Posts tagged ‘2&20’

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Hedge Funds in the Doldrums

The deflating effects of underperformance and overregulation

Warren Buffet’s wager with Protégé Partners epitomizes the gloom hovering over the hedge fund industry.  In 2008, the Oracle of Omaha bet the New York-based fund-of-funds $1 million that index funds would outperform hedge funds over the next 10 years. 

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Targeting Private Equity

Are 2 & 20 just not enough?

Are private equity types any different from hedge funders?

The SEC apparently doesn’t think so and, after excoriating the latter for flagrant securities law violations, the regulators are now training their sights on the former.