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Hedge Funds
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8/27/2010
Hedge Funds Hiring Former SEC Commissioners
Just as regulatory scrutiny of hedge funds is ramping up, a new strategy is underway: rent-a-regulator. Several former SEC commissioners have found the welcome mat out at hedge funds, signing on as consultants and advisors. Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Emily Chasan report that this trend troubles some critics. (a Bowne Briefly)
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7/27/2010
Funds Of Hedge Funds Need To Woo Customers
Funds consisting of hedge funds have been losing customers. Some investors fled after Madoff duped several fund managers; others objected to the fee pyramid. To win back customers, funds of hedge funds will need to lower fees and raise transparency, The Economist suggests.
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7/27/2010
Regulatory Free Ride For Hedge Funds Coming To A Halt
Thanks to Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, both Congress and the SEC are targeting hedge funds for regulatory attention. Attorneys Ronald Wood, Travis Brennan, and Courtney Devon Taylor discuss the SEC's redesigned enforcement program and the SEC's aggressive pursuit of hedge funds that may have violated Rule 105 under Reg. M.
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7/22/2010
SEC Approves Disclosure Form Changes to Provide Investors Greater Information About Their Investment Advisers
Washington, D.C., July 21, 2010 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted unanimously to adopt changes to the principal disclosure document that SEC-registered investment advisers must provide to their clients and prospective clients.
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6/23/2010
Market-Neutral Strategy Does Not Eliminate Market Risk
How far can a market-neutral hedge fund shelter its investors from the risks of the stock market? Economist Andrew Patton considers that question and compares the shield of the market-neutral fund with other types of hedge funds, including a fund of funds. (a Bowne Briefly)
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5/24/2010
Here's A Twist: Hedge Funds In The Mutual Fund Business
For years, mutual funds have imitated long and short investment strategies of hedge funds. Now the tables have turned: The Economist reports that hedge funds are offering mutual funds with a hedge-fund investment style.
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4/7/2010
Long/Short Strategy Is Catching On (Once Again)
When hedge funds suffered significant losses in 2008, along with the rest of the market, investors turned tail and fled. Even so, Donald Jay Korn points out, hedge funds lost less than the S&P 500 and the average stock fund. Returning to their roots (that is, moderating risk by hedging) helped. Now mutual fund managers are following suit.
