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Top Features

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  Off the Shelf: What Made Raj Rajaratnam Run?

  In a new book, journalist Anita Raghavan chronicles the Galleon founder's meteoric rise and scandalous fall.

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  Why Paul Tudor Jones Is Wrong about Women Traders

  Institutional Investor's Alpha managing editor Amanda Cantrell on the Tudor Investment Corp. founder's comments at a University of Virginia panel.

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  Study: Investors Have Faith in Hedge Funds, but are Wary of Fees

  A new study from the Alternative Investment Management Association says institutional investors want to put more money into hedge funds, despite recent modest performance, but they don't want to pay too much.

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  Why Paulson and Others Are Betting Big on Fannie and Freddie

  Investors hope to see the mortgage giants move out of conservatorship.

Hedge Fund Managers

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  Can Mortgage Mavens Pine River Find Success in Other Markets?

  Savvy bets on housing-related bonds helped turn Pine River into a $14 billion powerhouse. But now the firm must prove it is more than an MBS machine.

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  Too Many CLO Cooks Can Spoil the Broth

  New issuances of collateralized loan obligations have risen steadily since 2011 but too many new issuers in the market can pose a danger.

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  Jacob Gottlieb’s Vision for Visium Gains Visibility

  Steady performance boosts growth in the hedge fund manager’s multistrategy investments.

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  Forex Trades Gain Currency Again

  Hedge fund specialists FX Concepts, GAM and SLJ Macro shed light on some timely strategies.

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  Survey Finds Most Investors Are Paying Full Freight

  Goldman Sachs releases its 2013 survey of hedge fund allocators and finds that few are getting discounts on fees.

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  Kier Boley at GAM takes a Nuanced Look at Emerging Markets

  For GAM’s fund of funds, a combination of equity managers and macro managers is the answer to uncertain environments.

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  Funds of Hedge Funds Go Local in Emerging Markets

  Several managers try to add value to the fund-of-fund calculus by betting money on indigenous players.

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  Michael Singer Ushers Ramius Into a New Era

  The fund-of-funds maven is crafting a new, improved business to cope with industry changes.

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Research and Rankings Subscribe to RSS feed

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  The Rich List: Second Team

  The lineup captures familiar names that used to populate the rich list but for certain reasons have missed the $200 million cutoff.

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  The 2013 Hedge Fund 100

  As large funds achieve greater heft, portfolio managers grapple with a critical question: Is more capital a boon or a bane?

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  The Fund of Funds 50: Survival of the Biggest

  Funds of hedge funds are finding that bigger is indeed better, as the largest firms have the tools necessary to adapt and survive.

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  The 2013 Hedge Fund Compensation Survey

  After two down years, hedge fund managers’ total compensation is up 15 percent, on average — and rising.

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  The Rich List

  Our 12th annual ranking of the world's top-earning hedge fund managers.

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  No Nonsense About City Parks

  David Barse, chief executive of Third Avenue Management, tries to raise awareness — and capital while he’s at it.

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  PineBridge’s George Hornig on How Riverkeeper Fights Water Pollution in New York

  The COO of the New York-based investment management firm and lifelong New Yorker is active with the organization, which he says is dedicated to preserving New York’s water quality.

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  Howard Lutnick Backs the Worldwide Orphans Foundation

  The Cantor Fitzgerald founder on the highly personal reasons behind why he supports Worldwide Orphans.

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  Bringing Health Care to Kids

  Deerfield’s Alex Karnal backs the Children’s Health Fund.

Absolute Return Indices May 2013

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