Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
Kansas $1 billion bond sale bolsters pensions eyeing hedge funds
By Brian ChappattaKansas is planning to sell bonds Wednesday to inject cash into its underfunded workers retirement system.
July 13, 2015
Global Alternative Assets Jumped to $6.3 Trillion in 2014The worlds 100 largest alternative investment managers had $3.5 trillion in assets under management in 2014.
July 10, 2015
Greece, China Turmoil Hit Hedge Funds in JuneBig declines in Chinese equities and uncertainty around Greeces referendum cast dark shadows over the hedge fund sector in June.
July 02, 2015
Rajat Gupta loses bid to overturn insider-trading convictionA federal judge rejected the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director's request to throw out his insider-trading conviction.
July 02, 2015
Untangling the FATCA Web for Hedge Funds (Next Up: GATCA)Think that since there is no IRS registration requirement, U.S.-domiciled funds arent subject to FATCA? Think again.
June 30, 2015
Bill Gross: 6 Scenarios That Would Threaten 'Shadow Banking System'That system includes asset management firms, says the Janus portfolio manager, who takes time in his monthly investment outlook to criticize former PIMCO colleagues.
June 29, 2015
Munis Meet Milken as Hedge Funds Dictate Puerto Rico TermsPuerto Rico is getting a thorough introduction to Michael Milkens junk-bond world as it increasingly relies on some of the financial industrys most aggressive players.
June 25, 2015
Hedge funds targeted by Senate’s Wyden in reinsurance tax billThe owners of hedge fund-backed reinsurers could have to pay more taxes under a bill introduced by Senator Ron Wyden.