For what types of funds are performance fees warranted, and what is a reasonable performance fee structure?

Is it more important for a fund manager to have strong investment team stability, or to have some turnover of investment team staff to allow for new ideas?

What is an appropriate track record for a fund before it should be used?

What are the benefits of using a CTA (managed futures) fund in a portfolio? What is a reasonable allocation and where should it come from?

PortfolioConstruction Forum asked the fund research houses - should gold be a part of most investors’ portfolios?

We asked the fund research houses - how much (if any) of an international equities allocation should be hedged, assuming a 10-year investment timeframe?

We asked the fund research houses - should all portfolios be ‘overweight’ to emerging market equities? If so, overweight to what?

We asked the fund houses: What are the top 5 quant analytics practitioners should always consider and why?

We asked: What, in your firm's view, is one of the big challenges facing the Australian funds research industry at present?

We asked the research houses: What are the key risks your firm assesses when rating funds / products / capabilities - and why?

We asked the research houses: What asset classes / product types does your firm include under the 'alternatives' label? Why? How many strategies/funds do you rate in each?