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May 22, 2013
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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April 25, 2013
For GAM’s fund of funds, a combination of equity managers and macro managers is the answer to uncertain environments.
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April 18, 2013
Several managers try to add value to the fund-of-fund calculus by betting money on indigenous players.
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March 04, 2013
Returns expectations have ebbed since the glory days, partly due to institutions’ quest for the Goldilocks of investments.
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February 14, 2013
The fund-of-funds maven is crafting a new, improved business to cope with industry changes.
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December 11, 2012
Toronto-based Diversified Global Asset Management says its homegrown tail-risk strategy is cheaper than outsourcing it to third-party hedge funds – and allows the firm more control.
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September 04, 2012
In two of the biggest fund-of-funds deals in recent months, KKR will let Prisma Capital remain autonomous and Man Group will swallow FRM.
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March 01, 2012
Fund of funds Prisma Capital Partners leaps over the competition by investing in smaller managers and customizing clients’ portfolios.
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February 01, 2012
With Citigroup’s private bank focusing on ultrawealthy investors, consultationis in and one-size-fits-all is out.
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November 01, 2011
How South Carolina Retirement Systems’ CIO Robert Borden is teaming up with Apollo and Lighthouse to whittle down his exposures
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July 01, 2011
Permal’s CEO takes a statistical route to estimating risk
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May 01, 2011
Morgan Stanley’s Jacques Chappuis has found a niche strategy that makes its fund of-funds fees worthwhile
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April 01, 2011
The message? No more magicians.
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March 02, 2011
The Chicago fund of funds is coming back, thanks in part to its tougher approach toward hedge fund managers following the crash of 2008
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February 01, 2011
To survive these days, funds of funds have to meet investors’ needs for customized accounts, risk management & even advise on investing directly in hedge funds.
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December 09, 2010
The big bank’s fund of funds touts its risk management as it rebuilds assets and continues to produce unflashy returns.
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November 14, 2010
Small funds of funds are undergoing a difficult environment, but a few will stand a chance.
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November 01, 2010
The funds-of-funds industry fell another 4.8% in the first half of 2010 & is down 46% from its peak
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September 30, 2010
Many industry commentators predicted that funds of funds would be a temporary phenomenon
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August 31, 2010
Despite Goldman Sachs' run-in with the Securities & Exchange Commission, its fund-of-funds unit continues to grow.
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May 01, 2010
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April 21, 2010
“Many investors have forgotten the way many hedge funds behaved in the crisis. Even some of the better names in the industry treated their clients with utter disdain.”
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March 31, 2010
The man who helped inspire Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street," now heading Blackstone's funds of funds unit, talks about the fundraising environment, challenges to new managers, and how the world has changed.
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March 31, 2010
The industry, still off its peak by 43%, narrows losses from the first half of 2009 to finish the year down 10%.
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March 16, 2010
As it deploys €250 million, the firm is looking closely at commodities, emerging markets, global macro and mean reversion strategies.
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March 01, 2010
Turmoil at Cadogan led the Alaska Retirement Management Board to shake up its whole portfolio.
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February 01, 2010
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February 01, 2010
Concentrating on concentration. The lessons of 2008 have moved concerns about liquidity and diversification to the forefront of funds of funds' thinking.
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December 18, 2009
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May 20, 2009
Survey finds institutional investors love and hate funds of hedge funds.
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May 15, 2009
Joseph Weilgus is devoted to Project Sunshine, which helps sick children.
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April 17, 2009
A $9 billion manager of managers signs Sam DeRosa-Farag.
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March 19, 2009
Robert Burch IV discusses running A.W. Jones & Co. as it celebrates its 60th anniversary.
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February 24, 2009
Funds of hedge funds in 2008 didn’t fulfill their promise of strong performance in exchange for the fees they charge to access a stable of top-quality hedge funds, which, of course, charge their own fees.
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February 24, 2009
Add the Tulare County Employees’ Retirement Association to Madoff's victims list.
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January 23, 2009
Just as football dynasties come and go, so too do hedge funds.
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January 23, 2009
Cogo Wolf throws lifeline to struggling hedge fund managers.
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January 23, 2009
David Bailin, president of Bank of America’s alternative investments, sees a new demand for due diligence that will sooner or later help fuel a recovery.
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January 23, 2009
Software providers plug the holes that the Madoff blowup exposed in funds-of-funds.
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November 24, 2008
Alpha’s seventh annual ranking of the world’s biggest multi-manager hedge fund firms.
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November 24, 2008
From the cradle of American funds of hedge funds comes an infatuation with diversification.
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October 24, 2008
Permal focuses on finding the best people and funds.