Articles by Kris Devasabai
On the right track
Prime broker profile: Bank of America Merrill Lynch
New approach to risk management
Unencumbered cash is probably “the most important risk management tool at the disposal of a hedge fund,” according to a research paper from Columbia University.
Acting up
Strategy: activist
Concordia Global Multi-Strategy Fund: Concordia Advisors
Profiting from the relative value cycle
Stock loan exchanges gain traction
Exchange trading of stock loans promises to inject a needed dose of transparency and liquidity into the securities lending business. Hedge Funds Review reports on the latest developments.
Open for business: a look into prime brokerage
Prime brokers are prepared to ramp up their lending to hedge funds but demand for leverage remains low.
Valuation under the microscope
Hedge fund valuation is coming under more scrutiny than ever before. Kris Devasabai speaks to industry experts about best practices in this area and how the framework of the US Financial Accounting Standard Board’s classification of financial assets…
A positive turn of events
Strategy: event-driven
BTR Strategic Growth Fund: Salida Capital
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Alive and kicking
Interview with Courtenay Wolfe, president and CEO of Salida Capital
Rules of the road: Ucits and mutual funds reveal shift to regulated products
The quest for new sources of investment coupled with investor demands for liquidity and transparency have combined to push more hedge funds and funds of hedge funds into Ucits III products. In the US there are also some signs of a preference for…
System addicts: a look at systematic trading
Systematic trading
Fractal Strategic US Treasury Fund: Fractal Advisors
Treasury fund offers simple solution
Good credit: interview with Andrew Feldstein, BlueMountain Capital Management
Fund manager profile: BlueMountain Capital Management
Luminous Capital
Illuminating the credit markets
Challenges ahead for funds in 2010
As a new decade approaches, Hedge Funds Review talks to key figures in the industry to find out what 2010 might hold for the hedge fund industry.
Investor appetite returns: capital introduction for hedge funds
Investor interest in hedge funds has improved markedly in recent months. With almost every fund open to new investors, the environment for raising capital remains difficult.
Meditron Fundamental Value/Growth Fund: Meditron Asset Management
Profiting from mega-trends
Latin Americans eye offshore investments
Distributing and marketing hedge funds in Latin America
Administrators respond to regulatory change
The near certainty that hedge funds will soon be subject to stricter regulation is giving fund administrators plenty of food for thought. Hedge Funds Review looks at the changes ahead.
Liquidity mismatch in funds of hedge funds
One aspect of the liquidity crisis which was entirely predictable was the problems at the fund of hedge fund (FoHF) level, says Patrick Fenal, CEO of Geneva-based Unigestion.
Liquidity goes down the drain
Liquidity: investors want it and funds need to provide it. But what this actually means in practice covers a multiplicity of meanings and motivations. Hedge Funds Review finds out what mistakes were made in 2008 and how these can be avoided in future.
Manager profile: Peter Matthews, founder and managing partner of PJM Capital
Making a mint from science