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Multi-strategy hedge funds have become increasingly important to institutional alternative allocations. In 2025, almost half of new hedge fund flows on my firm’s platform were allocated to ...

Tucker Morrissey is the founder and portfolio manager of Hamlet Capital, a boutique hedge fund specializing in risk-optimized portfolios. He has over 20 years of experience in the hedge fund industry ...

Separately managed accounts are changing new launches, as 70% of multimanager funds increasingly invest in other hedge funds.

For many advisors, the question is not whether to use hedge funds, but which of the largest hedge funds belong in client portfolios. The biggest firms now manage roughly $5 trillion in assets, giving ...

Understand what makes a qualified eligible participant (QEP) eligible to invest in complex funds, including futures and hedge funds, under the Commodity Exchange Act rules.

Funds that bet on hedge funds instead of stocks or bonds are finally in vogue again. The double whammy of the financial crisis and Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme hit the fund-of-hedge-fund business so ...

The global hedge fund industry has surged past the $5 trillion asset mark, a milestone reflecting not only strong performance but also an evolution in how hedge funds position themselves in investment ...

Hedge funds are known for their high-risk and high-return approach to investment. Due to these practices, some funds are bound up to lose money. In other cases, investors plan a deliberate scheme to ...

Traditionally pitched as a portfolio diversifier, hedge funds are now showing "historically high" correlations to the S&P 500. Markets are expected to see increased volatility in the fourth quarter ...

Global authorities must step up their surveillance of lending by nonbank players like hedge funds and institutional investors to minimize risks to financial stability, Bank of Canada Gov. Tiff Macklem ...