Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
Hedge Funds Buoyed in First Half by Private Wealth Allocations
By Michael S. FischerHedge fund managers may be feeling competitive pressure for investor assets, but their fundraising is thriving.
August 08, 2014
How Advisors Choose Liquid Alts: Reducing Risk, but Watch the FeesIn the second of a series, a look at liquid alts role in reducing portfolio risk, and how to find some hidden costs.
August 04, 2014
Ritholtz to Alt Fund Investors: Beware ‘Negative Alpha’Barry Ritholtz asks: Why should individual investors want to invest like a hedge fund?
July 30, 2014
Foundations, Endowments Remain Bullish on Hedge FundsSixty-five percent of respondents to an NEPC survey reported hedge fund exposure greater than 10% of their total portfolio.
July 28, 2014
Hedge Fund Winners and Losers in First HalfHedge fund strategies come in and out of favor as the economic environment evolves. Here are the chart-toppers, and flops, for 2014 so far.
July 17, 2014
Global Investors Keen on Hedge Funds in Second HalfGlobal institutional investors are gung-ho about hedge funds going into the second half of 2014, Credit Suisse reported Thursday.
June 30, 2014
Investors Are Flocking to Hedge Funds Despite ‘Underperformance’Investors are pouring more money than ever into hedge funds despite considerable headwinds. What's going on? A few things.
June 30, 2014
Global Hedge Fund Assets Reach Record $2.1T in Q1Global hedge fund assets under management hit a record high of $2.1 trillion in the first quarter, according to Eurekahedge, an alternative assets research firm.