Hedge Funds & Alternatives

VIDEO: Why do Institutional Investors Underperform, Part 5

Senior Writer Julie Segal looks at the process of selecting active managers and how it may be contributing to institutional investor underperformance.

Abenomics Is Raising the Risk Appetite of Japanese Investors

With money flowing into equity mutual funds, Nikko sets a record with an Americas fund launch.

VIDEO: Ray Dalio at the U.S. Investment Management Awards

As Metals Struggle, Lead Is Back in Vogue

As prices for copper, gold and silver have fluctuated, a much quieter debate has been taking place over lead.

Land Banks a Better Entry to Rising Residential Market

With the U.S. residential housing sector showing signs of improvement, buying land banks might be the best way to take advantage.

Centerbridge’s Aronson Gives Back to Investors

New York–based multistrategy firm Centerbridge Partners recently returned more than $1 billion to investors in its Credit Partners hedge fund, which takes advantage of credit opportunities. Centerbridge co-founder Jeff Aronson, who runs the fund, decided to give back the cash because he and his team were seeing little in the way of attractive investments.

Five Questions: K2's David Saunders Weighs Changes in Fund-of-Funds Industry

K2 Advisors CEO David Saunders on finding returns in the hedge fund sector and why funds of hedge funds will continue to play an important role.

Despite REITs’ Virtues, Institutions Still Favor Private Real Estate Funds

Over a 30-year period, real estate investment trusts have beaten private real estate funds by an average of almost 5 percent. But pension funds, endowments and other institutional investors remain cool to REITs, partly because these publicly traded products are more volatile than private funds.

Spurt of Initial Public Offerings Fails to Lift VC-Backed Companies

The reports of the IPO market’s return have been greatly exaggerated. In truth, it’s much more of a debt-swap market for private equity firms.