Incisive Views from Professionals
By Diane Harrison, principal of Panegyric Marketing. Prior to the mid 2000s, private equity represented the de facto route to long-term appreciation for investors seeking to access investment strategies yielding double-digit returns. After the credit crisis of 2008 effectively closed the doors on efficient and profitable exits for many private equity funds, investors found their […] Read more »
By John Anderson, Managing Director, Hedge Fund Solutions, J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management Hedge fund assets have managed to maintain and increase their market share well beyond their pre-2008 financial crisis levels as investors’ demand for their alpha potential and risk-mitigating characteristics intensifies. This growth persists despite challenging industry performance, regulatory changes and investors’ […] Read more »
From Global Asset Management Global themes regained strength in May: global macro and event driven managers led the hedge fund pack May proved a choppy month across asset classes with investor attention focused on issues such as US growth concerns and the Greek solvency question. The US Dollar index was up 2.4%, US […] Read more »
By Stephen Bowles, Head of UK Institutional Defined Contribution, Schroders This analysis of the defined contribution (DC) pension landscape among the top listed companies in the UK comes from the fifth edition of the Schroders’ FTSE Default DC schemes report. The aim of this six monthly report is to shine a light on default […] Read more »
By Jason Hopper and Ken Johnson of A.M.Best* Introduction In A. M. Best’s recently published briefing, “Industry Interest in Non-Traditional Assets Continues”, we discussed the overall increased interest in non-traditional assets which are found on Schedule BA of the U.S. statutory filings. As allocations to Schedule BA assets (BA assets) have been increasing for […] Read more »
By Jawad Mian, Managing Editor Stray Reflections The inefficiencies that are at the heart of macro investing are permanent, as they relate to the inherent uncertainty of the future. The vast majority of the data required is publicly available. The differentiating factor is the ability to analyze and thematically organize the information into coherent […] Read more »
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By Hedge Fund Insight staff The Rock Creek Group is a leading global investment and advisory firm with approximately $10 billion in invested and committed assets under management. Members of the Rock Creek team have been investing globally in hedge funds and emerging markets since the early 1990s. In previous careers at the World […] Read more »
By Hedge Fund Insight staff Distressed debt funds had a disappointing year in terms of returns in 2014. According to Evestment distressed funds returned 0.6% last year, and attracted net subscriptions of $9.15bn in 2014. The story is little different this year in terms of returns- Eurekahedge data makes distressed investing the strategy with […] Read more »
By Stephen L. Nesbitt, CEO and Eli J. Sokolov, Managing Director of Cliffwater LLC Introduction We first wrote about how many hedge funds constituted an appropriately diversified portfolio in 2006, arguing that most investors tended to over diversify their hedge fund portfolios, particularly those investing in funds-of-funds.1 We showed that the accumulation of hedge funds […] Read more »