The long-short equity group outperformed all other hedge fund strategies
Performance slump is linked to sector concentration
Alternative investment managers are buying blocks of business from struggling insurance companies
Lifting the ban may present investors with risk from misleading advertising from alternative asset managers
New committees in Alberta and B.C. complement one in Quebec
Hedge fund index delivered 7.67% return in 2012
Investors are increasingly showing less appetite for costs to be charged to the fund
Operational due diligence teams are now viewed as a partner to the investment team
It’s important to ask managers the right questions about what is going on with the firm and its day-to-day operations.
Hedge funds are moving much more aggressively than other types of institutional investors