Hedge funds
Mena brightspot for fund flows
Funds of hedge funds, India and commodities strategies see redemptions but Mena focuses attract flows
Questions over prime broker/depository discharge
Game of blame
Hedge fund size determines performance
AUM and performance appear intrinsically linked
Paquin: AIFMD a ‘concentrating catalyst'
Coping with complexity
GLG: coaching corrects behavioural biases
Coaching correction
Cyber threat real for hedge funds
Under attack
No increased possibility of 2014 equity correction
Unpredictable equity
Small managers lagging on AIFMD compliance
Size matters
Emerging markets volatility lucrative for discerning investors
Lucrative volatility
Commodities investing down but not out, Masters says
Global Advisors co-founder believes short-term woes will give way to long-term rally
LEI issuance well below targets as Emir reporting begins
Finnish issuer expects to hand out 10,000 identifiers, but had only reached 1,166 last week - and the story is similar elsewhere
AIFMD applications face timing pitfalls
Timing applications
Prime brokers to escape AIFMD segregation burden, sources say
Regulators have agreed a solution in row over client asset segregation, according to five industry sources
Single-stock futures skirt US dividend-equivalent withholding
Skirting the tax
Video Q&A: Chenavari Investment Managers
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Regulators “don’t give a damn” about Volcker impact, claim Republicans
A bad-tempered congressional committee hearing sees US regulators quizzed over Volcker rule costs
Thousands of derivatives users not ready for Emir reporting
Number of legal entity identifiers is sitting at 83,337 – well short of the required total, which is estimated at anything from 100,000 to one million
Shareholder activism hedge funds stand out
Event driven and distressed were among the best performing hedge funds segments in 2013 with shareholder activism funds at the fore
India steers offshore investors away from P-notes towards direct market access
Sebi tries to exert greater control over foreign investment by tightening rules governing P-note issuance and streamlining foreign investor approval process
Melanion bets on progress of dividend futures as an asset class
As the first pure-play dividend futures hedge fund, Melanion Capital believes it has an advantage in giving investors a solid return on investment by using this new asset class to generate pure alpha
Remuneration policy occupies hedge fund minds
The politics of pay
AIFMD 'depo-lite' financial strength questions
Do depository liability rules leave hedge funds defenceless?
Transatlantic tug-of-war puts European hedge funds in "impossible position"
Some funds will have to comply with Dodd-Frank and Emir simultaneously