A.E. Feldman Blog

Despite the subprime meltdown, new research shows that over the past six months the hedge fund industry posted double-digit growth.  As of November, hedge fund assets surged 11%, bringing the loosely regulated industry’s total assets under management to a whopping $4 trillion, according to the 9th biannual HFMWeek Hedge Fund Administrators Survey. 
 
One reason for the [...]

Accounting industry leaders from around the world are focused on convergence and attracting new talent to their ranks in the coming year.  That’s according to a new survey conducted by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).  The survey also found that firms believe the current shortage of qualified accounting professionals is having a negative effect [...]

The Director of Sales and Marketing at a hedge fund takes homes an average of $1.3 million in total compensation, according to the latest executive compensation survey conducted by Infovest21 as reported in Hedge Fund Daily.  Ironically, the position also comes with one of the lowest base salaries.
 
Not too far behind, CEOs of hedge funds [...]

Investors around the world are planning to significantly increase portfolio allocations to alternative investments.  New research conducted by Russell Investments shows that institutional investors predict a significant surge in private equity returns over the next two years along with consistent returns for hedge funds and real estate. 
 
In order to cash in on those gains, pension [...]

From climate change to rising oil prices to turmoil in the credit markets, the list of risks faced by major corporations around the world continues to grow.  Facing a host of potential challenges, new research shows that progressive firms must understand and manage risks and financials with a more holistic approach. 
 
Risk management has evolved into [...]

Investment banks are increasingly looking to commodities to offset major losses from the troubled credit markets.  In fact, commodity prices are showing the largest sustained gains since the early ’80s.  Strong demand, a weak dollar, as well as speculative trading have fuelled the rally.  As a result, commodity investment has gone mainstream, according to a recent [...]

The November 27th post entitled, “Venture Capital Professionals with Expertise in China  in Demand” cited research, which indicates that clean technology has become the third-largest destination for venture capital in China and that China represents one of the most lucrative opportunities in the sector.  The research was conducted by China Economic Review (CER) not BusinessWeek [...]

Sovereign wealth funds, investment vehicles funded by a country’s foreign reserves, have made a record $33.3 billion in acquisitions this year, according to Dow Jones Financial News.  The government-led funds are accelerating their purchases of stakes in western companies amid the credit crunch.  In fact, this week the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority purchased a $7.5 [...]

The role of the Chief Information Officer is evolving.  New research shows that CIOs are gaining influence as technology is increasingly being viewed as vital to corporate strategy.  CIOs are being called to develop market knowledge while simultaneously aligning IT and business strategies to drive growth.  And the CIO role is only going to get [...]

Private equity professionals are eyeing opportunity in a new arena: infrastructure.  Most recently, The Carlyle Group announced that it has completed raising its first infrastructure fund, Carlyle Infrastructure Partners (CIP), with equity commitments totaling $1.15 billion.  That’s just one example.  Private investment has become vital to the improvement of public infrastructure, and competition for capital [...]