Tag: investment

“Don’t click on a link received through an email from any unknown person”. If you click, the hacker will gain access to your system...

“Across the globe, it is encouraging to see such a significant increase in the amount of capital being invested in young, innovative companies. With...

Financial firms in the United Kingdom are not taking cybersecurity seriously enough according to the Financial Policy Committee. The group is currently carrying out...

Last month the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) decided to cut back on the number of Private Equity Managers. This curtailment came just...

The Hedge Funds Industry, once known for short selling and leverage, now uses many sophisticated strategies to earn returns for investors. Hedge funds employ...

Alfred Winslow Jones, the manager of the first modern hedge fund, introduced the concept to have a ‘cut’ in the profits earned for his...

The announcement by the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) last year to exit 30 hedge funds entire investment valued at $4 billion was...

Investors seeking high returns with no concern for the risk involved have the perfect investment channel: hedge funds. Hedge funds pool money from different...

A Harvard Business School graduate and a hedge fund maverick in his own right, Lars Kroijer has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in...

Last year was a dramatic and, likely, a defining one for bitcoin. The cryptocurrency saw its first real break into the minds of normal...

Clarium Capital is an American hedge fund firm co-owned by Peter Thiel and established in 2002. The main objective of Clarium Capital was to...

Alternative investments are gaining popularity and institutional investors are dominating the market. Hedge Fund managers have to take care of many new regulations and...

In the fast-paced business world, where things come from high to low in a second, you need to take some concrete steps to manage...

This is one of the biggest questions that haunt many advisers. Should they risk introducing their clients to alternative investing? However, before they can...

Hedge funds are not regulated as strictly as other forms of investments, such as mutual funds. This helped it garner the attention of many...

The strategies and secrets of a hedge fund are guarded with utmost caution due to the fear of a leak which might make the...

In March 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules designed to strengthen the technology infrastructure of certain participants in U.S. securities...

Being a relatively new field of interest, alternative investment have been slowly gaining popularity, largely with an audience that likes investing for the fun...

A December 2013 survey polled hedge-fund managers as to which regulators posed the greatest challenge for compliance dollar costs and difficulty in satisfying the...

Due to the extensive alternative trading options available in the market, there are always so many options one can choose from. Whether it is...

America’s second largest bank was suspended from trading in hedge funds last summer by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as part of a...

The combined “October Surprises” of poor market volatility, adverse tax inversion rulings and overall portfolio plummets have led one veteran hedge fund manager to...

In a groundbreaking announcement, the Deutsche Bank introduced a comprehensive survey covering hedge investment trends and future investment opportunities. Due to an ever rising investment...

Cash, bonds and stocks have always been the primary sources of investment for countless investors over the years. However, it seems that the main...

With Colorado, Oregon, Washington state, Alaska -- and yes, even the nation’s capital — having legalized recreational marijuana use, investment in pot is suddenly...