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Average hedge fund fee significantly lower than reported
By Don Steinbrugge Hedge fund industry assets are up slightly from their peak in the 3rd quarter of 2008;…
Hedge Funds, State of the Industry
Intellectual Property Rights in Software: Go Ask Alice
Disputes over the range of patent law, and over IP law generally, ought to be of keen importance to hunters…
Access to Alternatives
Japan’s Largest Banks Invest in the Solar Industry, Expecting a Huge Boom in 2013
By Charles Kennedy, Oilprice.com The solar subsidy program that the Japanese government started in July 2012…
ESG, State of the Industry
UCITS Brand: Time for a Restricted Extension
EDHEC-Risk, in collaboration with CACEIS Investor Services, the asset-servicing group affiliated with Credit…
Access to Alternatives
Can Leak Detection End the Pipeline Impasse? Interview with Adrian Banica
By James Stafford Pipelines used to be things that were just built without blinking. It is said that there…
College Endowments: Bad News and a Slender Silver Lining
The 2012 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments indicates that the endowments of the 831 U.S. colleges and…
Hedge Funds, State of the Industry
HF Investors and Managers Differ On Impact of New Regulations
Hedge fund managers are a good deal more apprehensive about the consequences of newly imposed regulations in…
Hedge Funds, Access to Alternatives
Pensions: Public Choices and Investor Caution
A new study by EDHEC-Risk Institute urges investors to be more vigilant about pension liabilities when making…
State of the Industry, Access to Alternatives
Portfolio Risk: The Case for Outsourcing
FinCad, in a recent white paper, maintains that many companies are leaving cost-effectiveness gains on the…
Hedge Funds
Intermediaries: Watch Who You’re Calling Sophisticated
The International Organization of Securities Commissions published a report recently (January 21) on the…
Access to Alternatives
Risk Management versus Risk Mitigation & Absolute Return versus Hedge Funds
By Rene Levesque The AIMA, with the support of Deutsche Bank, recently commissioned its 2012 edition of the…
Hedge Funds
Beyond the Amusement Value of Icahn v. Ackman
In a perfect world … no, check that: in a world even slightly better than this one, it would have been a…
Hedge Funds, Asset Allocation
The Political Implications of America's Oil & Gas Boom
By James Stafford, Oilprice.com As we begin a new year we wanted to take a look at the current energy…
Investing in Britain’s Infrastructure: With and Without Guarantees
The National Audit Office of the government of the UK (their GAO, if you will) has expressed its concern that…
Infrastructure, State of the Industry
A Look at the World Diamond Market
Diamonds are one of the world's most precious natural resources.  These unique stones are almost as old…
Hedge Funds