Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
Index funds beat hedge funds, mutual funds
By Danielle AndrusResearch from Mark Kritzman, president and chief executive of Windham Capital Management of Boston, shows basic stock index funds may outperform hedge funds and actively...
February 01, 2009
The Long and the Short of ItAs 2008 played out, filled with bad news from the hedge fund industry, the practice of shorting stocks--a popular hedge fund strategy--got dragged through the...
January 29, 2009
Hedge funds: Investor fears and attitudes75% -- Percentage of investors who haven't changed their hedge fund allocations in response to the economic crisis. 8% -- Percentage of investors who...
January 27, 2009
New report: Hedge fund success depends on performance, greater transparencyIn the wake of the worst year on record for hedge funds, hedge fund managers should expect to see wider-ranging and more in-depth scrutiny of...
January 22, 2009
File under obvious - Hedge funds 'fail to deliver'"In 2008, hedge fund managers generally failed to deliver," Morningstar Hedge Fund Analyst Nadia Papagiannis said yesterday in a press statement. "The average hedge fund...
January 19, 2009
William Glavin, Jr.William Glavin, Jr. has been appointed chief executive officer of Oppenheimer Funds Inc. He has headed MassMutual's U.S. Insurance Group since March 2006.
January 15, 2009
2009 looks bad for hedge fundsThe hedge fund industry lost 7 percent of funds in the first three quarters of 2008, the Associated Press reports. That's up more than 70...
January 12, 2009
Fund managers optimistic for 2009Global consulting firm Watson Wyatt highlights a generally optimistic outlook for 2009 from fund managers. Watson Wyatt's recent survey of fund managers, who collectively have assets...