Aug 18, 2017 | Basics, Hedge Fund Rankings
It’s mid-August and we have reliable data on hedge fund performance through July 2017. According to reports, hedge funds, in the aggregate, have achieved July gains of 0.88 percent and year-to-date gains of 4.27 percent, marking nine straight months of positive...
Aug 3, 2017 | Basics, Hedge Fund Marketing Strategy
If you’ve yet to read this recent article in Reuter’s, the thought may not have crossed your mind. However, after reading this, one does not necessarily come away with the sense that the question has been answered. Rather, it has been posed. What Is an Activist Hedge...
Jul 20, 2017 | Basics, News
According to this recent article in the Institutional Investor, hedge funds are enjoying their best year since 2009. This statement is based upon data from Preqin, which touts itself as “the alternative asset industry’s leading source of data and intelligence,...
Jun 20, 2017 | Basics, News
According to this article in the New York Post, “hedge funds are dancing with the devil”, but the persona of that devil is something of a mystery. Is that devil a hostile press or disgruntled investors? Is it the SEC and other lawyers cruising for a payday or is it...
Jun 5, 2017 | Basics, Hedge Fund Marketing Strategy
Hedge fund firms, while no strangers to the community of Investment Advisers and Wealth Managers, may not be attracting their fair share of $150 billion in net flows to alternatives anticipated from independent advisers. According to a white paper, based upon a survey...
May 23, 2017 | Basics, News
Seven months ago, HFMA published Millions in Defense but Not One Penny for Tribute, an article inspired by Leon Cooperman’s SEC insider trading indictment. Recently, Mr. Cooperman forked over $4.95 million to settle the case. Cooperman was not asked to acknowledge any...
May 10, 2017 | Basics, News
In a recent letter to clients, friends and associates, the prestigious firm of Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP, warned readers of the potential Trump’s Executive Order, signed January 30, 2017, holds for changes to Dodd-Frank. In the days following the firm’s letter,...
