PAAMCO On Activist Hedge Funds And Risks

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Mark Melin
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Investing in activist hedge funds requires a tolerance for potential headline risk, the specter of highly public failure, enhanced regulatory oversight and the need to remain invested for the long haul, a panel of institutional investors said at the Reuters HedgeWorld Conference in Chicago today. PAAMCO concerned about activist hedge funds’ negative headlines With nearly $9 billion under management, fund of fund operator PAAMCO is concerned with headline risk and the process of explaining to clients when an investment in an activist hedge fund makes headlines in a negative way. Investing in an activist fund can be a “public” experience…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.