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AIMA to launch fund of hedge fund guidelines

(July 2008) Due to the growing popularity of fund of hedge fund products, the Alternative Investment Management Association said it will publish the world’s first global guide to sound practices for fund of hedge fund managers. Fund of hedge fund products are a rapidly growing segment of the alternative investment space. They are increasingly the […]

By Mark Noble |July 8, 2008

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Institutional speculation fuels commodity boom: Expert

In an interview with Advisor.ca, U.S. commodities commentator Steve Briese, the editor of www.commitmentsoftraders.org and an advisor for JovInvestment Management’s Horizons Global Contrarian Fund, says the regulation already exists to solve speculation. The problem is the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has flagrantly ignored its own rules limiting who can speculate in the market. […]

By Mark Noble |June 18, 2008

4 min read

ETFs evolve into active investments

Discussions about ETFs have a tendency to turn into a debate about passive versus active investing. Many of ETFs’ biggest boosters are investors who believe mutual fund managers can’t beat an index benchmark consistently, making the management expense ratio (MER) on mutual funds unwarranted. But the ETF doesn’t have to be a passive investment. Last […]

By Mark Noble |May 7, 2008

5 min read

Transparent alternatives wanted

(March 2008) A few years ago the thought of a hedge fund manager tipping his hand or letting investors get a glimpse inside his “black box” was laughable, the stuff of fairy tales. This secrecy was acceptable — and still is — because alternative investments, hedge funds, were more narrowly defined and available only to […]

By Kate McCaffery |March 20, 2008

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