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Registered Rep. August 26, 2011 Stan Luxenberg	Hedge Funds Now Going for Institutional Money Instead of HNW Individuals While hedge funds once catered primarily to wealthy individuals, now the main clients are pensions and institutions. That shift is forcing hedge funds to change the way they operate.
Knowledge@Wharton February 26, 2003	The Perils of Hedge Fund Regulation Hedge fund products are increasingly available to a broader audience than previously had access to this asset class. A barrage of news reports focused on hedge fund fraud and blowups raises the idea that regulation might provide a useful fix. So should hedge funds be regulated? No.
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BusinessWeek May 2, 2005 Laura Cohn	Europe's Pension Plans: Switching Over To Hedge Funds More institutional investors are going for higher returns -- and higher risks.
Financial Advisor November 2003 Leola Ross	Why High Hedge Fund Fees Are Justified The relatively high fees charged for hedge funds may cause some of your clients to have second thoughts about investing in them. Here's why it can be worth paying the price for truly active management.
BusinessWeek February 6, 2006 Nanette Byrnes	Pensions: Hedging Bets In Harrisburg Underfunded state pensions are taking cues from Peter Gilbert's daring investments.
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Investment Advisor January 2006 Barreto & Joseph	Hedgeworld Hedge Fund Focus: ERISA Ponders Alternatives As more pension fund money has been flowing into hedge funds -- catching the eye of the SEC and perhaps pushing the move to manager registration -- legislators have acted to ease pension fund access to hedge funds.
Investment Advisor June 2010	The Seed Investors' Hedge Fund Opportunity The next generation of hedge fund managers is much more process-driven and institutionally minded than pre-crisis managers.
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BusinessWeek May 15, 2006 Anne Tergesen	Big Risk On Campus Hot portfolios at Harvard and Yale have smaller colleges moving aggressively into hedge funds. They may be putting their endowments in jeopardy.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2002 Dave Tsujimoto	In Defense of Hedge Funds Here's why any rep with high-net-worth clients ought to become familiar with the nuances of hedge funds.
BusinessWeek January 14, 2010 Kishan & Burton	Hedge Fund Investors Take Their Revenge Big returns are back, but that's not enough to keep angry clients from pulling billions out of hedge funds that blocked withdrawals during dark times.
Registered Rep. February 20, 2006 Kevin Burke	MFS Chairman Blasts Hedge Funds at NICSA Confab The chairman of fund complex MFS Investment Management is calling for the formation of a task force to overhaul performance reporting for hedge funds.
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Financial Advisor February 2007 Thomas M. Kostigen	Firm Offers Reps Their Own Hedge Funds Independent broker-dealer First Allied's program raises questions about risk and conflicts.
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Registered Rep. January 8, 2010 Halah Touryalai	A Hedge Fund Resurgence There is legislation in Congress that would require hedge funds to make greater disclosures about the details of their operations. The increased regulation coupled with a recent uptick in hedge fund performance will likely entice some advisors to put their clients back into hedge funds.
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Registered Rep. June 15, 2009 Kristen French	Hedge Funds Bruised, But New Retail Products Abound So far this year, investors and advisors seem to have put the brakes on new hedge fund investments.
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Registered Rep. February 10, 2012 Mark Miller	New Focus on Small Workplace Retirement Plans Means Lower Fees, Opportunity for RIAs The spoils of the 401(k) market have always gone to the large players -- big retirement plan providers providing the best, most efficient plans to big plan sponsors. But small is starting to look beautiful.
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Financial Advisor August 2007 Ken Weber	What You Don't Know Can Hurt You As a financial advisor, you may deal with or be asked to comment upon retirement plans for your clients. Increasingly, it is becoming clear that you have a fiduciary duty -- in spirit, if not in fact -- to assist your clients in uncovering all the fees involved with their plan.
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