Equity Long/Short for Retail – Replication Solves the Issues

By Andrew Beer Chief Executive Officer of  Beachhead Capital Management The model for allocating to equity long/short funds is broken.  The mentality of most allocators is to chase the “hot dot” – that is, invest with a fund that performed well recently and hope the hot streak continues.  This approach is based on the discredited assumption […] Read more »

Is This What Hedge Fund Replication Is Supposed to Look Like?

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By Simon Kerr, Publisher of Hedge Fund Insight   When I received the press release headed “IndexIQ Announces December 2015 Performance of Its IQ Hedge Family of Investable Benchmark Hedge Fund Replication Indexes” I thought I would have a look at the (relative) returns. According IQ “the IQ Hedge™ Indexes comprise the first family of […] Read more »