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Funds of hedge funds suffer as top 50 managers take control

The top 50 hedge fund firms now control 40% of the global market March 21 (Portfolio International): According to a report by Morgan Stanley,...

S&P Launches Pioneering Service for Valuing European Structured Finance Bonds

New initiative responds to growing concerns about illiquidity and opaque pricing of asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities in Europe March 20: Standard & Poor’s,...

Strength in energy boosts commodity indexes, may start investor wave

Invigorated price strength in energy and base metals have given a positive shove to commodity indices, a development that may cause a wave of...

Danske Hedge European Nordic Mortgage Arbitrage Fund has joined the Hedgenordic NHX hedge fund index

The Danish fixed income hedge fund Danske Hedge European Nordic Mortgage Arbitrage Fund is the newest fund to join the Hedgenordic index and database....

Sweet: Sugar may be the best investment of the year

Sugar may beat bonds, stocks and oil for the second year in a row. March 20 (Bloomberg): Sugar, the best-performing commodity the past 12...

Further analysis shows analysts are wrong, a lot

Inaccuracies are legion in analysis reports, yet investors still put faith in them. March 19 (Charlotte.com): Despite public humiliation for a handful of analysts...

IFI WEEKLY ALTERNATIVES: Smaller prime brokers riskier

Credit-rating analysts and other risk watchers are worried about smaller prime brokers, according to the Wall Street Journal.  In an effort to challenge established...

Offshore fund domiciles face increased competition

Offshore fund domiciles will likely face competition in the future from their onshore counterparts March 20 (InvestmentNews.com): Offshore fund domiciles might face increased...

Nordea Nordic Equity Hedge Fund has joined the Hedgenordic NHX hedge fund index

The equity hedge fund Nordea Nordic Equity Hedge Fund was launched by Nordea, one of Scandinavia’s biggest banking corporations, in February. The fund has...

Hedge funds cook up new ways of making money

Hedge funds are cooking up new strategies in the loans, oil derivatives and agricultural futures markets to satisfy investor appetite for higher returns March...

Alternative asset class growth is unsustainable, says study

According to the majority of third party marketers, the alternative asset class industry has grown at a pace that is unsustainable March 17...

Managers misallocating capital due to “short termism”

 Asset managers are not efficient in allocating capital on behalf of pension funds because they focus too much on short-term performance March 16...