Articles by Kris Devasabai
Risk USA: Hire more quants in compliance, says SEC official
SEC official warns compliance teams at quant funds lack qualifications and knowledge to effectively monitor trading strategies
Risk USA: Link compensation to 'risk awareness', say CROs
Deutsche Bank and CQS using risk indicators to adjust pay
InfraHedge tops annual MAP survey
Mapping the future
DGAM Unique Strategies Fund: Diversified Global Asset Management (DGAM)
The DGAM Unique Strategies, named best specialist fund of hedge funds over three years at the Americas Awards 2013, seeks real diversification in complex and unusual hedge fund strategies
Newedge research shows CTA capacity concerns overblown
Research from Newedge suggests growth in assets will have muted impact on CTA performance
Ada expands EM footprint with Behavior Capital merger
A pair of research-focused hedge fund managers are merging their operations to create a global emerging markets platform
Campbell opens non-trend programs to investors
CTA Campbell & Company’s Prism portfolio of non-trend strategies has generated strong returns since it launched as a standalone investment in April
Single-strategy funds pay off for Citadel
Citadel of investing
AQR puts academic theory into practice
Putting theory into practice
Breton Hill Master Fund: Breton Hill Capital
Americas Awards 2013
Winners announced for Americas Awards 2013
Citadel, Blackstone AAM, Hildene and SkyBridge were among the big winners at the Hedge Funds Review Americas Awards 2013. Paloma Partners' Donald Sussman received the lifetime achievement award
Armistice Capital Fund: Armistice Capital
Next small thing
400 Capital Credit Opportunities Fund: 400 Capital Management
Americas Awards 2013
Tree Capital Equity Fund II: Tree Capital
Americas Awards 2013
KSA Capital Partners: KSA MidOcean
Americas Awards 2013
BlueMountain Credit Alternatives Fund: BlueMountain Capital Management
Americas Awards 2013
Prosiris Global Opportunities Fund: Prosiris Capital Management
Independent thinker
Gapstow Opportunity Fund: Gapstow Capital Partners
Americas Awards 2013
SEC lifts hedge fund ad ban amid some uncertainty
The Securities and Exchange Commission has voted to adopt the Jobs Act rules on advertising private offerings but hedge funds will have to jump through regulatory hoops to take advantage of the change
Quants tackle hedge fund operational risk
Quantifying operational risk
Hedge funds escape Japan rout with minor losses
Global macro hedge funds show no signs of bailing out of the ‘Abe trade’ after weathering the sudden reversal in Japan. Global macro and managed futures funds lost on average 0.6% on the day
FoHFs begin recovery
Separate accounts and advisory mandates boost FoHF growth
HSBC preps international prime finance service
HSBC's plans to establish a global prime services platform will culminate with the launch of a full international prime finance service for US hedge funds in 2014