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Hedge fund strategies continue losses in May as market environment detrioriates...
Hedge funds experienced losses across almost all strategies during May as markets fell and risk aversion worsened. A few refused to follow suit, however, and had good performance and positive inflows....
Hedge fund performance took a hit in May as uncertainty over the eurozone continued to impact investor sentiment. CTAs took advantage of the trends created and ended the month in positive territory.
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The ORR 20: Compliance software rankings 2012
Oracle is top again in this year’s rankings of compliance sector software providers. Despite straitened budgets, spending on compliance is still healthy thanks to the growing demands for regulatory transparency, reporting and consistency from global...
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Research shows only 10-15 hedge funds needed for optimum portfolio diversification...
Hedge fund investors are returning to the concept of modern portfolio theory: diversification by combining several hedge funds with different return distributions and risk profiles to diversify risk.
Risk institutional investor rankings 2012
Credit ratings for sovereigns and dealers are on the slide – an extra incentive to use clearing houses – but only the biggest institutions have started clearing, and half of respondents to this year’s rankings say they are not expecting to do so...
Investable indexes: April 2012 returns
Hedge fund indexes fell in April, with the exception of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index, which ended the month up 0.12%. Many strategies were flat in April and some have had good gains year-to-date.
Hedge fund performance has its second month of declines during April
Hedge funds experienced a second month of declines in April as risk aversion returned. There were gains across select strategies with relative value and arbitrage funds continuing their positive runs.
Types of operational risk loss by event, April 2010 to April 2012
April saw an unusually large number of insurance-related events, and Hartford Life losing $24 million in refunds after an estimation error
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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