A liquidation may present several obstacles to be navigated by the organization, one such obstacle being the accounting. The proper application of Liquidation Basis of Accounting (LBOA) within financial statements can be quite challenging. The goal behind LBOA is to report the amount that an investor may expect to receive after the completion of the…
As any astute business owner knows, superstar employees don’t come cheap. But without them, profits and that edge over competitors can be elusive. In the highly competitive world of hedge and private equity funds, how best to compensate premier talent can be both a daunting and complex balancing act. Two types of revenue streams In…
Changing investor demographics, pressure to boost investment results while also cutting fees, increased competition and the ramifications of potential tax reform will drive significant changes in the hedge fund industry over the next few years. Following are overviews of several key trends that will present new opportunities and new challenges. Success for any hedge fund…
Quantitative finance has become a buzzword of modern finance, though it’s been around for decades. Thanks in no small part to the success and allure of firms like Renaissance Technologies LLC, quant hedge funds ended 2016 at an all-time high of $500 billion under management, according to estimates from Barclays Plc. Quant strategies all use…
Several years ago, I lived along the coast and had this fantastic deck. It had this crazy breeze that always seemed to be blowing across it. I loved that deck, except for one thing. It could get very cold. So, I decided that I needed a space heater to complete my vision of deck-bliss. But…
Institutional investors are beginning to view hedge funds in a new light, according to allocation consultancies. More and more investors are moving away from keeping their hedge funds investments segregated in alternative investment portfolios to are grouping them with the rest of their investments by risk-return drivers. To learn more about this topic click here.
Commodity Sentiment systematically quantifies the impact of real-time news on investors’ confidence in the commodity price outlook. In this note, we examine three types of commodities are currently supported: gold, crude oil, and natural gas. To learn more about this topic click here.
Episode #19 of the New York Alternative Investment Roundtable’s podcast series looks at bitcoin and blockchain and some of the things that the alternative investment community should know about when it comes to these topics. Kirill Gourov, portfolio manager and head of research, Full Node Capital, Larry Lanzilli, CEO of Transact Block, Reggie Middleton, founder and CEO of…
A blockchain taxonomy for investors. Blockchain technology is being used in a growing diversity of applications, offering a complex array of investment opportunities. While the technology is so new that any investment in it is speculative, patterns of use are emerging. In this report, we propose a taxonomy to enable investors to more quickly and…
In Episode #18 of the New York Alternative Investment Roundtable’s podcast series, Independent researchers Jim O’Sullivan and Carl Weinberg outline their views on the U.S. and global economies. Despite lots of volatility in the data, and lots of political noise, Jim expects the U.S. labor market to keep improving and the Fed to keep tightening. …
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