Critics complain that hedge funds are too expensive for the returns they have lately been producing. Setting performance aside (which is as varied as the strategies pursued), on first blush, the ante does seem somewhat dear: Most hedge funds...
Investors looking to beat the average returns of the market will be heading to hedge funds and funds of hedge funds even more in the future, says new research. According to TowerGroup, a Needham, Mass.-based consulting firm, assets in hedge funds...
The separately managed account industry continues to grow, but the investment vehicle has yet to truly take off. SMAs grew 17 percent, from $528.7 billion in the second quarter of 2004 to $620 billion in the second quarter of 2005, according to a...
Ever since socially responsible investing began as a protest against the Vietnam War and as a lever to force U.S. multinationals to stop doing business in South Africa the concept has been viewed with suspicion in most parts of the investment...
The Dogs of the Dow strategy fell from grace in the late 1990s (along with many other strategies overshadowed by Internet stocks), and it has since spent most of its time in the investing doghouse, so to speak. However, having fared surprisingly...
Virtually every major business publication has predicted the collapse of the great real estate bubble of the 2000s. So far, the warnings of a collapse have not panned out. But, it is increasingly clear that it is a question of when not whether...
In 1984, Julian Mayo was a trainee at Schroders, an investment bank, when he was sent to investigate a little-known automaker in a town called Ulsan on the southeast coast of Korea. The Asian nation was still under dictatorship, which meant army...
For years, reps have been told that separately managed accounts (SMAs), were being The institutional-quality management, tax efficiency, transparency and customization that had made SMAs so popular among high-net-worth individuals would be...
Robert Isbitts, president and chief investment officer of Weston, Fla.-based Emerald Asset Advisors, is re-examining his hedge fund investing strategy for his well-to-do clients. The problem? When he included the instruments in his wealthy clients...
Herd mentality has always been a powerful force in investing circles, and with billions of dollars now running to hedge funds, many clients might feel tempted to join the stampede. The fact remains, however, that hedge funds are not right for...
