Doors Opening – Doors Closing – the CalPERS Redemption

Every action has consequences. The CalPERS divestiture will have some unanticipated consequences as well. Here are a few. Doors that May Have Closed Two and twenty was already on the rails and headed out of town before the CalPERS announcement. One of the industry’s...

Discount Hedge Funds – Is This the Wave of the Future?

Even ardent defenders of hedge fund fee structures must acknowledge the impact a marketplace open to retail investors may have on the status quo. Is the hedge fund 2 and 20 rule going the way of the banking industry’s 3-6-3 rule? Disruption It is no revelation...

Argentina – Victim or Victimizer

The retail credit universe is dominated by the FICO score. A consumer with a low FICO score will pay higher interest rates or suffer rejected credit requests. Similarly, a nation’s borrowing power is governed by scores from rating agencies. Moody’s, Standard and...

First: Do No Harm

There are equivalencies that can be drawn between the physician’s Hippocratic Oath to patients, and the hedge fund’s primary responsibility to its clientele. Just as the physician pledges to do no harm, the hedge fund manager has a similar charge with respect to...

Imitation: The Most Sincere Form of Flattery

Most following the hedge fund industry are acutely aware that globally, hedge funds have more than $2.2 trillion in assets under management (AUM). This is a staggering sum by any measure and it continues to grow quarter over quarter. However, mutual funds remain the...
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