Asset Class news from FierceFinance

The hedge fund industry looks surprisingly strong right now. One could argue that the financial crisis has led to some changes that are setting up the next era of prosperity. According to the New... Read more...

Are hedge funds really more skilled investment managers than mutual fund managers? It's a long-running debate in the industry. John Griffin of the University of Texas at Austin and Jin Xu of Zebra... Read more...

The clearing of derivatives is a huge issue right now, but we mainly hear about mega-war over credit default swaps. But the interest rates swap market, in many ways, is just as important, and just as... Read more...

The private equity industry has had something of a love-hate relationship with infrastructure investing over the past few years. Some firms like Citigroup waded in, and at times the asset class... Read more...

The big bailout will likely mean big bucks to a few lucky asset managers, all of whom are jockeying for their piece of the pie. The $700 billion bailout is looking more and more like a gravy train.... Read more...

In the asset management universe, it has long been accepted that equities outperform other asset classes over the long-term. Those gains, however, come with added volatility. That's the tradeoff.... Read more...

We noted recently that hedge funds have hit upon weather derivatives as a potentially... Read more...