Savings accounts are offered by banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, building societies and mutual savings banks.
Some savings accounts require funds to be kept on deposit for a minimum length of time, but most permit unlimited access to funds. In the US, Regulation D, 12 CFR 204.2(d)(2)] limits the withdrawals, payments, and transfers that … Continue Reading

Hedge Fund managers spend endless amounts of time and money analyzing and determining the appropriate investments to hedge risk in their portfolios. Can one afford to
disregard the risks in their business?
Originally set-up by Alfred Jones in 1949 to eliminate risk by holding long positions and short-selling other stocks, the Hedge Fund industry has mushroomed in … Continue Reading

By Seth Berlin
Thanks to globalization for adding another acronym to my already information-overloaded brain. This one is called “IRO” or Investment Research Outsourcing. Over the next five years it is an acronym you will hear again and again. IRO, loosely defined, is the offshoring of front-office work to a 3rd party provider.  In this article, … Continue Reading

There are many positions within a hedge fund that contribute to its overall success or the lack there-of. But while every player may be integral, hedge funds are a lot like a football team. The failure or success ultimately will be placed on the coach…or in this case, the Portfolio Manager.
The Portfolio Manager, … Continue Reading

Quantitative analysts, or “quants” as they are referred to in the industry, are the brains behind complex hedge funds and the smooth talking managers who run them. Their main responsibility is to create complex trading strategies to work in securities markets around the globe. Since hedge funds may invest in anything and everything … Continue Reading