Expect[ed] Loss

With the Blackstone settlement from earlier this week (see below), now is as good a time as any to start a list of investigations into fun...

This week's release of Michael Lewis' new book, Flash Boys , has renewed focus on a little understood area of the market, an area t...

With Obama urging Congress to empower regulatory units and quicken regulation, one is encouraged to ponder on philosophically. Are we simply...

The calling of Allianz’s EUR300 million Phenix CFO -- purportedly the first to be liquidated -- augurs poorly for the hedge fund industry, a...

The Problem All hedge fund disclosures are equal, but some investors apparently have more equal transparency than others. Perhaps, for a tou...

Leverage (more specifically deleveraging) difficulties have caused more than their fair share of pain of late in the hedge fund world. We...

So the hedge funds are struggling. Name the fund, pick the strategy; it's struggling. It doesn't matter if you're an academic pl...

This relates to our earlier piece Jack of All Trades which talks about why multi-strategy hedge funds are amongst the worst performing hedg...

We are brought up with the mantra that, while substantially limiting the upside, diversification saves us on the downside. Being by nature (...

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) put out this Consultation Report this morning -- with a request for commen...

In the light of increased regulation, we’re seeing a fair share of interest in side pockets. Without further ado, here’s the low-down: Sid...