Inside Trac is the quarterly publication of PerTrac Financial Solutions, bringing the PerTrac user community inside information on PFS and PerTrac products, as well as useful feature articles on the business of investing from professionals throughout the industry. The current and back issues of the newsletter are available in PDF format below.
In the First Quarter 2007 issue, you'll find the following articles:
- Optimizing Fund of Funds Portfolios for Minimum Downside Risk
- Reducing Your "Risk of Ruin"
- PerTrac's Annual Hedge Fund Database Study Results
- Analyzing Funds with Unequal Histories
- Notes from PerTrac Financial Solutions
In the Fourth Quarter 2006 issue, you'll find the following articles:
- Infovest21's Annual Hedge Fund and Fund of Funds Compensation Survey
- Selecting Managers and Managing Risk
- Tech Talk: PerTrac Analytical Platform Quick Tips
- Introducing PerTrac CMS Enterprise Edition
In the Second/Third Quarter 2006 issue, you'll find the following articles:
- Managing the Assets of U.S. Public Pension Plans: Hedge Funds & the Side Letter
- PerTrac Financial Solutions Continues to Move Forward
- Diversification and Over-diversification in Fund of Hedge Funds Portfolios
- Tech Talk: PerTrac Analytical Platform Q&A
- Conference Calendar
In the First Quarter 2006 issue, you'll find:
- Understanding Hedge Fund Alpha
- Infovest21's Hedge Fund Compensation Survey
- Strategic Financial Solutions' Acquisition of Whittaker Garnier
- Technical Corner: New Features in PerTrac
- News from PerTrac
In the Third/Fourth Quarter 2005 issue, you'll find:
- New President & CEO Gerald Mintz
- Becoming a Media-Savvy Investment Firm
- Using Modern Portfolio Theory for Wealth Preservation
- Searching for Alpha among Newer Hedge Funds
- Technical Tips and Tricks
- News from PerTrac
In the Second Quarter 2005 issue, you'll find
- Choosing a Third Party Marketer
- Regional Hedge Fund Associations
- SFS Growth Financing from Insight Venture Partners
- Technical Tips and Tricks
- News from PerTrac
In the First Quarter 2005 issue, you'll find:
- Public Speaking Tips for Investment Managers
- An Introduction to Hedge Fund Index Products
- New NASD Regulations for the use of Analysis Tools
- The Updated PerTrac Manual is Now Available!
- Technical Tips and Tricks
- News from SFS
In the Fourth Quarter 2004 issue, you'll find:
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Monitoring Hedge Fund Investments
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Operational Issues for Hedge Funds
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Results of the 2004 SFS Database Study
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Information on the SFS NYC Workshop in April
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Technical Tips and Tricks
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News from SFS
In the Third Quarter 2004 issue you'll find:
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Presentations 401: Connecting with Clients
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Riding the Asian Tiger: Marketing a Hedge Fund or Fund of Funds in Asia
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Casey, Quirk & Associates Quarterly Institutional Product Review
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Free Conference Registration for Funds of Funds
- Information on the SQL Version of PerTrac
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Technical Tips and Tricks
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News from SFS
In the Second Quarter 2004 issue you'll find:
- An Introduction to the Omega Ratio
- Keys to Successful Fund of Funds Investing
- Results from the Infovest21 Investor Sentiment Survey
- Details on PerTrac's Enhanced Linear Optimizer
- Technical Tips and Tricks
- News from PerTrac
In the First Quarter 2004 issue you'll find:
- Recent developments in marketing private investment funds.
- Multiple reasons for multi-strategy funds.
- The hedge fund landscape in Germany.
- An introduction to PerTrac 6.0.
- Special Discounts and Offers.
- Technical Tips and Tricks.
- News from SFS.
In the Fourth Quarter 2003 issue you'll find:
- Salary Ranges at Hedge Funds and Funds of Funds.
- Dealing with the Media.
- Database News and Developments.
- Special Discounts and Offers.
- Technical Tips and Tricks.
- News from SFS.
In our Third Quarter 2003 issue you'll find:
- Disaster Recovery Planning.
- How We Use PerTrac: A Hedge Fund's Perspective.
- Changes in Hedge Fund Structures.
- A Primer on Options.
- Information on PerTrac Publishing and Design.
- A Discount on the New IMCA Hedge Fund Book.
- News from SFS.
- Technical Tips from our Trainers.
In our Second Quarter 2003 issue, you'll find:
- Starting an offshore hedge fund.
- Transparency solutions for hedge funds and investors.
- A review of the Asian hedge fund market.
- Information on the latest Infovest21 white paper.
- New training resources that are on the way.
- An introduction to Team PerTrac.
- News from SFS.
- Technical tips and tricks from our trainers.
In our First Quarter 2003 issue, you'll find:
- Seven keys to successful performance analysis.
- A guide to understanding leverage.
- Style analysis: the how and why.
- The German and Italian alternative investment markets.
- News and special offers from PerTrac.
- Technical corner: including information on the latest release of PerTrac!
In our Fourth Quarter 2002 issue, you can find:
- Completing due diligence on CTAs.
- How to effectively market your hedge fund.
- Discounts available for PerTrac Clients.
- The new PerTrac Online service from SFS and HedgeFund.net.
- Do drawdowns predict liquidation.
- News from PerTrac.
In our Third Quarter 2002 issue, you can find:
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Hedge fund incubators.
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Building a website for your hedge fund.
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Screening and analysis tips from a hedge fund consultant.
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Tips and tricks for using your PerTrac 2000 software.
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News from SFS.
We always welcome article ideas and submissions. If you would like to contribute an article, please contact us.
