why finding managers who stick to the "Green Zone" is good practice,...
View ArticleHedge funds and systemic risk: Whether avoiding it or preventing it,...
Two and a half years have past since the global credit meltdown and there's still concern about the suspected systemic risk of hedge funds. The investigation's going in the right direction, but the...
View ArticleBonfire of the Valuations: Trading distressed private equity
The mid-2000s were quite the party for the private equity crowd. But the morning after, they woke up to too much debt on too few revenues, highballs combined with high-balled growth. So who gets to...
View ArticleIs the gargantuan currency market actually getting overcrowded?
It's hard to believe, but even a four trillion dollar a day market can get a little too cozy every once in a while.
View ArticleUK Report: Early retirement dreams washing away for millions
Freedom 66 for pensioners could easily mean Freedom 45 or even Freedom 35 for hedge fund managers, thanks to their recent contributions towards helping to partially offset liability issues, according...
View ArticleCurrency hedge funds found to outperform a random walk
Currency markets basically follow a random walk. But according to a new study, the returns from currency hedge funds are anything but random.
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