SIMON MUMME, Author at Top1000funds.com

How your hedge funds make money

Outspoken hedge fund manager, Cliff Asness, says breaking down the sources and challenges to manager performance will determine how investors should pay for alpha.

SIMON MUMMEAugust 18, 2010

For VFMC, alternatives boom in the gloom

The $31 billion Australian government-backed asset manager, VFMC, has reaped big rewards from its belief in the hedge fund managers it backed five or more years ago. Click here to read more

SIMON MUMMEAugust 12, 2010

For VFMC, alternatives boom in the gloom

The $31 billion Australian government-backed asset manager, VFMC, has reaped big rewards from its belief in the hedge fund managers it backed five or more years ago, reports Simon Mumme.

SIMON MUMMEAugust 4, 2010

Ahoy! Opportunities in dock for shipping investors

Investing in ‘distressed shipping’ is a variation of the current capital scarcity theme, Mercer says. (click on the photo for more…)

SIMON MUMMEJuly 28, 2010

Sovereign debt’s grave new world

Bonds have been the saviour for institutional investors in the global recovery, but a new bout of risk-aversion induced by concerns about sovereign risk threatens the stability of the traditionally defensive assets.

SIMON MUMMEJuly 14, 2010

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Ahoy! Opportunities in dock for shipping investors

Signs that the global shipping industry has hit the bottom of its current cycle provides a good case for opportunistic investing in cargo vessels, Mercer says.

SIMON MUMMEJuly 13, 2010