Posts Tagged ‘hedge fund’

CalPERS’ hedge fund decision offers important lessons

By Dan Hallett on September 26th, 2014

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System – aka CalPERS – announced plans to liquidate its $4 billion hedge fund portfolio.  It’s big news because CalPERS is considered a well-run pension plan.  It’s huge...

Don’t overlook the basics of hedge fund due diligence

By Dan Hallett on November 27th, 2011

The Ontario Securities Commission recently issued an order in the ongoing matter of Sextant Capital Management, a defunct hedge fund company.  While the order pertained to a law firm wanting to remove itself from representing Sextant and its...

LSIFs and hedge funds with training wheels

By Dan Hallett on February 14th, 2011

I was recently asked to comment on Labour Sponsored Investment Funds (LSIFs) by the Canadian Press.  The words attributed to me in this article may give readers the wrong impression.  The article says, in part: Hallett said these funds are most...

Actively managed ETFs; Protecting against rising rates

By Dan Hallett on March 21st, 2010

ETFs are a hot topic these days.  As Mark and I highlighted in this post, active ETFs could be a game-changer for the investment fund industry.  In this March 20 Financial Post article, I spoke about the good and bad of active ETFs and the threat...

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