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Discover the intricacies of hedge fund risk and performance evaluation. Learn how to assess these funds with proper ...

Supplement in print: Order print copies of the Endowments supplements from June 2006 and August 2005 You’re the general counsel at a small to midsize institution that doesn’t have its own endowment ...

Traditionally pitched as a portfolio diversifier, hedge funds are now showing "historically high" correlations to the S&P 500. Markets are expected to see increased volatility in the fourth quarter ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Global hedge fund capital rose to a record of almost $5 trillion in the third quarter and the number of hedge funds is at a decade peak, reflecting an influx of new money into the ...

A Point72 team scored hundreds of millions of dollars in gains, while a smaller firm is closing after losing money on software stocks. Global authorities must step up their surveillance of lending by ...

Funds that bet on hedge funds instead of stocks or bonds are finally in vogue again. The double whammy of the financial crisis and Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme hit the fund-of-hedge-fund business so ...

(Bloomberg) -- Preparing to launch a hedge fund in 2017, Arnaud de Lasteyrie faced a tough choice: limit himself to running money exclusively for a single client or keep chasing to win a diverse range ...

I write from time to time about the economic structure of modern multi-strategy “pod shop” hedge funds. Stereotypically a hedge fund invests its clients’ money and gives the clients the returns, after ...

For many advisors, the question is not whether to use hedge funds, but which of the largest hedge funds belong in client portfolios. The biggest firms now manage roughly $5 trillion in assets, giving ...