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Fund of hedge fund ETFs on the way?
There's been an explosion in the number of exchange-traded funds ( ETF news) that mimic hedge fund strategies. The target audience for this has always been thought to be retail investors. But ETFdb suggests that some institutions may be investing in these products as well.
Many institut
Hedge funds for the masses
IndexIQ garnered a lot of attention with its latest ETF launch, the IQ ARB Merger Arbitrage ETF. The firm is premised on the idea that ETFs and mutual funds can replicate various hedge fund strategies and thus deliver the same returns at much lower cost.
A host of other firms have jumped i
Latest ETF reflects rising M&A market
The IQ ARB Merger Arbitrage ETF, from Index IQ in Rye, N.Y., has made its debut. The product is yet another ETF designed to mimic an institutional trading strategy. In this case, the ETF aims to give retail investors a chance to benefit from mergers and acquisitions, which seem to be on the rise.
The decline of merger arbitrage?
Merger arbitrage was once a standard hedge fund strategy. But now AllAboutAlpha.com notes that at least two studies raise issues about the future of the strategy and all those merger arbitrage funds out there. An indicator to watch of course is the size of the deal spreads; it looks like they
