by Liam Hunt | Jan 19, 2020 | Definitions, Hedge Funds, Portfolio Management, Precious Metals
Arbitrage exploits inefficiencies in the market that otherwise wouldn’t exist under conditions of perfect interest rate parity. Without price inefficiency (i.e., market prices on one exchange not having caught up to the real market price reflected on another), there’s...
by Liam Hunt | Jan 12, 2020 | Commodities, Definitions, Real Assets
To understand what an alternative investment fund is, one must first understand what constitutes a conventional investment fund. An investment fund is a supply of capital pooled by several investors to purchase a basket of securities, of which each investor retains...
by Michael Panzner | Updated: Nov 17, 2015 | Definitions, Hedge Funds
In “Hedge Fund Investing: The 4-Ps,” I discussed the notion of due diligence and how investors might go about selecting a hedge fund manager. In theory, the range of criteria that can be used to make such a assessment is unlimited, which means that it...
by Michael Panzner | Updated: Nov 17, 2015 | Definitions, Hedge Funds
There are various reasons why someone might want to invest in a hedge fund. The most obvious, of course, is performance, or more accurately, the prospect of acceptable future performance, however that is defined. There is no point in entrusting funds to a manager if...
by Gino D'Alessio, CAIA | Updated: Oct 26, 2015 | Definitions
The definitions vary from around the globe, basically apart from institutional investors the term Accredited Investor usually refers to High Net Wealth individuals who are considered sophisticated enough to understand the risks of the investments they are undertaking....
