The amount of assets under management by sovereign wealth funds will continue to rise, according to a recent survey of New York Hedge Fund Roundtable members, while the majority of members are more afraid of cyber security hacks than the possibility of being audited despite increased regulatory oversight. Read More
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…
Hedge fund managers are investing into technology in order to solve regulatory and operational issues as well as to carve out competitive advantages, according to the 2016 KPMG/AIMA/MFA Global Hedge Fund Survey. Read More
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…
Inclusion of environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics into investment processes has steadily increased over the past decade, and the ramifications of ignoring them have been illustrated by the likes of global corporations like Volkswagen. Read More
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…
Hillary Clinton is favored to win the November presidential election by a significant margin, according to a new survey by the New York Hedge Fund Roundtable. The survey recently polled NYHFR members about the extremely contentious presidential race and what different scenarios would mean for the economy and the alternative investment industry. Read More
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…
April, 2016 – As the markets continue to grapple with a prolonged period of historically low oil prices, investors have been keeping a close watch on the energy sector in search of the best investment opportunities. Given the energy sector’s influence on markets around the world, for the second year in a row The New…
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