AR: Absolute Return + Alpha , a thought leader for the hedge fund industry, delivers the most insightful, entertaining and authoritative published content about hedge funds online and in print.
The service was born out of two Euromoney Institutional Investor titles - Alpha and Absolute Return, which merged together to create AR combining the strengths of both.
AR is a “must-read” for anyone hoping to keep ahead of the curve in the world of hedge funds bringing transparency and accountability to a secretive industry that is playing a growing role in the financial markets and for institutional investors.
While concentrating on American hedge funds, which manage more than 60% of global hedge fund assets, AR follows the industry in having a global perspective and report on developments and funds in Asia and Europe.
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Research & Rankings
Published throughout the year are highly anticipated global industry benchmark research & rankings including The Billion Dollar Club—twice yearly ranking of all hedge funds with more than $1 billion in assets under management, The Rich List— an annual ranking of the top 25 highest paid hedge fund managers.
Data
Subscribers benefit from a database containing information on U.S. single-manager hedge funds. The database has over 3,500 funds listed and 86% of the Billion Dollar Funds. We allow you to research quantitative and qualitative information in the same place, at the touch of a button.
We have rolled news and data together, to enable you to search for individual funds and managers - track their performance history and relevant news reports from our archives. You can also benefit from our independent analysis of performance and strategy.
Searches by fund name, performance, category, manager, asset size, inception date and many other categories make it easy to pull out just the information you need.
The Editorial Team
General editorial enquiries can be sent to editorial@absolutereturn.net . Alternatively you can contact a member of the team individually.
Michelle Celarier – Editor, AR: Absolute Return + Alpha
Michelle Celarier is an award-winning journalist who has been writing about the financial industry since 1983, both in New York and in Europe . Before joining Absolute Return as the editor in 2005, she had been the editor of Investment Dealers Digest, the U.S. editor of Euromoney magazine, and European editor and senior writer of Global Finance magazine. Michelle’s articles have appeared in the New York Times, Dealbook and Newsday, and she has been quoted in various media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, New York magazine, Newsweek and the Associated Press as well as appearing on CNBC’s “Power Lunch.” Michelle’s work has appeared in numerous books and academic studies, including the Columbia University Journal of International Affairs, on topics ranging from corruption in privatization and money laundering in Russia to the dangers of leverage in finance. She was the recipient of a fellowship leading to a master’s degree in business and economics journalism at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Amanda Cantrell – Managing Editor, AR: Absolute Return + Alpha
Amanda Cantrell is the managing editor of AR. She has covered hedge funds for more than eight years, most recently serving as the deputy editor of EuroHedge, the HedgeFund Intelligence publication that focuses exclusively on the European hedge fund industry. She worked on AR’s predecessor, Absolute Return, as a senior writer and has also been a staff writer for CNNMoney.com and HedgeFund.net. She has appeared as a commentator on hedge funds on ABC World News and has also contributed freelance articles to a variety of publications including The New York Times, Cosmopolitan and Pop Culture Press. She holds a master's degree in journalism from New York University, where she has also worked as an adjunct professor.
Josh Friedlander – Online Editor, AR: Absolute Return + Alpha
Josh Friedlander oversees editorial content for the AR web site, including breaking news and opinion pieces, email alerts and the AR Weekly newsletter. He joined from Investment Dealers' Digest, a weekly magazine covering Wall Street and had previously reported on Wall Street and the pension industry for Institutional Investor News. He serves on the board of governors of the New York Financial Writers' Association, the nation's oldest organization devoted to business and financial journalism, where he served as President for 2009. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Connecticut College. In 2007, he was selected as one of the "30 under 30" most promising young business journalists by Newsbios.com.
Britt Erica Tunick – Senior Writer, AR: Absolute Return + Alpha
Prior to joining Absolute Return, Britt Erica Tunick was a senior editor for Alpha magazine, and before that spent several years covering a wide range of beats for Investment Dealers' Digest. Her other experience includes a two year stint in London where she reported on European and U.K. startups for EO News and freelanced for Euromoney Magazine, the Sunday Business and the Financial Times. Other positions have included Securities Week, The Bond Buyer and Financial Markets Daily. Britt has a BA in English/Journalism from Pepperdine University and an MA in Public Affairs Reporting from the American University School of Communication. She was the 2006/2007 president of the New York Financial Writers’ Association and remains a member of its board of governors.
Katrina Dean Allen – Staff Writer, AR: Absolute Return + Alpha
Katrina joined Absolute Return at its inception in 2003 until 2007and has recently joined AR Magazine. During her time at AbsoluteReturn, she contributed to the magazine’s popular research features,The Billion Dollar Club and New Funds Survey. Katrina has also assistedin the publication of special reports on a variety of topics within thealternative investment industry. She began covering private equity andhedge funds in 2000, for Institutional Investor’s newsletters division.Before that Katrina worked on several local weeklies run by the LosAngeles Times. She holds a BA in English and Environmental Studies fromthe University of California, Santa Barbara.
Lawrence Delevingne – Staff Writer, AR: Absolute Return + Alpha
Lawrence Delevingne is a staff writer for AR, focusing on regulation. He primarily writes for the website, but also contributes features to the magazine. Lawrence was most recently a staff writer at Business Insider, mostly covering finance and white-collar crime. He has also written for Fortune and BusinessWeek. Prior to journalism, Lawrence worked in communications, specializing in corporate responsibility. He holds a Master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and a Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. At Georgetown, he studied international affairs, focusing on Africa.
Anastasia Donde – Staff Writer, AR: Absolute Return + Alpha
Anastasia Donde joined AR in January 2010 and contributes features and profiles to the magazine. She previously spent four years at Institutional Investor News as a reporter and editor for Money Management Letter, covering pension funds and institutional asset management. She has been contributing freelance profiles to Alpha and AR since May 2009. She has also written articles for Amsco Publications’ education books and Show Business Weekly, a theater industry newspaper. She holds a BA in English/Journalism from Baruch College, with minors in Political Science and French.
Suzy Kenly – Staff Writer, AR: Absolute Return + Alpha
Suzy joined AR in December 2009 as a staff writer. She contributes news stories and performance profiles for the magazine and the AR Web site. Suzy has been covering the industry for nearly three years, most recently as a writer for Alternative Investment News, an Institutional Investor newsletter that was absorbed into AR. She has also written for The Riverdale Press and the Norwood News in New York, and she previously worked at the Penguin Group. She holds a BA in English from Manhattan College.
Robert Murray – Contributor, AR: Absolute Return + Alpha
Rob joined AR in early 2010 as part of the absorption of Alternative Investment News and is now a reporter for the AR website. He spent more than five years on AIN as an editor and writer and previously served as the deputy editor of International Banking Systems. Rob is based in London and holds a BA in English Literature and History of Art from the University of Kent. He is also an editorial cartoonist who contributes to a wide range of magazines in the UK and abroad including Private Eye, The Spectator and Reader’s Digest.
Irwin Speizer – Contributor, AR: Absolute Return + Alpha
Irwin Speizer has more than two decades of experience as a writer and editor in business and finance for magazines, newspapers and web sites. He has been a contributing writer to Alpha, Workforce Management and Business North Carolina magazines. He has also been published in Institutional Investor, Fast Company, Worthwhile, On Wall Street and other magazines. In the newspaper field, he covered banking and general business for the News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C.; served as business editor of the Fresno Bee in Fresno, Calif.; and covered Congress and federal agencies in Washington, D.C. for the Sun-Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
Barry Cohen – Contributor, HedgeFund Intelligence
Barry is the features and special reports editor for all of our publications. Before joining HedgeFund Intelligence, he worked as an editor and journalist for a wide range of publications in the UK and abroad. Previous positions include European editor for Global Finance , special surveys editor at Euromoney, managing editor for financial publications at the Economist Intelligence Unit and investment editor at Aberdeen Asset Management. He has also contributed articles to Sunday Business , The Guardian , the International Herald Tribune, Der Spiegel, Institutional Investor and Le Monde Diplomatique.
Neil Wilson – Editorial Director, HedgeFund Intelligence
Neil Wilson is managing editor at HedgeFund Intelligence with responsibility for all of the group’s publications including EuroHedge, AsiaHedge, InvestHedge, AR, their associated weekly online news services, roundtables and special reports. He has over 20 years’ experience as a financial journalist, mainly specializing in derivatives and alternative investments. Neil was formerly European editor of MAR/Hedge , editor of Futures & Options Week , editor of Futures and Options World and assistant editor of The Banker . He has also worked for Risk Magazine and has contributed to a variety of other publications, such as The Financial Times and The Economist.
