February, 2017: British Prime Minister Theresa May has said that Britain will trigger Article 50 of the European Union’s Treaty on Lisbon by the end of the month, a move that will officially start the clock on the two year period during which the UK must negotiate the specific conditions for its withdrawal from the…
NEW YORK, NY, January 12, 2018 – With the United States well into its third longest period of economic expansion to date, economists are wondering how long the markets will be able to continue rising and whether or not the seemingly endless surge in the price of Bitcoin indicates that we are in the midst…
January, 2017: Given the hedge fund industry’s lackluster performance in 2016 and the significant amount of hedge fund firms that closed their doors, many institutional investors have been revisiting their allocations to hedge funds. As many investors question whether actively managed investments are worth the management costs associated with them, there has been some rejiggering…
November, 2016 – From the costs of complying with heightened regulations, to the lingering low interest rate environment, hedge funds and private equity funds have found it increasingly difficult to generate strong returns for investors. As a result, the alternative investment community has turned its attention to operational alpha –the use of an integrated front-to-back-end…
One of the world’s most famous hedge fund managers is the latest to throw his hat into the ring of socially responsible investing. Paul Tudor Jones, the founder of Tudor Investment Corp., is backing a nonprofit organization called JUST Capital. He said the group has created what it calls America’s Most Just Index of 32 companies based on how they…
October, 2016 – There is no way to ignore the rising importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics. From global warming to the unethical treatment of overseas factory workers, ESG issues have begun dominating headlines, as the ramifications of ignoring them have become increasingly clear –a reality driven home by the nosedive Volkswagen’s stock price…
September, 2016: The New York Hedge Fund Roundtable is pleased to announce Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP as the Roundtable’s newest sponsor. Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP is one of the oldest and largest certified public accounting and consulting firms in the United States. As an independent member of Baker Tilly International, the world’s eighth…
August, 2016 – The U.S. presidential race has already dominated the news for well over a year and will undoubtedly continue to do so long after the final votes are cast on November 8th. Beyond predicting who will triumph, Wall Street, along with much of the world, is focused on what the winner’s presidency will…
July, 2016 – With mortgage rates remaining near historic lows and the Federal Reserve having barely inched the federal funds rate up this past December when it made its first rate increase since 2006, investors have been patiently waiting for the point when interest rates finally start moving back up. Figuring out just when that…
July, 2016 – With Hillary Clinton poised to clinch the Democratic Party nomination, there is a real chance that a woman could finally make it to the oval office in January 2017. But while a woman may finally break through the ultimate glass ceiling, and women are now the primary breadwinners in 40% of households with…
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