Are Mutual Fund Managers Paid For Investment Skill?
Understanding compensation of fund managers is paramount to understanding agency frictions in asset delegation, yet little is known about the nature of these compensation contracts, and even less about actual compensation managers earn.
SEC Preps Mutual Fund Rules to Learn if the $50T Industry Poses Risks to the Financial System
The Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing new rules to boost oversight of mutual funds, hedge funds and other firms as part of an effort to gain insight into whether the $50 tril...
5 Top Rated (Strong Buy) Real Estate Mutual Funds
Even though real estate has been through tough times recently, securities from this sector should continue to be an integral part of portfolios with a long term horizon. Over the years, mutual funds ...
India's retail investors are back; 400,000 new MF folios in April
Equity mutual funds registered a robust monthly jump in investor base, a first time in over four years, in April. As many as 400,000 new accounts were added last month, a time when the market was scaling new highs.
Alternative Mutual Funds May Disappoint
So-called alternative mutual funds that aim to replicate popular hedge-fund strategies for retail investors have never been hotter. But a new report this week suggests that performance in some of the...
Industry Vets Launch Mutual Fund Firm with Hedge Fund Managers
Context Asset Management says its first fund fills a void in the marketplace by giving investors the low correlation and low volatility of hedge fund strategies with the transparency and low minimums...
Insight Venture Nears Deal to Buy Institutional Shareholder Services
Investor adviser Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. is set to change hands for the third time in seven years, according to people familiar with the matter, amid debate about the firm's sway over...
The Bridgewater Hype Over Opening a Mutual Fund is Just That; Hype
There has been persistent buzz over the past few months that the $150 billion manager wanted to launch a mutual fund or another type of SEC-registered vehicle to supplement its private offerings, Pur...
INTECH Expands Client-Services Team With Client Portfolio Manager - Tampa Bay Business Journal
(INTECH) today announced that it expanded its client-services team naming Richard Yasenchak, CFA, CFP, to the newly created position of client portfolio manager.
3 big hedge fund predictions for 2014
2013 was a year to forget for many hedge funds. What lies ahead? Look out for more advertisers, short sellers and mutual funds....