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Apex offers low-cost option for hedge fund start-ups
Apex Fund Services is providing start-up hedge fund managers with a range of options to keep costs down, including free office space in several major cities around the globe. It will also offer advice...
Preparations must be made before AIFM Directive implemented on July 22, 2013
Bill Perkins, founder of Skylar Capital Management, sees opportunities in US natural gas markets, even as depressed prices and low volatility prompt other traders to pull back. Alexander Osipovich reports...
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Hedge funds split on outlook for junk bonds
Amid talk of a bubble in corporate credit markets, some hedge funds believe the time is right to begin shorting high yield bonds
AIFM directive unlikely to cause significant changes in Cayman
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority has opened negotiations with Esma on a co-operation agreement on the EU’s AIFM directive. Separately, its consultation on hedge fund directorships has closed
Elkhorn Fund: Sanborn Kilcollin Partners
Robert Sanborn, portfolio manager at Sanborn Kilcollin Partners, is critical of policymakers propping up markets with stimulus spending and low interest rates
Ucits hedge funds continue to underperform hedge funds
Research shows an important liquidity-performance trade-off in a sample of Ucits hedge funds. Hedge funds generally have lower volatility and tail risk than UHFs. Domicile could matter for performance
Mandate Watch: Citi, SGSS and BNY Mellon win mandates
Outsourcing, especially amongst asset owners, is driving mandate growth. Citi, SGSS and BNY Mellon among those to win mandates in the first few months of 2013, finds Luke Clancy
Hedge funds fall short on compliance
Operational due diligence analysts find more red flags in hedge funds’ compliance and regulatory functions than any other area
China introduces registration for hedge funds
Amendments to China's Securities Investment Funds Law, effective from June 2013, will for the first time recognise hedge funds. This could lead to the establishment of a Chinese hedge fund industry
How can investment banks use grid technology?
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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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