Tussle over alpha
Top dealers are trying to monetise their quantitative research and modelling capabilities to offer passive, alpha-based investment strategies to investors. The move looks set to put them on a direct collision course with their hedge fund clients
Hedge funds have had a torrid year. Low levels of market volatility at the start of 2005, unexpected shifts in credit correlation in May, and a clamouring for more regulatory oversight from the mutual fund business, have posed significant challenges for managers at hedge funds. Meanwhile, the once-burgeoning structured fund-of-hedge-funds business has faltered in a low interest rate
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