http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/14/managed-accounts-not-just-for-breakfast-any-more/ A finance blog about hedge funds, portable alpha and alternative investing. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:03:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/14/managed-accounts-not-just-for-breakfast-any-more/comment-page-1/#comment-6709 allaboutalpha.com: Welcome to AllAboutAlpha.com Wed, 23 May 2007 00:39:20 +0000 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/14/managed-accounts-not-just-for-breakfast-any-more/#comment-6709 [...] As a footnote, this sounds like good news for providers of managed accounts platforms. Â After all, their core value proposition is the ability to slice and dice portfolios of many funds on a position-by-position basis. [...] [...] As a footnote, this sounds like good news for providers of managed accounts platforms. Â After all, their core value proposition is the ability to slice and dice portfolios of many funds on a position-by-position basis. [...]

]]> http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/14/managed-accounts-not-just-for-breakfast-any-more/comment-page-1/#comment-2759 All About Alpha » Blog Archives » A Closer Look at State Street’s New Hedge Fund Survey Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:33:16 +0000 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/03/14/managed-accounts-not-just-for-breakfast-any-more/#comment-2759 [...] Respondents bought more single-manager funds and less funds-of-funds in 2006.  It seems that the pundits at Managed Accounts USA may have been right - funds of funds are getting the squeeze.  Over half of institutions in this survey owned 10 or more single manager funds in 2006.  Ironically, the number of respondents who used no single-managers at all also rose.  State Street suggests this group of apparent fund of funds owners may just be new to the hedge fund industry - and may be following the common entry strategy of making a maiden investment via funds of funds. [...] [...] Respondents bought more single-manager funds and less funds-of-funds in 2006.  It seems that the pundits at Managed Accounts USA may have been right – funds of funds are getting the squeeze.  Over half of institutions in this survey owned 10 or more single manager funds in 2006.  Ironically, the number of respondents who used no single-managers at all also rose.  State Street suggests this group of apparent fund of funds owners may just be new to the hedge fund industry – and may be following the common entry strategy of making a maiden investment via funds of funds. [...]

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