Sightings…

Roger Gray, who has been the chief investment officer at Universities Superannuation Scheme for the past ten years and chief [Read More]
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Liquid alts: 78% of funds positive in January as index climbs 2%

The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index advanced 2.0% in January. During the month, all but two of the eight Morningstar categories [Read More]
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Starboard invests $200M in Papa John’s… Jeffrey Smith takes over as chairman

Starboard Value Fund took a $200 million stake in Papa John’s International with an option to invest another $50 million [Read More]
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Willis Towers Watson urges investors to take new approach toward hedge funds

In its paper “The New Way,” Willis Towers Watson argues that hedge funds continue to have a distinct competitive advantage [Read More]
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Opportunity Zone Funds:  Q&A with Blank Rome’s Michael Sanders

  At Peltz International’s seminar “Opportunity Zone Funds and Other Disruptors in 2019,” Michael Sanders, lead partner at Blank Rome’s [Read More]
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