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Review: Online Hedge Fund Database Providers in 2019
Data vendors are useful in that they allow us to find all the data we may need in one place...
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The Short Guide to Private Equity
Are you looking to “divorce” your stock broker? Are you willing to take on higher risk, a longer outlay, and...
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The Endowment Model; Blessing or Curse?
The Value of Alternatives What is known now as the Endowment Model was introduced by David Swensen of Yale in...
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Performing Due Diligence in Manager selection
Due Diligence consists of performing a careful, competent and thorough review of an investment, its soundness and its suitability. Due...
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Hedge Fund Investing: A Contrarian Dream
Many commentators have voiced opinions about what is wrong with hedge fund investing. In “The Misguided Focus on Hedge Fund...
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The Misguided Focus on Hedge Fund Fees
Few doubt that billionaire Warren Buffett is a smart man and a savvy investor. But he is also a hypocrite...
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Managed Futures; what they are and how they work
A 67 year old Asset class Futures have been around for a long time, in the US the first Futures...
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Timberland & Farmland an alternative to Real Estate
Timberland and its origin as an asset class Timberland is the ownership of forests for the long-term harvesting of wood...
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Finding the Perfect Hedge: Gold vs. Bonds in your Portfolio
Building your portfolio gives you complete control over which investments to include but it also opens you up to greater...
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The Ultimate Cheat Sheet On Recreating Hedge Fund Returns
The hedge fund industry is filled with superstar managers. They consistently turn out above-average returns, making enough money for their...
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Introduction to VC Funds and investing in start-ups
The Venture Capital Concept The idea behind VC is to invest in Entrepreneurs and their companies that are in the...
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Introduction to Private Equity
A Broad Definition Private Equity has been around a long time and is broadly considered as any privately held interest...
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Main Hedge Fund Strategies & Their Definitions
Hedge Funds Universe Hedge Funds have a myriad of different types of strategies and it should be well defined and...
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Hedge Fund Investing: Still on the Upswing
It was big news on Wall Street when the California Public Employees' Retirement System announced just over a year ago...
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Private Equity and The J-Curve
Cash Flow profile of a Private Equity Investment The cash flow of a Private Equity investment and therefore of the...
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Role of Commodities in Portfolio Allocation
There are fundamentally 2 reasons for including Commodities within a Portfolio, diversification and return enhancement. We will have a look...
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Real Estate ; Debt Investments
Real estate investments in Debt Real Estate Debt is broadly divided into two types; Residential Mortgages and Commercial Mortgages. The...
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What makes an Investor Accredited or Sophisticated?
The definitions vary from around the globe, basically apart from institutional investors the term Accredited Investor usually refers to High...
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Red flags to be aware of in manager selection
Hedge Fund Longevity It is vital that Due Diligence is performed before investing in any fund. This helps us take...
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Hedge Fund Strategies and their importance in manager selection
Hedge Fund Portfolio Construction Portfolio construction shouldn’t be taken lightly and leads to a complex fund selection process. There are...
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