Hedge funds
Investors get specialised in their allocation to US fund managers
Equity long/short
GAM, David Smith - January 2005
David Smith from GAM, now part of the Julius Baer group, explains why he closed in 2004, then re-opened in 2005 the firm's funds of hedge funds.
Old Mutual AM, Asia Pacific Equity Fund, Les Jones - Jan 2005
Les Jones explains how Japan’s stock market forces managers to be mindful of so much more than just stock prices, with speculators and margin trading such a large part of the market - and so his experience with OMAM’s Pan-Asia fund.
Has the death of merger arbitrage been greatly exaggerated?
merger arbitrage
Time for relative returns
performance measurement
Fixed income managers search for riches as standard products fall flat
SPECIALIST FIXED INCOME
Size counts...
remuneration
Making money from your money
currency overlay
Reopen for business
As GAM reopens some of its multi-fund hedge portfolios to new investors, David Smith reflects on the hedge fund industry, GAM's progress and staggering intake of money in 2004
Old hand with a new vision
Les Jones has invested in Japan's stock market for 23 years, bringing a wealth of experience to Old Mutual's Pan-Asia fund… and experience of wealth to his hedge fund's investors
Tailor-made money makers
structured products
Hedge funds might worry where the volatility went
chet currier
Awarding excellence
awards
Entering with one eye on the exit
selling your business
African banks buoy euro's fortunes as greenback's decline continues
foreign exchange
Managers foresee a Happy New Year for hedge fund strategies
Fund managers forecast favourable conditions in 2005 after a tempestuous 2004 for hedge funds
Refco Alternative Investments, Advantage MM Fund - Dec 2004
Refco AI fund manager Pierre Maliczak explained to Hedge Funds Review, before the demise of the wider Refco group, how diversification between CTA and futures funds could protect investors and still earn healthy returns.
Convertible arbitrage managers await market shock shake-out
convertible arbitrage
Sabre FM, Style Arbitrage Fund, Dan Jelicic - Dec 2004
London’s Sabre Fund Management does not just stop at stock-picking in its European long/short fund. It applies stylerotation to sectors as well, as Hedge Funds Review found out.
Equity hedge and distressed the places to be in anaemic October
Gloomy news shows little let up for fund of fund managers with most strategies disappointing