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German and Russian based Wermuth Asset Management is exclusive investment adviser to several funds and special purpose vehicles aimed at exploiting opportunities in Russia and ‘greater Russia.
Japanese institutional and high net worth investors continue allocations to hedge funds. But marketing and distribution of production in Japan requires patience and local knowledge.
Alternatives advisory and placement business First Avenue Partners provides access to the top quartile of real estate managers and believes good real estate investment opportunities lie in Brazil.
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Brummer & Partners is the leading hedge fund in Scandinavia. Based in Sweden it boasts a stable of single manager funds and has perfected its model of encouraging entrepreneurial innovation.
The financial crisis has resulted in a changed relationship between hedge fund managers and investors. Transparency, liquidity and fee structures are dictated increasingly by investors.
Hedge fund managed account platforms offer investors a way to mitigate operational risk and increase transparency and liquidity. Lyxor, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America Merrill Lynch offer them.
Sophisticated investors in the Middle East are reluctant to allocate to hedge funds. Marketing funds in the Gulf Co-operation Council remains difficult as numbers of net worth individuals decline.
HSBC Global Asset Management sees opportunities in Ucits and traditional hedge funds particularly in Asia and emerging markets, leveraging the resources of one of the world’s largest banks.
Management and performance fees charged by hedge funds and fund of hedge funds are experiencing a downward trend. This could spell the end of ‘2 and 20’ and ‘1 and 10’.
Technology can provide a competitive advantage in banking. How it is applied by Tier 1 and Tier 2 institutions, to the benefit for their risk management systems, is discussed.
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