By Nadia Papagiannis, Director of Alternative Investment Strategy at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, with editing by Hedge Fund Insight staff In a recent paper Goldman Sachs Asset Management analysed alternative mutual funds. In this analysis, we narrow down the vast universe of liquid alternatives to the funds that may better provide the differentiated return and risk characteristics of hedge funds. We […] Read more »
Smaller Insurers Represent Sales Opportunity For Hedge Funds
By Gary Shub and Team at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) The quest to diversify assets as insurers hunt for higher returns in a low-interest-rate environment suggests that there might be a significant opportunity for asset managers—both independent and insurance owned—to curate and offer alternative investment products for small insurance companies in the […] Read more »
Millennials Open to Persuasion on Retail Hedge Funds
by Hedge Fund Insight staff, Approximately 70% of Millennial investors are interested in alternative mutual funds, and wish they knew more about the benefits of alternative investing, according to a recent survey by AMG Funds, the U.S. retail distribution arm of global asset management company Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG). The survey polled […] Read more »
Hedge Funds: Mutually Inclusive, says Neuberger Berman
By Fred Ingham, head of international hedge fund investments, Neuberger Berman A quiet revolution is happening in hedge funds. Investors continue to allocate to the asset class, but the way they are allocating is changing, while its investor base is growing broader and becoming more inclusive. With both bond and equity markets facing major […] Read more »
A.M. Best on Insurance Industry Hedge Fund Exposures
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 »
Five Supports For A Positive Hedge Fund Outlook in 2015
By Diane Harrison, principal of Panegyric Marketing Every year, Preqin publishes their annual review of the hedge fund industry, 120-plus pages of comprehensive data and analyses providing a detailed look at the industry’s make up. According their website, Preqin is the alternative assets industry’s leading source of data and intelligence. Our products and services […] Read more »
The Case for Liquid Alts from Credit Suisse Asset Management
From Credit Suisse Asset Management The Appeal of Alternative Investments Hedge fund managers generally have a different focus and objective as well as access to a broader set of portfolio management tools compared to traditional fund managers, including: Focus on absolute returns Broader investment universe Ability to go short This flexibility is part of […] Read more »
’40 Act Hedge Funds On The Rise
By Hedge Fund Insight staff Liquid alternatives have seen strong industry growth, outpacing traditional hedge funds, according to “Going Mainstream: Developments and Opportunities for Hedge Fund Managers in the ’40 Act Space,” an April 2014 study by Barclays Prime Services. The study found that in 2013, liquid alts assets grew by 43%, while hedge […] Read more »