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Hedge funds need positive public relations campaign
Hedge funds continue to attract bad press and an even worse public image. It is time to improve the relationship with the public, media and politicians – something that will benefit capital flows
Iosco published regulatory guidance; State Street confidence index falls; New research might make monkeys out of fund managers; US equities will be the best investment this year, says Barclays research...
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Editor's letter: retail investors rediscover appetite for risk
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Variable annuity products must avoid the derivatives witch hunt
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Editorial: Operational risk in the regulatory spotlight
Op risk managers must learn to live with greater regulatory scrutiny – they might even come to appreciate it
Benefits and pitfalls of a risk taxonomy
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Hedge funds face continued global economic uncertainty
Global economic recovery is still in a parlous state with many factors still able to pull it off course. However, the industry should tackle claims of widescale misbehaviour immediately
Unfair value: FVA's hidden charms
This month's cover story illustration uses Dr Frankenstein’s monster as a visual metaphor for dealers’ attempts to apply fair-value accounting to funding valuation adjustment (FVA). In part, that’s because the results, so far, are ugly – the numbers...
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